No, unfortunately.

 

I can live with the LDW, but the alert that really annoys me is the 'Keep your hands on the steering wheel!' PING.
Even after two and a half years it find myself saying through gritted teeth that my hands ARE on the steering wheel. Of course it's wanting the steering wheel to be jiggled at intervals, as if this validates the assumption that one is actually steering, but it's often the case that the road is straight and doesn't require any turning of the wheel, however minor. So annoying that I wish I could at least stop the PING even if the message still came up on the dash.

 

Its not always appropriate or necessary, but if you use the indicators when crossing the white line to pass parked cars you will not have the alert since the assumption is that your manoeuvre is planned.

I just live with it, it does not annoy me.

 

It's easy to turn LKA off with the button next to the VESS button but need to do so each time the car is started. It's one of the buttons I press whenever starting the car (along with VESS and Auto Hold). It would be nice to be able to default it to off but I believe it's required under European law to qualify for the safety rating (yes, even after Brexit!)

 

We will be following EU standards on cars for years and many of these standards are world standards.

 

Three years on and the the LKAS still infuriates me.
We live off a narrow country lane and 75% of the time, in the middle of a specific bend, the car nudges you towards a the nearside hedge. Although I have come to expect it, I worry that returning home after a long drive it will push me off the road.

 

If you hold down the LKA button on the steering wheel it turns the departure warning off. You have to do it every time you turn the car on but it’s easier than going through the menus.

 

Don't have that on my 2020 model, in my case it's in the cluster of buttons by my right knee (RHD model) but it does the same thing.

 

Yes its annoying as someone who did advanced driving years ago I have the habit of not indicating if no other road users will benefit from the signal. Its a way of keeping up your concentration and anticipating what the other drivers are around you are going to do.

You are also trained to "straight line" bends to minimise steering input, even if that involves going into the right-hand lane (obviously when no oncoming traffic)

So, to get the bip-bip-bip and have the wheel resist you whenever you do that can get on your nerves.

 

You can put a vinyl sticker over the camera or potentially unplug it.

 

Bear in mind the camera also does useful things like auto-dip headlights (and ISLW if enabled)

 

Yup, it is annoying, as is the fact that you have to turn on auto hold every time. It is now part of my routine: Push the Start button, turn on Auto Hold, turn off lane assist. Wish it wasn't so, especially auto hold. Given that for many other cars this is now the default setting I really can't understand that!

 

I installed a device called the comma 2.
It not only disables lane assist but it significantly improves self driving functionality

 

hi all
just bought a 71plate E-niro 4+.
This immediately made its way straight to the top of the list of things I need to sort. The LKA practically grabbed the wheel off me on a winding B-road and scared the ***t out of me. And I was not straight-lining a bend. if the LKA/LDW setting was able to default to LDW and persist after a restart I'd be ok with the LDW beep. If the master on/off switch was able to default to off, I'd of course be ok with that. I don't want to debate with anyone who thinks this feature is a good one to have "on" - everyone is entitled to their opinion and I don't agree...

so - is there a reliable way into the systems of this car by ODB or otherwise to change this permanently? I saw the mention of the comma device which I had not heard of before, a quick skim read suggests that there must be some protocol access to the LDW/LKA system with the right tools? I don't want a new self driving tool just turn off the bits I've got?

and/or anyone done a low tech DIY electronics hack to automatically press the master switch every restart?

ta
Ian

 

It used to get on my tits but now I've turned the volume of the alert to its lowest volume setting and also set it to not override the stereo volume. Its now become just a slight background annoyance.

 

Oooo looks like I need to explore the menu options. Although since my front camera has a hardware fault, I no longer get the warnings, one advantage of a faulty car I guess.

 

I think a lot of people in this thread are conflating LKA (Lane Keep Assist, pretty much Lane Departure Warning (LDW) beeps replaced by "last moment" steering inputs to prevent you leaving the lane, controlled using the button near the VESS button) with LFA (Lane Following Assist, giving continuous automatic steering to keep you centred in the lane, controlled using the steering wheel button). They are completely separate systems!

 

I agree. The cars LFA via the steering wheel button is ok - and it defaults to off , as it should be. I have used it on motorways, its not too bad.

on the other hand LKA/ LDW is awful. beeps are fine, I can cope with those if I have to. What I can't cope with is a steering wheel input that pushes me towards the hedge or onto the other side, on a winding fast B road. The big problem I have is that this defaults to on - in the LKA mode that pulls at the wheel. you can switch LKA to LDW on the dashboard menu and it goes back to LKA every restart. Grr. to my mind that makes the car less safe - as in LOSE NCAP points, not gain them!
I'm starting to develop a muscle memory now that as I pull down my local road, I check the dash and the little white car between the lines symbol reminds me to press the LKA/LDW off button next to the VESS (although I don't have VESS button, I have a blank, its 71 plate. I got a button from aliexpress that I'm going to DIY for this, another story).

so - has anyone found a way - including going in via ODB or similar , to turn LKA/LDW permanently off?