Nope...you can probably put black tape in front of the cameras and then just deal with an EyeSight disabled message on your dash forever.

 

On 2016 there's a button to disable it, can't enter automatic car wash with it on.

 

It's not a permanent disable though. It'll reset back to nromal if you restart the car.

 

I guarantee you will like it, if not for the active cruise control feature alone!

I was against it at first “I’m a better driver than that ever will be” - WRONG!
I am an old guy with YEARS and millions of miles of professional driving and thought too that I didn’t need it, yet I have been “saved” at least twice in three years that I have had it. Never had a malfunction.

It is a safety item that ALL cars will/should have.

Would you take out headrests, padded dashboards, airbags, seatbelts and on and on...

 

won't have a car with the capability to second guess me on braking.

Eyesight won't brake without warning. It sounds an alarm and displays a warning several seconds before activating the brakes. Initially braking is only light for some seconds before maximum brake pressure is applied. Ime, all of the above begin well after a prudent driver will already have begun manual braking.

Eyesight initiated braking can be canceled at any time by manually braking, accelerating, or turning the steering wheel.

 

Eyesight initiated braking can be canceled at any time by manually braking, accelerating, or turning the steering wheel.

Thanks, that's good to know, but it's still no substitute for being able to switch it off. There are times when it's highly advisable to hit something-or at least convince someone you're willing to.

 

Besides having to remember to disable Eyesight at every startup, you'll have to remember to disable Auto Stop/Start too (assuming you don't like that 2019 feature either).

 

Now that you mention that, it looks like I'll drive the '14 until it dies and buy another brand. Unless I can beat the price down to the point where the charge from a specialty shop to disable all that stuff comes out even.

Navydoc, I don't text, talk on a cell phone or do any of the other things you mention. If I get that inept, I'll either hire a driver or ride a horse.

 

I'm going with Firetrux on this.

I thought I would hate most of the eyesight features, and really only cared about blind spot detection (super helpful at night), and rear cross-traffic detection. But they have proven their worth.

I like the active lane keeping and leave it on all the time. It requires you to turn it on, and it remembers the state in which it was in when you turned the vehicle off. If it activates, you can steer out of it. You do have to remember to signal lane changes to avoid getting beeped at, and that's a good thing.

As for the lane departure warning, you can disable that for the driving session, but defaults to on when the engine restarts. It's pretty accurate. The biggest problem it has is when two lanes merge into one without a line between them. It always warns then. It also dongs if it can't see any right or left line, and it shows you which line(s) it is seeing.

The lane sway warning is intended to tell you when you're tired and drifting in the lane repeatedly. It only works when the lane departure warning is on. I've never had it warn me, so I don't believe it's very sensitive.

The active cruise control does reasonably well in heavy traffic. My biggest problem is that when it slows down for a slower driver ahead, I sometimes don't notice that (despite notification on the dash) and go slower than I intend until I do notice and pull out to pass. But if you don't like active cruise control, you can make the vehicle use the traditional mode by the way you activate it when you turn it on.

As for the pre-collision braking system and throttle management, as Firetrux said, you can turn them off for the session. I keep them on. I've had them activate a couple of times. One time I stopped, the other time I steered out and accelerated.

I've gone from a skeptic to a believer. I wouldn't buy another vehicle without those features, though I'd pass on any vehicle whose manufacturer required you to get the absolute top end vehicle to get them. Honda, for example, gives you those systems at mid-range, but requires you to spend much more money to get blind spot and rear cross traffic, and that's just stupid!

 

Why would you want it disabled? Eyesight doesn't text, talk on the phone, or become distracted with something else while the car is in motion. With the inattentive drivers on the road, we need all the help possible. I will leave mine activated and use it to assist me in safer driving.

 

wr moore: "There are times when it's highly advisable to hit something-or at least convince someone you're willing to."

Please explain--I'm at a loss to understand.

 

Perhaps someone standing in the road trying to carjack or rob you? Depending on where you live and drive, that's a possible scenario.

 

Under normal day to day driving back and forth to work and running errands in the city you'll forget it is even there.

 

I agree with OP and some people just don't want the intrusions when their driving. The warning before the auto brake is the annoying part. In stop and go traffic it is very easily set off even when there is no true problem in front of you, the cars are just moving closer together than normal. I kinda stinks but I actually didn't get the touring XT basically because of eye sight alone. I wanted all of the other touring options, but I didn't want to deal with eyesight that I completely didn't want in anyway. I previously had a GC summit and deactivated every driver aid I could. I don't disagree it may be "safer". But that is completely subjective based on the situation.