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Toyota themselves stated that the 2020 Highlander has 2.0. The 2021 should be getting 2.5

@@Carsplain so the one you showed us is 2.0? Thats awesome. I am kinda disappointed 2021 sienna will come with 2.0 instead of 2.5+ =( i think only 2021 highlander, camry m chr has 2.5+

@@mana9013 yes that was 2.0, as it was a 2020 tester. Are you in the market for either a Highlander or Sienna?

@@Carsplain yup i am looking at 2021 sienna

not quite right... it depends on the trim level which safety functions the car has 2.5 *standardizes* the package components so that all vehicles will have certain functions/features

Thanks for watching! 1. Brake Hold, you've got it right, when you come to a complete stop, it'll hold the vehicle at a stop and keep the brake lights illuminated. No need to hold the brake pedal. It'll do this every time you come to a stop. 2. The Adaptive Radar Cruise and the Lane Departure/trace assist can work somewhat separately or in tandem. The Radar Cruise, on its own, will only set the speed and then adjust as traffic ahead dictates. It can be used without any sort of lane assistance. If you have the Active Lane Keep System on, it turns into the more centering Trace Assist when combined with the cruise control function. If you don't have cruise control on, it can be two levels of system, it can be merely a passive warning when the car edges towards and then outside the lane boundary. If you elect to make it "active" (I believe this is through the display in the gauges and using the thumbpad on the steering wheel) then it will start with a soft alert, and then a steering nudge to try to keep you in the primary lane. Hope that makes sense!

Was pretty surprised by the Highlander. We were on a pretty straight stretch of highway here, just very light active steering corrections needed at most. Even still most modern car will chime in much sooner, as you've seen. Highlander definitely is using a torque based system on the wheel, not a touch capacitive sensor as in some cars. Even still, some cars with torque based systems will think you've taken hands off the wheel on straight stretches even when your hands are on the wheel! So maybe just enough of the light active movements to keep itself engaged.

It’s okay in the curves, felt fairly natural as I was driving through, didn’t feel like I was constantly fighting it. Obviously the system is meant to be hands on, it is by no means a hands off driving aid.

If both blue lines are flashing/blinking usually means that driver needs to steer/provide steering input. It's not meant to be a self-driving/hands-free type of system.

I haven't see any widespread issues with either false triggers or malfunctions on the Toyota products. And I believe you can adjust your sensitivity level if you want to. Nissans and Hondas had some widespread issues with too many inadvertent emergency braking triggers which could result in being rear ended, but haven't heard/seen too much chatter on those recently.

@@Carsplain Glad to know that. I was getting ready to purchase a Highlander Platinum edition so I wanted to make sure it would protect my family. Unfortunately it seems you can't get a Platinum Highlander with second row bench seating..so not sure now. Thanks for the reply!

It worked for me twice one my Toyota Camry TRD 2021. Saved me twice always works no malfunctions.

@@Creeds-Creations That's awesome! I was just looking at the TRD last night..but was disappointed it doesn't offer many of the features the other top of the line Camry's do like ventilated seats. I guess it's meant to be more of a lighter and stripped down sports sedan?

It’s not meant to be a hands free system.

Yes it can work down to zero in the new cars that now have full speed control.

@@Carsplain thanks!

Believe Toyota’s systems mainly detect torque/input into the steering. Not a capacitive/touch based system

Yes it does, comes to a full stop.

It was a very unique set of circumstances it seemed that allowed for such a gap. Not sure if it was all the super subtle shifts that kept it from triggering hands on wheel alerts. But yes, this is by no means a hands off system and was surprising. Was shocked at how long it continued on

@@Carsplain thanks for replying.

It does! But we don't typically include those as part of advanced driver assistance tech.

It's in no means any sort of semi autonomous driving system. It's purely meant as a driver aid. It will attempt to aid the driver in keeping the car centered even on curves, but it won't drive through a curve for you. Lane Trace only works in conjunction with the cruise control function, otherwise you have more standard lane keep assist that will still try to nudge you to stay in your lane. The system uses a torque input based driver feedback system, so it could be one hand. Haven't seen a system that requires both hands on.

Hey my name is Talisa Smith i actually work at team one toyota in rainbow city it does not require both hands on steering wheel one would be fine. and yes it will still work with cruise control on/off and also it works great on curvy roads. i hope i was some help for you.

@@Carsplain I'm confused. How can it keep the car centered in the lane if on a curve and not steer the car through the turn? In order to keep the car centered as you enter a curve, it would have to steer the wheel. Also, are there two different systems Lane Trace assist for when cruise control is on, and Lane Keep Assist for when cruise control is off? Is one better than the other?

@@talisasmith1351 It appears the cruise control needs to be on for Lane Trace Assist. On Toyota's website it says, "Lane Tracing Assist NEW ) - When Full-Speed Range Dynamic Radar Cruise Control (DRCC) is enabled and lane markers are visible, Lane Tracing Assist (LTA) uses the lines on the road and preceding vehicles to help keep the vehicle centered and in its lane."

@@wstt4 it will attempt to help keep the car centered in the curve, only to a certain level/point. So yes, it will start to make a steering action to follow a curve, but if you take your hands off the wheel then it can't hold tight curves entirely on its own, it will drift out. The lines seem to indicate more of a lane keep assist when not in cruise control, and more active lane centering/trace assist with cruise control.

The 2019 Camry XSE has full speed adaptive cruise (so it can bring you to a stop) and it has lane departure with steering assist, but doesn’t have the Lane Tracing Assist, so it may be more ping pong like between the lane lines, vs lane centering. 2021 Camry was updated for the newest system.

@@Carsplain so can I upgrade or install this system LTA??

I don’t believe so. I would assume there are some hardware changes between the two systems. Otherwise they would have implemented it sooner.

We have ask toyota about this system to install

Thanks 😊for your reply

System works very well, keeps car centered and is reliable for situations it works in. It is NOT a self driving system and it’s not a hands free capable system. Tesla is not the benchmark in this area. Really think systems like SuperCruise and BlueCruise are phenomenal for hands free driving when it’s allowed.

That’s a good point!

@@Carsplain thanks for the information.

Yes it is.

They are decent assists for what they are. They are not meant to be hands free, and they don’t have any auto lane change functions etc.

@@Carsplain it will follow the front car smoothly but it's not gonna anticipate any non moving objects properly. Late emergency stop only. Plus the warning time while it tells you to put your hands back is too short (compared to korean cars that don't bother you within 30secs)

@@balokurd17 none of these are hands free systems.