HANDS-FREE ACTIVE DRIVING ASSIST

ELEVATE YOUR DRIVE

Help automate your drive with available Hands-Free Active Driving Assist (ADA). This innovative system helps maintain a set speed and a safe distance from vehicles ahead via sensors, cameras and radar. When the system is engaged, you can relax while keeping your eyes on the road. Check the owner’s manual for details.

HOW IT WORKS

Sensors and cameras work to analyze the road and the vehicles around you. This available technology automatically adjusts your vehicle, helping to keep you safe, secure and where you need to be. It can even assist you with changing lanes.

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WHAT YOU NEED

For the Hands-Free Active Driving Assist System, you’ll need a vehicle that’s equipped with the required available technology and has the available Hands-Free Active Driving Assist Ram Connect Package enabled. The package is a paid subscription, with a trial period of 3 years.

WHAT YOU'LL EXPERIENCE

To keep you on top of your Hands-Free Active Driving Assist System, visual indicators will light up based on driver awareness and the situation on the road. A white light means the system is inactive, green occurs when the system detects driver attentiveness and is actively providing speed control and steering, yellow means the system senses driver inattentiveness and red means driver inattentiveness is still detected and driver engagement may be needed.

SEAT VIBRATION

Helpful warnings don’t stop with the system’s indicator lights. The seat will also vibrate as part of an escalating alert strategy to regain driver attentiveness.

ACTIVE DRIVING ASSIST

If the road you’re on doesn’t support Hands-Free Active Driving Assist, available Active Driving Assist will kick in when driving the 2025 Ram 1500. This system constantly monitors your vehicle’s position in the lane and makes subtle but constant steering adjustments that help prevent your vehicle from drifting to either side. Be sure to always keep your hands on the wheel and eyes on the road.

COMPATIBLE VEHICLES

Hands-Free Active Driving Assist is standard on the Tungsten trim and available on the RHO, Laramie®, Limited and Limited Longhorn™ trims.

ACTIVE DRIVING ASSIST FAQ

While working in tandem with Adaptive Cruise Control to help keep you at your set speed, radar sensors and forward-facing cameras help available Active Driving Assist maintain a set distance from other vehicles directly ahead as it keeps your vehicle centered in its lane. When it comes to the Assisted Lane Change feature with the available Hands-Free Active Driving Assist System, Blind Spot Monitoring sensors help check for vehicles in adjacent lanes.

All necessary services are bundled into the available Hands-Free Active Driving Assist System. In order to use the system, you’ll need to subscribe to the Hands-Free Highway Assist Ram Connect Vehicle Package. There’s a trial period of 3 years followed by a paid subscription, and you can sign up for the service with your dealer, a customer service agent, in your vehicle or online. All necessary services are bundled into the available Hands-Free Active Driving Assist Package.

The available Active Driving Assist System sensors and cameras will determine which roads are appropriately marked for the technology as you drive.

 

The Hands-Free Active Driving Assist System is only available on preapproved roadways. Check the compatible roadways map for further details on supported roadways.

The available Active Driving Assist System requires you to have your hands on the wheel at all times and can be used anywhere valid lane lines are detected.

 

The available Hands-Free Active Driving Assist System does not require you to have your hands on the wheel at all times but is restricted to highway driving. Off highway, the system will revert to the Hands-On Active Drive Assist.

 

It should be noted that—with the exception of 2025 Ram 1500 models—these systems are mutually exclusive, meaning that if a customer options up to the available Hands-Free Active Driving Assist, they will not have any form of Active Driving Assist while not on the highway. This makes the available Hands-Free Active Driving Assist ideal for drivers who do a lot of highway driving.

If Adaptive Cruise Control is already active and controlling the speed of the vehicle, simply press the Active Driving Assist On/Off button on the right side of the steering wheel to activate the available system. If Adaptive Cruise Control is not already active, press the Active Driving Assist On/Off button on the right side of the steering wheel to turn on the system, and then press either of the corresponding Set + or Set - buttons to activate the system.

Other than manually turning off the available system using the On/Off button, the system will automatically deactivate in any of the following situations:

  • If the system has detected driver inattentiveness and has gone through all escalation warnings:
    • The available Active Driving Assist: Hands no longer detected on the steering wheel.
    • The available Hands-Free Active Driving Assist: Driver is no longer attentive.            
  • If lane markings are no longer detected or poor road conditions are experienced.
  • If the brake pedal is pressed or the Adaptive Cruise Control System is deactivated.
  • If a turn signal is used when equipped with the available Active Driving Assist (unless a target is in the blind spot zone on the same side the turn signal is being applied).
  • If the driver performs an evasive maneuver, applying high torque to the steering wheel for a short duration.
  • If the driver’s seat belt is unbuckled.
  • If the vehicle speed exceeds 90 mph (145 km/h).
  • If the driver steers out of the lane and crosses a lane marking.
  • If the Forward Collision Warning System becomes active and provides warnings and/or braking.


NOTE:

  • The available Active Driving Assist will not enable if the system detects that a trailer is connected to the vehicle.
  • Pushing the Active Driving Assist On/Off button will turn the system off. All other deactivation conditions will place the system back into the “enabled” state with the steering wheel indicator displayed in white until all engagement conditions are met again.
  • When the system is deactivated, the system status indicator lights will turn off, Active Lane Management will return to its previous state and Adaptive Cruise Control will disable.


Hands-Free Active Driving Assist System Deactivation (If Equipped)

In addition to the deactivation conditions listed above, the available Hands-Free Active Driving Assist System will also deactivate in the following situations:

  • The system initiates a stop-in-lane maneuver to stop the vehicle due to driver inattentiveness.
  • The vehicle is not receiving a clear cellular signal for an extended period of time.
  • The Ram Connect subscription for the available Active Driving Assist is expired.

Both systems have sensors inside the cabin that help verify you’re paying attention to the road ahead.

For available Active Driving Assist, if driver attention is not returned, the system will deactivate.

The Hands-Free Active Driving Assist System uses a driver-monitoring camera that helps verify that, while driving, you are:

  • Present in your seat
  • Not experiencing drowsiness
  • Keeping your eyes on the road
  • Not excessively reclining or adjusting your seat


If the camera notices any of these things are missing or happening, the system will escalate warnings for driver attention.

If your attention is not returned, the system can perform a stop-in-lane maneuver, which safely and securely brings your vehicle to a stop. Once the vehicle is at a standstill, the vehicle will attempt to place an emergency call through the available Assist and SOS System. If a stop-in-lane maneuver is completed, the system will be unavailable until the ignition is cycled OFF then back to ON.

Yes, the available Active Driving Assist System status can always be viewed in the Digital Cluster Display and status changes are shown by changes in color of the system’s indicator lights.

As the system detects driver inattentiveness, the system status indicator lights will change from green to yellow to red. When the lights turn red, driver engagement may be needed. The following indicators will change in color as warnings to the driver escalate:

  • Active Driving Assist Indicator (steering wheel icon in the Digital Cluster Display or Head-Up Display [if equipped]).
  • Glow effect of the Digital Cluster Display

 

Active Driving Assist Indicators Are Off

  • Active Driving Assist is not turned on or enabled by the driver.


Active Driving Assist Indicators Are White

  • Active Driving Assist is turned on/enabled by the driver, but the system is not actively steering the vehicle.

 

Active Driving Assist Indicators Are Green

  • The green cluster glow occurs when Hands Free Driving is active and Hands Off mode is engaged. The system is actively steering the vehicle and the system detects that the driver is attentive.

 

Active Driving Assist Indicators Are Yellow

  • Driver inattentiveness has been detected, warning the driver to place hands on the steering wheel, or look back toward the road (if equipped with the available Hands-Free System).
  • It should be noted that the vehicle is still actively steering the vehicle while indicators are yellow.

 

Active Driving Assist Indicators Are Red

  • Driver inattentiveness is still being detected, warning the driver to place hands on the steering wheel or, if equipped with the Hands-Free System, taking control of the vehicle.

 

NOTE:

For both the available Active Driving Assist and the available Hands-Free Active Driving Assist, the driver MUST replace hands on the steering wheel and take control of the vehicle when the system is deactivated.

Along with changes in the system’s indicator lights (green, yellow and red), the system can also issue a seat vibration to accompany these warnings. This causes the driver seat to vibrate as indicator lights transition from green to yellow, then yellow to red, in order to alert the driver of their attentiveness status being changed.

As long as you follow these guidelines, available Hands-Free Active Driving Assist can be a safe, secure and convenient experience.

  • Always remain alert and be ready to take control of the vehicle in the event that the Hands-Free Active Driving Assist System disables.
  • Always pay attention to the road when the available Hands-Free Active Driving Assist System is engaged. The system will not steer to avoid safety hazards, construction zones, objects or road impediments.
  • Maintain a safe distance from other vehicles and pay attention to traffic conditions.
  • Do not use a handheld device when the available Hands-Free Active Driving Assist System is engaged.
  • Do not place any objects on the steering wheel (steering wheel covers, ornaments, etc.) that could interfere with the detection sensors.

Adaptive Cruise Control adds to the convenience of Speed Control while traveling on highways and major roadways.

Adaptive Cruise Control will allow you to keep Speed Control engaged in light to moderate traffic conditions without the constant need to reset your Speed Control. It utilizes a radar sensor and a forward-facing camera to detect a vehicle directly ahead of you while maintaining a set distance.