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I have noticed that many body panels of my C Max are not flush with each other at gaps. Some panels stick out a little relative to the adjacent panel. It's easily noticeable by running a finger along the gap between the panels, and noticeable visually if one is looking for it. How is the fit and finish on other people's C Maxes?

Thanks for the advice and comments. To comment on a few suggestions that the car was moving too fast, I did have my foot on the brake the entire time and was moving very slowly as my car approached the forward parked car. I have been using the active park assist almost daily for a month without incident. In this instance, I stopped the vehicle before contact was made, but then decided to let the system continue slowly since I had heard of no incidents of the active park assist misjudging distances. Unfortunately it did. At first I thought it might just be off by a fraction of an inch as my car touched the bumper of the car in front, so I let it move some more, which is what causes the damage. Also, the active park assist system will work on the left hand side of the car, you need to turn on the left turn signal and the computer searches the left side of the street. You will see the little radar symbol change on the LCD display to the left side. I've used it several times on my one-way street with success. Update from my original post. I dropped off the car at my Ford dealership and they said they would investigate. Unfortunately, they said there were no error codes and all of their diagnostics said the system was functioning normally. The service manager said he looked up the instructions for using Active Park Assist, and made note of how many times it said the driver is responsible for ensuring the car will not collide with other objects. Basically, if the system misjudges and the driver doesn't catch the error in time, it is the driver's fault. So, I have an estimate for $450 to replace the fender and repaint the area... which is not horrible. I have learned my lesson on trusting the parking system in the future.

I've had my C-Max hybrid for a month now, and the active park assist has worked flawlessly... until yesterday. I avoided clipping the front car during active parking assistance last night by asking my passenger to look out the window to tell me if the car was really turning too close to the other vehicle. It was, and I aborted the automation and parallel parked the old fashioned way. Today, I allowed the system to parallel park my car, and while slowly letting the car back up, it turned too quickly and pushed my front fender into the bumper of the car in front of the parking spot. I was moving very slowly at the time, because it looked like the system was misjudging distances... however, the damage was done. There is now a nice indentation on my driver-side front fender. There was nothing unusual about either parking spot, both were plenty large, and the cars and curb were normal. Has anyone else had the system malfunction as to turn too soon and run into other parked cars? I'm not sure how to explain the incident to Ford, unless if continues to malfunction in the same way. Needless to say, I have a front fender to repair due to the cars maneuvering and I'm afraid to let it try to park the car again. Any suggestions on what to do?