Jeep & Ram Hands-Free Active Driving Assist

• Jeep
• Ram

Jeep and Ram offer both Active Driving Assist and explicitly named Hands-Free Active Driving Assist. That extra wording matters: the ordinary system requires hands on the wheel. A listing that says only “Active Driving Assist” is not enough to establish hands-free capability.

Driver responsibility

Hands-free on approved highways; eyes on road

Roads & conditions

Preapproved restricted-access highways; confirm the brand’s coverage map

Equipment & cost

Required equipment plus connected services; published three-year trial, then paid subscription

The hands-free system uses approved highway coverage and driver monitoring. You remain responsible for the drive and must keep watching the road. Ordinary Active Driving Assist is a hands-on feature.

Start with the Grand Cherokee or Grand Cherokee L and Ram 1500 entries in our catalog, then confirm the specific trim and optional package. The same model can be sold with very different equipment.

Check what happens when leaving supported highway coverage. Ram’s documentation identifies model-year differences in whether hands-on assistance remains available outside the hands-free operating area. Do not assume that upgrading to the hands-free package produces identical fallback behavior on every Jeep and Ram.

Jeep’s official page describes a required Jeep Connect Vehicle Package with a three-year trial followed by a paid subscription. Ram describes its Hands-Free Highway Assist Ram Connect package with a similar trial structure. Confirm the terms and renewal price for the actual VIN.

For a used vehicle, ask when the included service started and how much remains. Include any equipment package and service fees in the quote; the vehicle’s advertised base price is only part of the comparison.

Look up your regular highway segments on the appropriate compatible-road map. Then ask for a demonstration of the cluster indications, driver-attention alerts and transitions when assistance becomes unavailable.

• Verify that the build sheet explicitly says “Hands-Free.”
• Confirm service activation in the correct owner account.
• Read the manual’s restrictions for weather, roadworks and any towing use before relying on assistance during those trips.

Use these entries to compare models and source-linked prices, then check the exact trim, equipment and service entitlement. A model appearing in the catalog does not mean every configuration includes the system.

Jeep models & prices →

Grand Cherokee · Grand Cherokee L

Ram models & prices →

Ram 1500

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