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Adaptive cruise control (ACC)

Detection beam issues

Automatic braking with ACC

WARNINGS

You must take immediate action

once alerted, as the adaptive cruise

control braking will not be sufficient

to keep a safe distance to the vehicle in

front.

In some cases there may be no

warning or the warning may be

delayed. You should always apply

the brakes when necessary.

When following a vehicle in front of

you, adaptive cruise control will not

automatically decelerate to a stop.

The system will automatically brake for

you, if required to maintain the set gap

between your vehicle and the one detected

in front. This braking capacity is limited to

approximately 30% of the total manual

braking capacity to ensure smooth and

comfortable cruising. If the car needs to

brake more heavily than this, and you do

not intervene by braking manually, an

alarm will sound and a warning symbol will

be displayed in the cluster.

Detection issues can occur:

•

With vehicles that edge into your lane

that can only be detected once they

have moved fully into your lane (A).

Motorcycles may be detected late, or

not at all. (B)

With vehicles in front when going into

and coming out of a bend (C). The

detection beam will not follow sharp

curves in the road.

USING ADAPTIVE CRUISE

CONTROL

The system is operated by adjustment

•

controls mounted on the steering wheel.

In these cases the system may brake late

or unexpectedly. You should stay alert and

intervene if necessary.

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Adaptive cruise control (ACC)

Vehicles without speed limiter

ACC gap increase

ACC gap decrease

Switching the system on

Press switch A. The system is set to

standby mode.

Setting a speed

Note: The system must be in standby

mode.

ACC on

ACC cancel

ACC off

ACC gap increase

ACC gap decrease

Vehicles with speed limiter

Set speed increase

Set speed decrease

Press switch F or switch G to select your

desired cruise speed. The speed is

displayed in the information display and

stored as the set speed.

Changing the set speed

Note: Vehicle speed may be increased and

decreased at intervals of 5 km/h or 5 mph.

Note: If the system does not react to these

changes the reason may be that the gap

interval to the vehicle in front prevents an

increase in speed.

ACC on/off

ACC cancel

Speed limiter on/off

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Adaptive cruise control (ACC)

Note: The gap setting is time dependant

and therefore the distance will

automatically adjust with your speed. For

example on a gap setting of four bars, the

time gap is 1.8 seconds. This will mean that

at a speed of 100 km/h (62 mph), the

distance to the vehicle in front will be

maintained at 50 meters (164 feet).

Note: If the accelerator is depressed for a

short period, for example when overtaking,

the system is temporarily deactivated and

then reactivated when the accelerator pedal

is released. A message is displayed in the

information display.

Press switch F to increase or switch G to

decrease the set speed until the desired

set speed is shown in the information

display. The vehicle speed will gradually

change to the selected speed.

Note: The gap setting will remain

unchanged during ignition cycles.

Note: Smaller increases of 1 km/h or 1 mph

may be set by pressing switch H.

The distance between you and the vehicle

detected in front is maintained by a

variable setting. There are five steps which

are represented by horizontal bars

displayed in the information display. One

bar denotes the smallest gap and five bars

indicate the largest gap. These bars are

shown empty when in standby mode and

filled when in active mode.

ACC resume

If no vehicle is detected in front, then only

your vehicle is displayed in the information

display below the bars. The system will

maintain the set speed when conditions

permit. The set gap is maintained and

displayed.

If a vehicle is detected by the sensor, the

display will show another vehicle above

the horizontal bars:

Setting the vehicle gap

CAUTION

Use the appropriate gap setting in

accordance with local traffic

regulations.

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Adaptive cruise control (ACC)

Vehicles with speed limiter

Press switch A to turn the system off.

Note: When deactivating the system by

pressing switch A, the stored speed is not

retained.

Automatic deactivation

Note: If the engine speed drops too low, a

This is a follow mode, and the system will

message is displayed in the information

display instructing you to change down a

gear (manual transmission only). If you do

not follow this recommendation then the

system will go into automatic deactivation

mode.

accelerate or decelerate as necessary to

maintain the set gap.

Press switch E to decrease the gap or

switch D to increase the gap. The gap

selected will be represented by the number

of bars in the display.

Note: The system will not operate if the

electronic stability program (ESP) has been

manually switched off.

Note: The recommended gap setting is four

to five bars.

The system is dependent on various other

safety systems, for example ABS and ESP.

If any of these systems are malfunctioning

or reacting to an emergency, the system is

automatically deactivated.

In the event of automatic deactivation a

signal will sound and the message is

displayed in the information display See

Information Messages (page 88). You

must then intervene and adapt your driving

and speed to vehicles in front.

Temporarily deactivating the

system

Note: The system is canceled when the

gear lever is moved to a neutral position or

if the accelerator pedal or clutch is

depressed for a long period of time.

Press either the brake or switch B to cancel

the system. The system will return to

standby mode allowing you full manual

control of the vehicle. The set speed and

gap setting are retained in the memory.

To resume adaptive cruise control press

switch H. The system will resume with the

previously set speed and vehicle gap

setting if conditions permit.

An automatic deactivation can be due to

the:

•

vehicle speed falling below 30 km/h

(20 mph)

•

wheels losing traction

Switching the system off

Vehicles without speed limiter

brake temperature is high, for example

when driving on mountainous or hilly

roads

•

engine speed is too low

radar sensor is covered

Press switch C to turn the system off.

Note: When deactivating the system by

pressing switch C, the stored speed is not

retained.

parking brake or electric parking brake

(EPB) is applied.

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