Get Operating Your Vehicle -> Adaptive cruise control system (if equipped) Guide for Suzuki Baleno 4 Door First Generation (1995-2002)

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Adaptive cruise control

system (if equipped)

The adaptive cruise control system allows

you to maintain a steady speed without

keeping your foot on the accelerator pedal.

You can use the adaptive cruise control

system under the following conditions:

• Driver’s seat belt is fastened.

• Open door warning light is off.

• Parking brake is completely released.

• Speed limiter is not used.

• For manual transaxle vehicle, the gear

position is in 3rd, 4th, 5th.

• For automatic transaxle vehicle, the gear-

shift lever is in “D” position, or the gear

position is in 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th in the

manual mode.

• For CVT vehicle, the gearshift lever is in

“D” position.

• The vehicle speed is about 40 km/h (25

mph) or higher.

• ESP

OFF switch is not pushed and the

system is not turned off.

The adaptive cruise control system has the

following four controls.

(1) Constant-speed control

(There is no vehicle ahead)

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Your vehicle cruises at the set speed.

• The vehicle speed can be set between

40 km/h (25 mph) to 160 km/h (100

mph).

(2) Deceleration control

(A vehicle ahead is within radar range

and going slower than the set speed)

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Your vehicle slows down, and maintains

the same speed as the speed of the vehi-

cle ahead to maintain the following dis-

tance.

• Possible detecting distance between

your vehicle and a vehicle ahead is

within about 100 m (328 ft).

(3) Following control

(A vehicle ahead is within radar range

and going at a steady speed)

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Your vehicle follows the vehicle ahead,

keeping a constant distance, without

exceeding the set speed.

WARNING

Deceleration control by the adaptive

cruise control system is limited.

Therefore, you are requested to pay

enough attention for safety driving,

by checking the surrounding traffic

always and operating brake pedal

and/or accelerator pedal as neces-

sary.

EXAMPLE

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NOTE:

• When your vehicle is getting close to the

vehicle ahead while deceleration control

or following control is functioning, a fron-

tal collision warning is activated.

• When operating brake pedal during fol-

lowing control, you might feel that a

brake is heavy. However, this is normal

in the brake system. This occurs

because of the feature of adaptive cruise

control system.

(4) Acceleration control

(A vehicle ahead goes out of range)

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The adaptive cruise control system accel-

erates your vehicle to the set speed, and

then maintains it.

Situations where radar will not acti-

vate properly

Under the following situations, there is a

high possibility that deceleration control,

following control and acceleration control

will not function properly, even if a vehicle

ahead is within radar range.

• When vehicle is driven in a traffic jam

• When vehicle is driven on sharp curves

• When vehicle is driven on slippery road

such as ice or snow-covered road

• When vehicle is driven on steep hill

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• When vehicle is driven on the road with

many steep uphills and downhills

• When your vehicle is towing a trailer

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• Highway gate

• When the vehicle cannot move in a

straight manner without consistently

steering, due to an accident or break-

down

• When the vehicle is running left turn lane

or right turn lane

• When the radiator grill or front bumper

hit a hard object

• When the system is temporarily stopped

or malfunctioning, some of the following

indicator and messages will come on:

– Adaptive cruise control system warn-

ing light

– “INSPECT CRUISE SYSTEM” mes-

sage

– “RADAR BRAKE SUPPORT: NOT

ACTIVE BY SENSOR.” message

– “RADAR BRAKE SUPPORT SYS

INSPECTION REQUIRED” message

– “RADAR BRAKE SUPPORT FCN

TEMPORARILY DISABLED” message

EXAMPLE

WARNING

Do not use the adaptive cruise con-

trol system under the following situa-

tions. Otherwise, the system will not

function properly and unexpected

accidents may occur.

EXAMPLE

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Situations where radar may not

activate properly

Under the following situations, the radar

may not detect a vehicle ahead correctly

and frontal collision warning may not func-

tion. You need to decelerate the vehicle

operating brakes as necessary.

• When a vehicle ahead is running slowly

or stopping at the end of the line in a traf-

fic jam or the tollgate

• When the vehicle is approaching repair-

ing road

• While running inside of tunnel

• When the radar sensor cover is covered

in snow, water or dirt

• When there is bad weather such as rain

or fog, a blizzard or sandstorm or when

the vehicle in front of you is surrounded

by water, snow or sand

• A vehicle ahead has extremely small

rear end area such as an unloaded

trailer

• When your vehicle is weighed down by

heavy items in the luggage compartment

or rear seat

• When your vehicle is running at 160 km/h

(100 mph) or higher speed

• When a vehicle ahead is cutting in sud-

denly

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• When the bicycles or motorcycles are

running on the edge of your lane

Situations where radar may activate

properly

Under the following situations, the radar

system detects a vehicle on the neighbor-

ing lane or roadside objects and frontal col-

lision warning may function.

• At a corner or narrow traffic lane

• The vehicle position in your lane

is unstable due to steering operation etc.

• Objects protruding from the road’s

surface such as manhole covers and

other metal objects, as well as falling

objects or level changes in the road

WARNING

Always drive safely with proper driv-

ing operations depending on traffic

situation.

EXAMPLE

WARNING

Always drive safely with proper driv-

ing operations depending on traffic

situation.

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Setting cruising speed

Adaptive cruise control switch

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(1) Following distance setting switch

(2) “CRUISE” switch

(3) “CANCEL” switch

(4) “RES +” switch

(5) “SET –” switch

Information display

(For instrument cluster - Type B)

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(6) Following distance indicator

(7) Adaptive cruise control indicator

(8) “SET” indicator

(9) Vehicle ahead detecting indicator

(10) Set speed indication

(For instrument cluster - Type C)

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(6) Following distance indicator

(7) Adaptive cruise control indicator

(8) “SET” indicator

(9) Vehicle ahead detecting indicator

(10) Set speed indication

1) Turn on the adaptive cruise control sys-

tem by pushing “CRUISE” switch (2).

When the adaptive cruise control indi-

cator (7), following distance indicator

(6) and vehicle ahead detecting indica-

tor (9) come on or appear on the infor-

mation display, you can set cruising

speed.

2) Accelerate or decelerate to the desired

speed.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

EXAMPLE

(7)

(8)

(10)

(9)

(6)

EXAMPLE

(7) (8)

(10)

(9)

(6)

EXAMPLE

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3) Push “SET –” switch (5), “SET” indica-

tor (8) and set speed indication (10)

come on or appear on the information

display.

Take your foot off the accelerator pedal

and the set speed will be maintained. At

this time, vehicle ahead detecting indi-

cator (9) will vary as follows, depending

on the presence or absence of the vehi-

cle ahead.

A vehicle ahead is not detected. In this

case, the vehicle is in the state of con-

stant-speed control.

A vehicle ahead is detected. In this

case, the vehicle is in the state of decel-

eration control and following control.

Type B Type C

WARNING

If the cruising speed is accidentally

set, you could lose control of the

vehicle. This could lead to an acci-

dent, resulting in severe injury or

death.

Turn off the adaptive cruise control

system and check that the adaptive

cruise control indicator (7) disap-

pears when the system is not in use.

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Changing following distance

While adaptive cruise control indicator (7) is on, you can adjust a following distance between your vehicle and the vehicle ahead as fol-

lows, by pressing following distance setting switch (1).

NOTE:

• When turning off the engine, the previously set distance in the memory is canceled and the system is initialized.

• An appropriate following distance will vary depending on vehicle speed.

Indication

Description

Type B Type C

Short

A following distance will be kept shorter, compared with Middle setting.

Middle

This is an initial setting. When your vehicle is driven at 80 km/h (50 mph), a fol-

lowing distance will be kept as about 40 m (131 ft).

Long

A following distance will be kept longer, compared with Middle setting.

WARNING

Maintain a safe following distance depending on traffic situation. Otherwise, it could result in severe injury or death.

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Changing speed temporarily

When the cruising speed is maintained,

you can temporarily accelerate or deceler-

ate.

To accelerate, depress the accelerator

pedal. When you take your foot off the

pedal, your vehicle will return to the set

speed.

To decelerate, depress the brake pedal.

The set speed will be canceled and “SET”

indicator (8) will disappear. To resume the

previously set speed, push “RES +” switch

(4) and turn on “SET” indicator (8) again

when vehicle speed is above about 40 km/

h (25 mph). The vehicle will accelerate to

the previously set speed and maintain its

speed.

Changing cruising speed

Using the accelerator pedal

To reset at a faster cruising speed, acceler-

ate to the desired speed using the accelera-

tor pedal and push “SET –” switch (5). The

new speed will be maintained.

Using the brake pedal

To reset at a slower cruising speed, decel-

erate to the desired speed using the brake

pedal and push “SET –” switch (5). The

new speed will be maintained.

NOTE:

When the brake pedal is depressed, “SET”

indicator (8) disappears until you reset the

cruising speed.

Using “RES +” switch or “SET –” switch

To reset at a faster cruising speed, press

repeatedly or hold push “RES +” switch

(4). Vehicle speed will steadily increase.

When you release the switch, the new

speed will be maintained.

To reset at a slower cruising speed, press

repeatedly or hold push “SET –” switch (5)

until the vehicle has slowed to the desired

speed, and then release the switch. The

new speed will be maintained.

NOTE:

• You can adjust the set speed by 1 km/h

(or 1 mph) by pushing “RES +” switch (4)

or “SET –” switch (5) quickly.

• You can adjust the set speed by 5 km/h

(or 5 mph) by pushing and holding “RES

+” switch (4) or “SET –” switch (5).

• While deceleration control or following

control is activated, the vehicle is not

accelerated even though resetting to

higher cruising speed by continuous

pushing “RES +” switch (4) is operated.

However, if the vehicle ahead disap-

pears, the vehicle is accelerated auto-

matically to the set speed.

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Cancelling adaptive cruise control

“SET” indicator (8) will disappear and the

adaptive cruise control system will be can-

celed temporarily under the following con-

ditions:

• When “CANCEL” switch (3) is pushed

• When brake pedal is depressed

• When vehicle speed falls below about 40

km/h (25 mph)

• When a vehicle skids and ESP

is acti-

vated

• When radar sensor cover is covered in

snow, water or dirt

• When engine speed is too high or too

low

• When driver’s door is open

• When driver’s seat belt is unfastened

• When parking brake is applied

• When “LIMIT” switch is pressed

• When ESP

OFF switch is pressed

For manual transaxle vehicle

• When clutch pedal is continuously

depressed

• When gear position is changed to “N”

(Neutral)

• When gear position is changed to 1st or

2nd

For automatic transaxle vehicle

• When gear position is changed to “N”

• When gear position is changed from 3rd

to 2nd in the manual mode

For CVT vehicle

• When gear position is changed to “N” or

“L”

To resume the previously set speed, push

“RES +” switch (4) and show “SET” indica-

tor (8). The vehicle speed must be above

about 40 km/h (25 mph) when the vehicle

is not under the above conditions.

To turn off the adaptive cruise control sys-

tem, push “CRUISE” switch (2) and check

that the adaptive cruise control indicator

(7) disappears. Also, if any warning indica-

tion or message related to the adaptive

cruise control system is displayed on the

instrument cluster, the adaptive cruise con-

trol system will be turned off.

NOTE:

If you turn off the adaptive cruise control

system, the previously set speed in the

memory is cleared. Reset your cruising

speed again.

Frontal collision warning

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If your vehicle gets too close to the vehicle

ahead as described below, the interior

buzzer sounds, the indicator (1) appears

on the information display at the same

time, to promote deceleration.

• The vehicle ahead of you slows down

abruptly.

• Another vehicle cuts in front of you.

Depress the brake pedal, and keep an

appropriate distance from the vehicle

ahead. The buzzer timing of frontal colli-

sion warning varies depending on the vehi-

cle speed and a following distance

between your vehicle and the vehicle

ahead.

There are different frontal collision warning

operations in adaptive cruise control sys-

tem and radar brake support system.

Therefore, the interior buzzer in adaptive

cruise control system sounds a little earlier

than the buzzer in radar brake support sys-

tem. For details of frontal collision warning

in radar brake support system, refer to

(1)

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“Radar brake support system (if equipped)”

in this section.

Adaptive cruise control system

warning light

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If this light stays on, there is a problem with

the adaptive cruise control system or radar

sensor and the system is disabled tempo-

rarily. If this light does not disappear for a

while, have your vehicle inspected by an

authorized SUZUKI dealer.

Handling the radar sensor

For details on radar sensor, refer to “Radar

brake support system” in this section.

WARNING

• Do not use the adaptive cruise con-

trol system in a heavy traffic area

where the frontal collision warning

frequently activates.

• Even if the distance between your

vehicle and the vehicle ahead is

short, frontal collision warning may

not alert you under the following

circumstances:

– The vehicle ahead of you is going

at almost the same speed as, or

faster than your vehicle.

– When the vehicle ahead of you is

going away from your vehicle.

– Right after setting up to the

desired speed.

– While depressing the accelerator

pedal or right after releasing the

pedal.

– While decelerating by depressing

the brake pedal.

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Warning and indicator messages

The information display shows the warning and indicator messages to let you know about certain problems of the adaptive cruise control

system.

Warning and indicator message

Radar brake

support system

warning light or

Master warning

indicator light

Sound Cause and remedy

Type B Type C

–

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Blinks (For instrument cluster -

Type B)

Off

(For instrument cluster -

Type C)

Beep (one time from interior

buzzer)

There may be malfunction

of the adaptive cruise con-

trol system. Contact your

SUZUKI dealer for inspec-

tion.

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Blinks (For instrument cluster -

Type B)

Off

(For instrument cluster -

Type C)

Beep (one time from interior

buzzer)

The radar brake support

system is disabled tempo-

rarily because dirt is

detected on the sensor

cover, or millimeter-waves

from the radar sensor

cause diffused reflection. If

the message does not dis-

appear for a while, wipe the

sensor cover with a soft

cloth.

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Warning and indicator message

Radar brake

support system

warning light or

Master warning

indicator Light

Sound Cause and remedy

Type B Type C

–

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Blinks (For instrument cluster -

Type B)

Off

(For instrument cluster -

Type C)

Beep (one time from interior

buzzer)

There may be a problem

with the radar brake sup-

port system.

Have your vehicle

inspected by an authorized

SUZUKI dealer.

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Blinks (For instrument cluster -

Type B)

Off

(For instrument cluster -

Type C)

Beep (one time from interior

buzzer)

There may be a problem

with the radar brake sup-

port system and the system

is disabled temporarily.

If the message does not

disappear for a while, have

your vehicle inspected by

an authorized SUZUKI

dealer.

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