A ss is tance s y s tem s
@ Indicator lights
Ill-Adaptive cruise control is switched on . No
veh icles are detected ahead . The stored speed is
maintained.
• - A vehicle driving ahead was detected. The
adapt ive cruise control system regulates the
speed and d istance to the vehicle ahead and
brakes/accelerates automatically.
(-) - Adaptive cruise control is switched on. Ave-
hicle was detected ahead . Your vehicle remains
stopped and will not start driv ing automat ica lly.
• - The automatic braking is not enough to
maintain a sufficient distance to a vehicle dr iving
ahead . You must intervene
r:::;,page 129, Driver
intervention request .
© Instrum ent cluster display
If adaptive cruise contro l is not shown in the in-
strument cluster display, you can call it up using
the multifunction steering wheel buttons
r:::;,page 13 .
Based on the graphics in the d isp lay, you can de-
termine if the system is mainta ining a distance to
a vehicle ahead and what that distance to this ve-
hicle is:
No vehicle - no vehicle was detected driving
ahead.
Silver vehicle - a vehicle was detected driving
ahead.
Red vehicle - request for driver intervention
r:::;,page 129.
The five distance bars on the gauge @ represent
the set distance (refer to r:::;,
page 128 for infor-
mat io n on how to change the distance). If you
fa ll below the se lected distance, the distance
bars become red from the bottom upward.
A WARNING
If you press the ISETI button when driving at
speeds below 20 mph (30 km/h), the vehicle
accelerates automat ica lly up to 20 mph (30
km/h), which is the m inimum speed that can
be set.
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@ Tips
- If you switch the ignition or the adaptive
cruise control system off, the set speed is
erased for safety reasons.
- The electronic stabilization control (ESC)
and the anti-slip-regulation (ASR) are auto-
matically switc hed on when the adaptive
cruise control is switched on.
Changing the speed
Applies to: vehicles with Audi adaptive cruise control
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Fig. 128 Operat ing lever : changing the speed
.. To increase or decrease the speed in incre-
ments,
tap the lever in the 0 10 direction.
,...
...
,...
i
.. To increase or decrease the speed qu ickly, hold
the lever toward 0 10 until the red LED@
r:::;,page 125, fig . 127 reaches the desired
speed.
You can also preselect the speed when adapt ive
cruise control is not active by moving the lever in
the des ired direction
0 10 . Activate the prev i-
ous ly selected speed by pulling the lever into po-
s ition (Dr:::;, page 125, fig. 126.
After each change, the new stored speed appea rs
br iefly in the status line
r:::;,page 125, fig . 127 @ .
When adaptive cru ise cont rol is act ive, the flJ or
• ind icator light turns on, and when adaptive
cruise contro l is not active, t he
IIJ ind icator light
turns on . In the Audi virtua l cockpit*, the
II indi-
cator light turns on instead .