Audi A6 2014 - Page 89

Audi adaptive cruise control and braking guard 87
tachometer @ and is also shown briefly in
the display @
c::> fig. 88.
.. You must also press the brake pedal when
the vehicle is stopped.
Switching adaptive cruise control off
.. Push the lever away from you into position
@ until it clicks into place. The message
ACC off appears.
@ Indicator lights
ra1 -Adaptive cruise control is switched on. No
vehicles are detected up ahead . The stored
speed is ma intained.
I -A moving vehicle is detected up ahead .
The adaptive cruise control system regulates
the speed and distance to the moving vehicle
ahead and acce lerates/brakes automatical ly.
fa)-Adaptive cruise contro l is switched on. A
moving vehicle up ahead was detected. Your
ve hicle remains stopped.
I -When automat ic braking is not able to
keep enough distance to a previously detected
moving vehicle up ahead, you must take con-
trol and brake
c::> page 89, Prompt for driver
intervention.
© Display
If adaptive cruise control is not shown in the
disp lay, you can call it up with the multifunc-
tion steering wheel buttons
c::> page 24.
Based on the symbols in the d isplay, you can
determine if the system is maintaining a dis-
tance to the vehicle ahead and what that dis-
tance is.
No vehicle - No veh icle ahead was detected .
White vehicle - A vehicle ahead was detected.
Red vehicle - Prompt for the driver to take ac-
tion c::> page 89.
Both arrows on the scale © indicate the dis-
tance to the vehicle ahead. No arrow appears
when the vehicle is on an open road and there
is no object ahead . If an object is detected
ahead , the arrow moves on the scale .
The green zone on the scale shows the stored
distance. For information on changing the
stored distance, refer to
c::> page 88 . If the
distance selected is too close or may soon be-
come too close, the arrows move into the red
zone on the sca le .
A WARNING
Improper use of the adaptive cruise con-
trol can cause collisions, other accidents
and serious personal injur ies .
- Pressing the
!SET! button when driv ing at
speeds below
20 mph (30 km/h), will au-
tomatically accelerate the vehicle to
20
mph (30 km/h), wh ich is the minimum
speed that can be set.
(D Tips
- If you switch the ignit ion or the adaptive
cruise control off, the set speed is erased
from the system memory.
- You cannot switch the Electronic Stabili-
zation Control (ESC) to the SPORT mode
when adaptive cruise control is switched
on.
Changing the speed
Applies to vehicles: with Audi adapt ive cruise control
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Fig. 89 Selector lever: chang ing the speed
.. To increase or reduce the speed in incre-
ments, tap the lever up or down.
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.. To increase or reduce the speed quickly, hold
the lever up or down until the red LED@
reaches the desired speed
c::> page 86,
fig.BB.
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