98 Aud i adaptive cruise control and braking guard
Driv ing in stop-and-go traff ic
Applies to vehicles: with Audi adaptive cruise control
The adaptive cruise contro l system also as-
sist s you in stop- a nd-go traff ic. If a previo us
detec t ed veh icle ahead stops, your vehicle will
brake to a stop, within the limits of the sys-
tem .
,,. To res ume dr iving wit h adap t ive cruise con-
t rol, t ap the accelerator pe dal or
,,. Pull the lever toward you into posit ion @
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@ Tips
- If ada ptive cruise con tro l is active an d
you r vehicle does not start driving as ex-
pected after pulling the lever once, you
can start out aga in by tapp ing the accel-
erato r pedal.
- If an obstacle is detected when your ve-
hicle starts dr iving, the system will
prompt you to take over
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Your veh icle will dr ive more s lowly when
star t ing . This may also happe n in some
s ituation s whe n no obstacle is apparent.
Interrupting cruise control
Applies to vehicles: with Audi adaptive cruise control
Fig. 100 Selecto r lever
Requ irement : adaptive cruise control must be
switched on .
Overriding cruise control
,,. To accelerate ma nua lly, pull the lever to-
ward you into position @ and hold it there .
The message
ACC override appears . Or
,,. press t he accelerator peda l.
,,. To resume cruise cont rol, release the lever
or take your foot off the accelerato r pedal.
Canceling cruise control while driving
,,. Move t he lever int o posit ion @ . The mes-
sa ge
ACC standby ap pears. Or
,,. press t he brake pedal.
,,. To resume t he stored speed, move t he lever
into position @ .
Canceling cruise control when stopped
,,. Push th e lever away from you into posit ion
@ . The message
ACC standby appe ar s.
,,. To resume cruise contro l, press t he brake
pedal an d pu ll the lever toward you into po-
sition @ .
A WARNING
• -
Never resume the stored speed if the
sp eed is too high for prevailing road, traf-
f ic or weat her condit io ns.
Setting the distance
Applies to vehicles: wit h Audi ada pt ive cruise contro l
Fig. 101 Selector lever: sett ing the dista nce
,,. Tap the switch to display the current set dis-
tance
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,,. To increase or reduce the d istance by incre-
ments, tap the switch again to the left or
right. The distance between the two vehicles
will change in the instrument cluste r dis-
play.
When approach ing a mov ing vehicle up ahead,
the adaptive cruise control system automati-
cally brakes to match that object's speed and
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