Audi adaptive cruise control and braking guard 95
tachometer @ and is also shown briefly in
thedisplay @ c::>fig.101.
.. 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
II-Adaptive cru ise contro l is switched on.
No vehicles are detec t ed up ahead. The stored
speed is ma intained.
• - 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.
fit-Adaptive cruise contro l is switched on. A
mov ing vehicle up ahead was detected. Your
vehicle remains stopped.
• - When automatic brak ing is not able to
keep enough distance to a previously detected
moving vehicle up ahead, you must take con-
trol and brake
c::> page 97, 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 23.
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 d is-
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 <=:>page 97.
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 .
"'
,....,
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,....,
The green zone on the scale shows the stored
distance. For information on changing the
stored distance, refer to
c::> page 96. 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. 102 Selector lever: chang ing t he speed
.. To increase or reduce the speed in incre-
ments, tap the lever up or down.
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0
±
...
a)
.. To increase or reduce the speed quickly, hold
the lever up or down until the red LED@
reaches the desired speed
c::> page 94,
fig.101 .
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