Audi s id e as s ist -
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Audi side assist
Lane change assistant
Applies to vehicl es: w ith side assist
Description
The side assist helps you when changing lanes.
Fig. 120 Rear bump er:
Position of radar
sensors !not visible on
outside)
Fig. 121 Signal light
on th e outside mirror -
driver's side
Side assist uses radar sensors (not visible on outside)=> fig. 120 to
help the driver check blind spots, and see what is happening in
traff ic behind the vehicle => page 117, fig. 123.
Signal lights are built into both outside mirrors
G) => fig. 121. The
signa l light on the left outside mirr or assists when moving over into
Cont rols and equip-
ment
the left lane and the signal light on the right outside mirror assists
when moving over into the right lane.
The signa l ligh t comes on to te ll you that side assist has detected a
vehicle on t hat side and tha t the position of this other vehicle
should be taken into accoun t if you we re to change lanes . This is
called the
inform ati onal st age signal => page 117. The informational
stage signal is designed so that you notice it only when you are
looking in the outside mirror .
When you activate th e turn signal and side assist detects a veh icle
in a notable location, the corresponding signa l on the outside
mirror flashes briefly and brightly several tim es. This is the
alert
stage signal
=> page 117. •
Applies to veh icles: wi th side assi st
Activating and deactivating
Fig. 122 Driver's door:
Side assist butt on
Activating
Press t he ~ fi g . 122 b utt o n. The indic ator on the button
lig hts up.
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