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Audi side assist
Lane Change Assistant
Description
App lies to vehicles: with side assist
The side assist helps you when changing
lanes .
AUDl Q7
Fig. 150 Rear bumper: Position of radar sensors (not
visible on outside)
Fig.
15 1 Signal light on the outside mirror - driver 's
side
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Side assist uses radar sensors (not visib le on
outside) ¢
fig. 150 to help the d river check
blind spots, and see what is happen ing in traf -
fic beh ind the veh icle
¢ page 132, fig. 153.
Signa l lights are bu ilt into both outside mir-
rors ¢
fig. 151 . The signal light on the left
ou t side mirror assists when moving over into
the left lane and the signal light on the right
ou t side mirror assists when moving over int o
the right lane .
The s ignal lig ht comes on to tell you t hat side
assis t has detec t ed a vehicle on t hat side and
that t he position of this othe r vehicle shou ld
be taken into account if you were to change
lanes. This is called the
informationa l stage
sign al ¢ page 133.
The informat ional stage
Aud i side assist 131
signal is designed so that you notice it on ly
when you are looking in the outside mirror.
When you activate the turn signal and side as -
s ist de t ects a vehicle in a no table location, the
corresponding signal on the outside mi rror
flashes briefly and brightly several times. This
is the
alert stage signal ¢ page 133 .
Activating and deactivating
Applies to vehicles: wit h side assist
Fig.
152 Dri ver's doo r : Side assist button
Activating
.,. Press the
¢ fig. 152 button. The indicator on
t he button lights up .
Deactivating
.,. Press the button again . The indicator light
on the button goes ou t .
The system works at speeds faster than
19 mph (30 km/h) .
A WARNING
- Imp roper reliance on the side assist sys-
tem can cause coll isions and serio us pe r-
sonal injury:
- Never rely on ly on side assist when
changing lanes.
- Always check rear view mirrors to make
su re that it is safe to change lanes.
- Side assist canno t detect all veh icles un-
de r all conditions- danger of accident!
- Side assist canno t d etect vehicles in time
to a lert you when they app roac h from
behind at very hig h speed, or fall drop
back very qu ickly.
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