When the system determines a collision with the
vehicle in front of you is no longer probable, the
warning message will be deactivated
page 368.
NOTE:
•
The minimum speed for FCW activation is 3 mph
(5 km/h).
•
The FCW alerts may be triggered on objects other
than vehicles such as guardrails or sign posts based
on the course prediction. This is expected and is a
part of normal FCW activation and functionality.
•
It is unsafe to test the FCW system. To prevent such
misuse of the system, after four Active Braking
events within a key cycle, the Active Braking portion
of FCW will be deactivated until the next key cycle.
•
The FCW system is intended for on-road use only. If
the vehicle is taken off-road, the FCW system should
be deactivated to prevent unnecessary warnings to
the surroundings.
•
FCW may not react to irrelevant objects such as
overhead objects, ground reflections, objects not in
the path of the vehicle, stationary objects that are
far away, oncoming traffic, or leading vehicles with
the same or higher rate of speed.
•
FCW will be disabled like ACC, with the unavailable
screens.
WARNING!
Forward Collision Warning (FCW) is not intended to
avoid a collision on its own, nor can FCW detect every
type of potential collision. In rare situations, the sys-
tem may react to surrounding objects such as tun-
nels, bridges, guardrails, etc. The driver has the
responsibility to avoid a collision by controlling the
vehicle via braking, steering, and acceleration. Unin-
tended braking reactions can always be overridden by
pressing down hard on the accelerator. Failure to fol-
low this warning could lead to serious injury or death.
Turning FCW On Or Of f
The FCW setting menu can be adjusted through the
Uconnect Settings
page 177.
•
To turn the FCW system on, select between “Only
Warning” and “Warning and Braking” in the FCW
menu.
•
Select “OFF” in the FCW menu to turn the FCW sys-
tem off.
NOTE:
•
When the FCW is “on”, this allows the system to
warn the driver of a possible collision with the
vehicle in front.
•
When the FCW is “off”, this prevents the system
from warning the driver of a possible collision with
the vehicle in front. If the FCW is set to “off”, “FCW
OFF” will be displayed in the instrument cluster
display.
•
When FCW status is set to “Only Warning”, this pre-
vents the system from providing limited active brak-
ing, or additional brake support if the driver is not
braking adequately in the event of a potential frontal
collision.
•
When FCW status is set to “Warning and Braking”,
this allows the system to warn the driver of a pos-
sible collision with the vehicle in front using audible/
visual warnings and it applies autonomous braking.
•
The system will retain the last setting selected by
the driver after ignition shutdown.
FCW Braking Status And Sensitivity
The FCW Sensitivity and Active Braking status are pro-
grammable through the Uconnect system
page 177.
•
Far
○ When the sensitivity of FCW is set to the “Far”
setting, this allows the system to warn the driver
of a possible more distant collision with the
vehicle in front using audible/visual warnings.
○ More cautious drivers that do not mind frequent
warnings may prefer this setting.
NOTE:
The “Far” setting may result in a greater number of
FCW possible collision warnings experienced.
FCW Message
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