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Driving and Driver Assistance Systems
the driver does not take action based
upon these progressive warnings, then
the system will provide a limited level
of active braking to help slow down
the vehicle and mitigate the potential
forward collision. If the driver reacts to
the warnings by braking and the system
determines that the driver intends to
avoid the collision by braking but has
not applied sufficient brake force, the
system will compensate and provide
additional brake force as required.
When the system determines a collision
with the vehicle in front of you is no
longer probable, the warning messages
will be deactivated.
NOTE:
• Bad weather conditions, like strong
rain, snow, etc., can lead to reduced
system performance. Under these
conditions relevant objects will not
be detected or detected late by the
system.
• FCW is designed to react in specific
situations in typical traffic scenarios
with objects in the same lane driving
in the same direction, but under
certain conditions it can also react on
stationary objects in the same lane.
The system is designed to react to
oncoming traffic or crossing traffic
(only with ICA ( )).
• The FCW alerts may be triggered on
objects other than vehicles such as
guard rails or sign posts based on the
course prediction. This can occur but
it is not 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
an ignition cycle, the Active Braking
portion of FCW will be deactivated
until the next ignition cycle. The limit
of four events applies to the brake jerk
too.
• 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.
• FCW will automatically deactivated
when ESC OFF button is pressed (LED
light up).
WARNING!
•
Forward Collision Warning (FCW) is
not intended to avoid a collision on its
own, nor can FCW detect every type
of potential collision. The driver has
the responsibility to avoid a collision
by controlling the vehicle via braking
and steering. Failure to follow this
warning could lead to serious injury or
death. The driver is always in charge
to safely drive and to avoid critical
situations not relying on the support
of the system. Driver has to keep in
mind that the system and therefore its
intervention is always subject to the
prevailing physical limits.
•
FCW is not intended either to warn
or to apply any brake aid/brake
intervention in case of collisions with
pedestrians bicycles and smaller
vehicles in general.
Speed Range of Use
Speed MPH (km/h)
Minimum 0
Engaged/activated 3.1 (5)
Maximum 155 (250)
When the speed is outside the specified
limits, the system automatically disables
without turning on the corresponding
warning light on the instrument cluster.
System Status
The driver can adjust FCW status
and sensitivity by touching "Forward
Collision Warning" soft-key on the
"Apps" page or in the "Settings" list of
the "Vehicle" page.
Setting options are described in the
following paragraph.
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