Opel MOKKA Owner's Manual page 198

196 Driving and operating
Adaptive cruise control on
vehicles with automatic
transmission
For vehicles with automatic
transmission, adaptive cruise control
allows to maintain the selected
distance behind a braking vehicle
until a complete stop is reached.
If the system has stopped your
vehicle behind another vehicle, then
the set speed is replaced by a green
control indicator .. This symbol
notifies, that the vehicle is hold
automatically in stop position.
When the vehicle ahead drives away
within some seconds and the traffic
conditions allow a restart of the
vehicle, then active cruise control is
resumed automatically.
If the stopped vehicle ahead was
stopped for a longer time and then
begins to move forward, the green
control indicator . will flash and a
warning chime will sound as a
reminder to check traffic before
resuming.
When the vehicle ahead drives away,
depress the accelerator pedal or
press i to resume adaptive cruise
control.
If the vehicle stays stopped for more
than 5 minutes or if the driver's door
is opened and the driver's seat belt is
unfastened, then the electric parking
brake is applied automatically to hold
the vehicle. Control indicator j will
illuminate. To release electric parking
brake, press the accelerator pedal.
Electric parking brake 3 185.
9 Warning
When the system is deactivated or
cancelled, the vehicle will no
longer be held at a stop and can
start moving. Be always prepared
to manually apply the brake to hold
the vehicle stationary.
Do not leave the vehicle while it is
being held at a stop by adaptive
cruise control. Always move
selector lever to park position P
and switch off the ignition before
leaving the vehicle.
Setting the following distance
When adaptive cruise control detects
a slower moving vehicle in the driving
path, it will adjust the vehicle speed to
maintain the following distance
selected by the driver.
The following distance can be set to
close (1 bar), normal (2 bars) or far (3
bars).
If the engine is running and the
adaptive cruise control is enabled
(grey) or active (green), you can
modify the following distance setting:
Press V, the current setting is
shown in the Driver Information
Centre.
Press V again to change the
following distance: The new setting is
displayed in the Driver Information
Centre.
The selected following distance is
indicated by full bars in the adaptive
cruise control page.