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Ad a pti v e crui se control
A
WARNING
Following ot her vehicles too closely in-
creases the risk of a crash and serious per-
sonal injury .
- Following other vehicles too closely, par-
t icularly at higher speeds increases the
risk of collis ions and serious pe rsonal in-
Jury.
- Setting short distances to the traffic
ahead reduces the time and distance
available to br ing you r vehicle to a safe
stop and makes it even mo re ne cessary
to pay close attention to traffic.
- Always select a speed and distance to
traffic ahead that is safe and appropr iate
under the prevailing traff ic, road, weath -
er and Lighting conditions .
- Never re ly on the dist ance control fea-
ture of ACC a lone to preven t rear -end col-
lisions. Always be prepared to brake and
take evasive act ion to avoid collisions
and other acc ident situations.
- Never allow the closing speed between
you and other vehicles to be so high that
the adaptive cruise control may not be
able to slow your vehicle safe ly. If clos-
ing speed is too high, you must apply the
brakes yourself to reduce the risk of a
rear-end crash.
- Always select a g reater following dis-
tance to the veh icle ahead on wet roads
than o n dry roads.
- Always read and heed the information
and WARNINGS
9
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in Description on
page 115.
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Tips
The distance setting is reset to the factory
default DISTANCE 3 the next time the ig-
nition is turned on.
Driver
information
Displays in the instrument cluster
Applies to vehicles: with adaptive cruise contro l
Depending on the driving situation, driver in-
formation is displayed in the instrument clus-
ter.
Fig. 1 37 Overview inst rument cluster
@ Speedometer a nd indica t or Li g ht d isp lay
@ Display in the instrument cluster
@
Speedometer and indicato r light
display
Important information concerning vehicle op -
eration with adaptive cruise control is shown
in display a rea @ . The desired speed you set is
indica t ed in the speedome t er (LED lights
aro und t he edge).
The ind icator Lights show whether the system
has detected a vehicle trave ling ahead .
@
Display in the instrument cluster
In display area @ information from the navi-
gation system* and t he tr ip computer is dis-
played in addition to informat ion about adap-
t ive cru ise control.
You can select among the different informa-
t io n by repeated brief taps o n the
I
RESET
I
but-
ton on the w indshie ld w iper Lever
9
page
25,
Operation .
Certain pieces of information in the bottom
part of the d isplay are not shown permanent-
ly. Information is displayed only if you set or
change the speed setting, change the time in-
te rval, when messages are disp layed or if the
adaptive cruise contro l is turned off for safety
reasons .
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