Audi Q5 2016 Owner's Manual page 112

Audi adaptive cruise control and braking guard
Interrupting cruise control
Applies to vehicles: with Audi adaptive cruise contro l
Fig. 123 Selector lever
Requirement: adaptive cruise control must be
switched on
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fig . 123 (D.
Overriding cruise control
• To accelerate manually , press the accelerator
pedal. The message ACC: override appears .
• To resume adaptive cruise control, remove your
foot from the gas pedal. The system ret urns
again to the speed that was saved before .
• You can
save
a new speed at any time by press-
ing the
IS E TI
button
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fig. 123 .
Canceling cruise control while driving
• Move the lever into position @ . The message
ACC: Standby appears. Or
• press the brake pedal.
• To resume the stored speed, move the lever in-
to position
@ .
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WARNING
Never res um e the stored speed if the speed is
too high for prevailing road, traffic or weather
conditions.
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Setting the distance
Applies to vehicles: with Audi adaptive cruise control
Fig. 124 Selector leve r: setting the distance
• Tap the switch to display t he current set dis-
tance
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fig. 124 .
• To increase or reduce the distance by incre-
ments, tap the sw itch again to the left or right .
The distance between the two veh icles will
change in the instrument cluster display .
When approaching a moving vehicle up ahead,
the adapt ive cruise control system brakes to
match that object's speed and then maintains
the stored distance. If the vehicle ahead acceler -
ates, adaptive cruise control will also accelerate
up to the stored speed .
The higher the speed, the greater the distance in
yards (meters)
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&. .
The Distance 3 setting is
recommended.
The distances provided are spec ified values . De-
pending on the driving situation and the how the
vehicle ahead is driving, t he actua l distance may
be more or less than these target distances .
The var ious symbo ls for the time increments ap-
pear briefly in the information line @
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tings.
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Distance 1 : This setting cor responds
to a distance of 92 feet/28 meters when travel-
ing at 62 mph (100 km/h), or a time interval of 1
second .
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Distanc e 2: This setting corresponds
to a distance of 118 feet/36 meters when travel-
ing at 62 mph (100 km/h), or a time interval of
1.3 seconds .