Approaching And Following A Vehicle (Acc); Stationary Or Very Slow-Moving Objects; Acc Automatically Disengages - Cadillac 2013 XTS Owner's Manual

sound from the front, or both sides
of the Safety Alert Seat will pulse
five times. See Collision/Detection
Systems under
See
Approaching and Following a
Vehicle
The vehicle ahead symbol is in the
instrument cluster and HUD display
(if equipped).
The vehicle ahead symbol only
displays when a vehicle is detected
in your vehicle s path.
If this symbol is not displaying, ACC
will not respond to or brake to
vehicles ahead.
ACC automatically slows the vehicle
down and adjusts vehicle speed to
follow the vehicle in front at the
selected follow gap. The vehicle
. speed increases or decreases to
follow the vehicle in front of you, but
.
will not exceed the set speed. It may
apply limited braking, if necessary.
When braking is active, the brake
lights will come on. The automatic
braking may feel or sound different
than if the brakes were applied
manually. This is normal.
Stationary or Very Slow-Moving
Objects
Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC)
may not detect and react to
stopped or slow-moving vehicles
ahead of you. For example, the
system will not brake for a vehicle
that it has never detected moving.
This can occur in stop-and-go
traffic or when a vehicle suddenly
Driving and Operating
WARNING
(Continued)
WARNING (Continued)
appears due to a vehicle ahead
changing lanes. Your vehicle may
not stop and could cause a crash.
Use caution when using ACC.
Your complete attention is always
required while driving and you
should be ready to take action
and apply the brakes.

ACC Automatically Disengages

ACC may automatically disengage
and the driver will need to manually
apply the brakes to slow the
vehicle when:
The sensors are blocked.
There is no traffic or other
objects to detect.
There is a fault in the system.
The ACC active symbol will not be
displayed when ACC is no longer
active.
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