System Limitations - Seat Toledo 2016 Owner's Manual

● OR: switch the system on or off in the Easy
Connect system with the button
function buttons and
Driver Assist
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When the Front Assist monitoring system is
switched off, the instrument panel will inform
that it has been switched off with the follow-
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Fig. 190.
ing indicator 
Switching the advance warning function on
or off
The pre-warning function can be switched on
or off in the Easy Connect system with the
button and the function buttons
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Driver Assist
The system will store the setting for the next
time the ignition is switched on.
SEAT recommends keeping the advance
warning function switched on at all times.
Switching distance warning on and off
If the safe distance with regard to the vehicle
in front is exceeded, the relevant warning will
appear on the instrument panel display
. In this case, increase the safe dis-
tance.
The distance warning function can be activa-
ted or deactivated in the Easy Connect sys-
tem with the button and the function but-
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tons and
Driver Assist
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Driver assistance systems
The system will store the setting for the next
and the time the ignition is switched on.
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SEAT recommends keeping the distance
warning switched on at all times.
Switching the Front Assist Monitoring
System off in the following situations
In the following situations the Front Assist
Monitoring System should be deactivated
due to the system's limitations
● When the vehicle is to be towed.
and
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If the vehicle is on a test bed.
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● When the radar sensor is damaged.
If the radar sensor takes a heavy knock, for
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example in a rear collision.
If it intervenes several times unnecessarily.
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● If the radar sensor is covered temporarily
with some kind of accessory, such as an ad-
ditional headlight or the like.
When the vehicle is to be loaded on a lorry,
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ferry or train.
WARNING
If the Front Assist is not switched off in the
situations described, serious accidents and
injuries may occur.
Switch off the Front Assist in critical situa-
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tions.

System limitations

The Front Assist Monitoring System has cer-
tain physical limitations inherent in the sys-
tem. Thus, in certain circumstances some of
the system's reactions may be inopportune
or be delayed from the driver's standpoint.
So pay attention in order to intervene if nec-
essary.
The following conditions may cause the Front
Assist Monitoring System not to react or do
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so too late:
● On taking tight bends.
● Pressing the accelerator all the way down.
● If the Front Assist is switched off or dam-
aged.
● If the ASR has been manually disconnec-
ted.
● If the ESC is controlling.
● If several brake lights of the vehicle or elec-
trically connected trailer are damaged.
● If the radar sensor is dirty or covered.
● If there are metal objects, e.g. rails on the
road or sheets used in road works.
● If the vehicle is reversing.
● If the vehicle over-accelerates.
● In case of snow or heavy rain.
● In case of narrow vehicles, such as motor-
bikes.
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