OPERATING YOUR VEHICLE
(4) Acceleration control
(A vehicle ahead goes out of range)
EXAMPLE
The adaptive cruise control system accel-
erates your vehicle to the set speed, and
then maintains it.
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Situations where the Radar will not
Activate Properly
WARNING
Do not use the adaptive cruise con-
trol system under the following situa-
tions. Otherwise, the system will not
function properly and unexpected
accidents may occur.
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Under the following situations, there is a
high possibility that deceleration control,
following control and acceleration control
will not function properly, even if a vehicle
ahead is within radar range.
• When your vehicle is driven in a traffic
jam
• When your vehicle is driven on sharp
curves
• When your vehicle is driven on slippery
road such as ice or snow-covered road
• When your vehicle is driven on steep hill
EXAMPLE
• When your vehicle is driven on the road
with many steep uphills and downhills
• When your vehicle is towing a trailer
EXAMPLE
• Highway gate
• When your vehicle cannot move in a
straight manner without consistently
steering, due to an accident or break-
down
• When your vehicle is running left turn
lane or right turn lane
• When the radiator grill or front bumper
hit a hard object
• When the system is temporarily stopped
or malfunctioning, some of the following
indicator and messages will come on:
– Adaptive cruise control system warn-
ing light
– "INSPECT CRUISE SYSTEM" mes-
sage
– "RADAR BRAKE SUPPORT: NOT
ACTIVE BY SENSOR." message
– "RADAR BRAKE SUPPORT SYS
INSPECTION REQUIRED" message
– "RADAR BRAKE SUPPORT FCN
TEMPORARILY DISABLED" message
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