Forward Collision Warning - Fcw With Braking Action (Optional) - Maserati Levante Owner's Manual

situations where the vehicle you are
following exits your lane and the
vehicle ahead is stopped in your lane.
Always be attentive and ready to
apply the brakes if necessary.
Forward Collision Warning
- FCW with Braking Action
(optional)
Operation
The Forward Collision Warning (FCW)
system with braking action interacts
with the Adaptive Cruise Control
(ACC), uses the same parts for sensing
vehicle ahead (hereinafter "target
vehicle") as well as part of the
warnings/messages on system
condition and activation status. For
further details, refer to "Adaptive
Cruise Control - ACC (optional)" in this
section.
Full performance can be reached only
when both the sensing parts have
detected the object, the difference
between full and reduced
performance is not visible for the
driver.
The FCW feature may apply a brake
jerk to warn the driver when it detects
a potential frontal collision. The
audible and visual warnings and
limited braking are intended to
provide the driver with enough time
to react, avoid or mitigate the
potential collision.
NOTE:
FCW system is not intended for
towing: this could lead the system to
malfunctions and/or to late reaction.
FCW monitors the information from
the forward looking radar sensor as
well as the Electronic Brake Controller
(EBC), to calculate the probability of a
forward collision. When the system
determines that a forward collision is
probable, the driver will be provided
with audible and visual warnings and
may provide a brake jerk warning. If
the driver does not take action based
upon these progressive warnings, then
the system will provide a limited level
of active braking to help slow down
the vehicle and mitigate the potential
forward collision. If the driver reacts
to the warnings by braking and the
system determines that the driver
intends to avoid the collision by
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