Side Assist - Audi A7 2023 Owner's Manual

Driver assistance
Side assist
Description
Applies to: vehicles with side assist
Fig. 104 Driving situations and displays in the exterior mir-
ror
General information
Side assist monitors the blind spot and traffic be-
hind your vehicle in the adjacent lanes and pro-
vides assistance when you are changing lanes and
when turning"). If the system detects an object
approaching and classifies it as critical, the dis-
play in the exterior mirror @ on that side of the
vehicle will turn on,
Driving situations
The side assist warning is active at speeds that
are approximately equal to walking speed, and
can help in situations such as the following:
~ Your vehicle is being passed. The faster another
vehicle approaches from behind, the sooner the
display in the exterior mirror will turn on.
- There are vehicles traveling in the same direc-
tion as you in a lane adjacent to yours. The dis-
play in the exterior mirror will turn on when the
detected object is in the "blind spot", at the lat-
est.
~You are slowly passing another vehicle. If the
difference in speed between the two vehicles is
less than 9 mph (15 km/h), the display in the
exterior mirror will turn on.
— You are turning at low speeds").
Information stage
If you still have not activated a turn signal, the
system will inform you about objects classified as
This function is not available in every vehicle
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critical at speeds above approximately 6 mph (10
km/h).
This is even possible when your vehicle is station-
ary and the turn signal is turned on, so that the
system can also assist you when turning.
The system informs you about objects classified
as critical by turning on the display in the exterior
mirror on that side of the vehicle @.
The display remains dim in the information stage
so that you are not distracted while looking for-
ward.
Warning stage
Once you activate a turn signal, the system will
inform you about objects classified as critical by
turning on the display in the respective exterior
mirror.
If other driver assistance systems (depending on
vehicle equipment) detect that your vehicle is
about to leave the lane, the display will blink
even if the turn signal lever is not activated to
warn you about objects that are classified as criti-
cal. You can also be warned with corrective steer-
ing page 146, Lane departure warning.
System limitations
The system uses the data from the radar sensors
at the rear corners of the vehicle page 122,
fig. 83. They are designed to detect the left and
right adjacent lanes when the road lanes are the
normal width. In some situations, the system
may react to vehicles in your own lane or lanes
that are not directly adjacent to yours, or to ob-
jects on the side of the road. In this case, the dis-
play will turn on even though there is no vehicle
in the critical area. These situations may include:
~ Driving on the edge of your own lane
— Narrow lanes
— Curves
~High barriers on the side of the road