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Audi
adaptive
cruise
control
and braking
guard
You can set any speed between 20 mph and 95
mph (30 and 150 km/h).
Indicator lamps and messages in the instrument
cluster display inform you about the current sys-
tem status and settings.
Switching Audi adaptive cruise control on
.. Pull the lever toward you into position @
9
fig . 96. ACC standby appears in the instru-
ment cluster display.
Setting the speed and activating regulation
.. To set the current speed, press the
I SET !
button
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page 9, fig . 4 . The set speed is shown in the
tachometer @ and is also shown brief ly in the
display @ c> fig. 97.
Switching Audi adaptive cruise control off
.. Push the lever away from you into position @
until it clicks into place . The message ACC off
appears .
@
Indicato r lights
II -
Adaptive cru ise control is switched on . No
vehicles are detected up ahead. The stored speed
is ma inta ined .
•
-A moving vehicle is detected up ahead . The
adapt ive cruise control system regulates the
speed and distance to the moving vehicle ahead
and accelerates/brakes
automatically .
•
- When automatic braking is not ab le to keep
enough d istance to a previously detected moving
vehicle up ahead, you must take control and
brake c> page 93, Request for driver interven-
tion .
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Display
If adaptive cruise control is not shown in the dis-
play, you can call it up with the
I
RESE T !
button
c>page 21.
Based on the symbo ls in the display, you can de -
termine if the system is maintaining a distance to
the vehicle ahead and what that distance is.
No vehicle -
No vehicle ahead was detected .
White vehicle -
A vehicle ahead was detected.
Red vehicle -
Prompt for the driver to take act ion
c> page 93.
Both arrows on the scale © indicate the distance
to the vehicle ahead . No arrow appears when the
vehicle is on an open road and there is no object
ahead. If an object is detected ahead, the arrow
moves on the sca le .
The green zone on the scale shows t he stored dis-
tance . For information on changing the stored
distance, refer to c> page 92. If the distance se-
lected is too close or may soon become too close,
the arrows move into the red zone on the sca le .
A
WARNING
Improper use of the adaptive cruise control
ca n cause collisions, other accidents and seri-
ous personal injuries.
- Pressing the
!SET!
button when driving at
speeds below 20 mph (30 km/h), will auto-
matica lly acce ler ate the veh icle to 20 mph
(30 km/h), wh ich is the minimum speed
that can be set.
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Tips
- If you switch the ignition or the adaptive
cruise control off, the set speed is erased
from the system memory.
- The electronic stabilization control (ESC)
and the anti-slip-regulation
(ASR) are auto-
matically turned on when the adaptive
cruise control is turned on. Both systems
cannot be turned off if the adaptive cruise
control is turned on.
Changing the speed
Applies to: vehicles with Audi adapt ive cruise control
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Fig. 98
Selector lever: chang ing the speed
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