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Ad a pti v e crui se control
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WARNING
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Following other vehicles too closely in-
creases the risk of a crash and serious per-
sonal injury .
- Following other vehicles too closely, par-
ticu larly at higher speeds increases the
risk of coll isions and serious personal in-
jury.
- Setting short distances to the traffic
ahead reduces the time and distance
available to bring your vehicle to a safe
stop and makes it even more necessary
to pay close attention to traffic .
- Always select a speed and distance to
traffic ahead that is safe and appropriate
under the prevailing traff ic, road, weath-
er and lighting conditions.
- Never rely on the distance control fea-
ture of ACC a lone to prevent rear-end col-
lisions. Always be prepared to brake and
take evasive act io n to avoid collisions
and other ac cident situations.
- Never allow the clos ing speed between
you a nd other vehicles t o be so high that
the adaptive cruise control may not be
able to slow your vehicle safe ly. If clos-
ing speed is too high, yo u m ust app ly the
brakes yourself to reduce the risk of a
rear-end crash.
- Always select a greater following dis-
tance to the veh icle ahead on wet roads
than on dry roads.
- Always read and heed the information
and WARNINGS
¢ &. in Description on
page 113.
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Tips
The distance setting is reset to the factory
default DIST ANCE 3 the next time the ig-
nition is turned on.
Driver
information
Displays in the instrument cluster
Applies to vehicles: with adaptive cruise contro l
Depending on the driving situation, driver in-
formation is displayed in the instrument clus-
ter.
Fig. 1 34 Overview inst rument cluster
@ Speedometer a nd indica t or light d isp lay
@ Display in the instrument cluster
@
Speedometer and indicato r light
display
Important information concerning vehicle op -
eration with adaptive cruise control is shown
in display a rea @ . The desired speed you set is
indica t ed in the speedometer
(LED lights
aro und the edge).
The ind icator lights show whether the system
has detected a vehicle trave ling ahead .
@
Display in t he instrument cluster
In display area @ information from the navi-
gation system* and the tr ip computer is dis-
played in addition to informat ion about adap-
t ive cru ise control.
You can select among the different informa-
t io n by repeated brief taps on the
I
RESET
I
but-
ton on the w indshie ld w iper lever
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page
25,
Operation .
Certain pieces of information in the bottom
part of the d isplay are not shown permanent-
ly. Information is displayed only if you set or
change the speed setting, change the time in-
te rval, when messages are disp layed or if the
adaptive cruise contro l is turned off for safety
reasons .
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