Audi Adaptive Cruise Control And Braking Guard; Introduction; General Information - Audi A7 Sportback 2015 Owner's Manual

86 Aud i adapti v e cruise control a nd bra k ing gu a rd
Audi adaptive cruise
control and braking
guard
Introduction
Applies to vehicles: with Audi adaptive cruise control
The adaptive cruise control system assists the
driver by regu lat ing vehicle speed and helping
to maintain a set distance to the vehicle
ahead, within the limits of the system . If the
system detects a moving vehicle up ahead,
adaptive cruise control can brake and then ac-
celerate your vehicle. This he lps to make driv-
ing more comfortable both on long highway
stretches and in stop-and-go traffic.
The braking guard system can warn you about
an impending collision and initiate braking
maneuvers
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page 92.
Adaptive cruise control and braking guard
have technical limitations that you must
know, so please read this section carefully, un-
derstand how the system works and use them
properly at all times.
General information
General information
Applies to vehicles: with Audi adaptive cruise control
Fig. 89
Front of the veh icle: senso rs and video camera
The areas that conta in the radar and ultrason-
ic sensors and the video camera
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fig. 89
must neve r be cove red by stic kers or other ob-
jects or obstructed with dirt, insects, snow or
ice that will interfere with the adaptive cruise
control system and braking guard. For infor-
mation on cleaning, refer to
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page 212. The
same applies for any modifications made in
the front area.
The function of the adaptive cru ise contro l
system and braking guard is limited under
some cond itions:
- Objects can only be de t ected when they are
with in sensor range c:::>page 88, fig. 92.
- The system has a limited ability to detect
objects that are a short d istance ahead, off
to the side of your vehi cle or mov ing into
your lane.
- Some kinds of ve hicles are hard to detect;
for examp le motorcycles, veh icles with high
ground clearance or overhanging loads may
be detected when it is too late or they may
not be detected at al l.
-When driving through curves c!,> page 87 .
- Stat ionary objec t s
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page 87.
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WARNING
Always pay attention to traffic when adap -
tive cruise contro l is switched on and brak-
ing g uard is active. As the dr iver, you are
still respons ible for starting and for main-
taining speed and distance to other ob-
jects. Braking guard is used to assist you .
The dr iver must a lways take action to avo id
a collis ion . The driver is a lways respons ible
fo r braking at the correc t time.
- Imp roper use of adaptive cru ise control
can cause collisions, other acc idents and
serious pe rsonal injury.
- Never let the comfort and convenience
that adaptive cruise control and braking
gua rd offer d istract you from the need to
be alert to traffic condit ions and t he
need to rema in in fu ll control of your ve-
hicle at a ll times,
- Always remember that the adaptive
cruise control and braking guard have
limits - they will not s low the vehicle
down or maintain the set distance when
you drive towards an obstacle or some-
thing on or near the road that is not
mov ing, such as vehicles stopped in a
traffic jam, a stalled or disabled vehicle.
If registered by the radar sensors,