Audi Adaptive Cruise Control - Audi A8 2016 Owner's Manual

Audi adaptive cruise control and braking guard
Audi adaptive cruise
control
Description
Applies to: vehicles with Audi adapt ive cruise control
Fig. 99
Detection range
What can adaptive cruise control do?
The adaptive cruise control system uses video, ra-
dar and ultrasound . Moving vehicles ahead can
be recognized up to about 650 feet (200 m)
away.
On open roads with no traffic, adaptive cru ise
control works like a regular cruise control sys-
tem. The stored speed is ma inta ined. When ap-
proaching a moving vehicle detected up ahead,
the adaptive cruise cont rol system automatically
slows down to match that vehicle's speed and
then maintains the distance that the driver previ-
ously stored. As soon as the system does not de-
tect a vehicle up ahead, adaptive cruise control
accelerates back up to the stored speed.
In stop-and-go traffic, adaptive cruise control can
brake until the vehicle stops and accelerate again
under certain conditions and if this is possible
within the system's limits and capabilities
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page 94 .
Adaptive cruise control will not
make an emergency stop .
Which functions can be controlled?
When you switch adaptive cruise control on, you
can set the current speed as the "control speed"
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page 92, Switching on and off.
When driving, you can stop cruise control
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page 94
or change the speed
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page 93
at
any time.
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You can also set the distance to the object ahead
and set the adaptive cruise control driving pro-
gram
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Switching on and off
Applies to : vehicles wit h Aud i ada ptive cruise control
Fig. 100 Selector lever: switch ing on/off
Fig. 101 Instrument cluste r: adapt ive cruise control
You can set any speed between 20 mph and 95
mph (30 and 150 km/h) .
Indicator lamps and messages in the instrument
cluster disp lay inform you about the current sys-
tem status and settings.
An additional indicator appears in the Head-up
Display* .
Switching adaptive cruise control on
.,. Pull the lever toward you into position ©
¢fig . 100 . ACC standby
appears in the instru-
ment cluster display .
Setting the speed and activating regulation
.,. To set the current speed, press the
ISETI
button
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fig. 100.
The set speed is shown in the tach-
ometer @ and is also shown br iefly in the dis-
play @ ¢
fig. 101 . ..,.