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04 Comfort and driving pleasure

Collision warning with Auto-brake*

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* Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.

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Brake Support

If the risk of collision continues to increase after

the collision warning has been given, Brake

Support is activated. Brake Support prepares

the brake system to react quickly, and the

brakes are applied slightly. This may be expe-

rienced as a light tug.

If the brakes are applied quickly, full braking

effect will be provided, even if pressure on the

brake pedal is light.

Auto-brake

If a collision is imminent and the driver has not

applied the brakes or begun to steer around the

vehicle, the auto-brake function is activated

without the driver pressing the brake pedal.

Limited brake force is applied to reduce the

vehicle’s speed when the collision occurs. The

driver must apply the brakes for full braking

effect.

WARNING

The auto-brake function cannot prevent a

collision but instead is intended to reduce

speed at the moment of impact. For full

braking effect, driver must apply the brakes.

NOTE

The auto-brake function is always on and

cannot be turned off.

Operation

Some settings are controlled from the center

console via a menu system.

On and off

To switch Collision Warning on or off, go into

the menu Car settings

Collision

warning settings and select On or Off. When

the engine is started, the setting that was

selected when it was switched off will be used.

When the engine is switched on, the Collision

Warning setting that was being used when it

was switched off will be the default setting.

Activating/deactivating warning signals

The collision warning system’s audible and vis-

ual signals are activated automatically when

the engine is started if the collision warning

system is switched on.

The audible warning signal can be activated/

deactivated by selecting the alternative

Collision warning on or Collis'n warning

OFF

in Car settings Collision warning

settings

Warning sound.

Setting a warning distance

This setting determines the distance at which

the visual and audible warnings are triggered.

Select

Long, Normal or Short underCar

settings

Collision warning settings

Warning distance

The warning distance determines the level of

sensitivity used by the system. The warning

distance

Long provides an earlier warning.

Begin by using

Long and if the system gives

too many warnings, try changing to

Normal.

WARNING

•

The setting Short should only be used

in situations where traffic is light and

moving at low speeds.

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Collision Warning alerts the driver to the

risk of a collision but this function can-

not reduce the driver’s reaction time.

•

For Collision Warning to be as effective

as possible, it is recommended that Dis-

tance Alert be set to 4 or 5, see

page 171.

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