Audi A7 Sportback
Controls Audi
adaptive cruise control and braking guard
Audi adaptive cruise control
Applies to vehicles: with adaptive cruise control
You can set any speed between 30 and 250 km/h1).
Indicator lamps and messages in the instrument cluster display will
provide you with information about the current driving situation
and settings.
Information is also provided in the head-up display*.
Switching on the adaptive cruise control
Pull the lever towards you to position -1-
Fig. 1.
ACC: standby will appear on the
instrument cluster display.
Setting the speed and activating the cruise control
Switching off the adaptive cruise control
Push the lever away from you to position -0- until it engages.
The message ACC: off will appear.
-B- Warning and indicator lamps
- The
adaptive cruise control is switched on. No vehicle has been
detected in front. A constant cruising speed is being maintained.
- A
vehicle in front has been detected. The adaptive cruise control
regulates the speed to maintain a constant distance to the vehicle
in front, and accelerates and brakes the vehicle automatically.
- The
adaptive cruise control is switched on. A vehicle in front has
been detected. Your vehicle is stationary and will not be set
in motion again automatically.
- The
adaptive cruise control alone is not able to brake the vehicle
sufficiently to maintain a safe distance to the vehicle in front.
You must intervene
Link.
-C- Graphical display
If the adaptive cruise control is not shown on the display,
you can call up the display using the controls on the multi-function
steering wheel
Link.
The graphical display will show you whether the system has detected
a vehicle in front and how far the distance is.
No vehicle - No vehicle
has been detected in front.
Vehicle in white - A vehicle
has been detected in front.
Vehicle in red - Driver
intervention prompt
Link.
The two arrows on the
scale -C- indicate the distance
to the vehicle in front. If there is no vehicle in front, no
arrows will be shown. If a vehicle is detected in front, the
arrows will be on the scale.
The green area of the scale represents the distance setting
(for information on how to change the distance setting, refer
to
Link). When the actual distance is shorter (or is likely
to become shorter) than the distance selected, the arrows move
into the red area of the scale.
WARNING!
If you press the SET button at a speed
of less than 30 km/h, the vehicle will automatically accelerate
up to the minimum speed setting of 30 km/h.
Note
- The speed setting is cleared for safety reasons when you switch off the ignition or the adaptive cruise control system.
- When the adaptive cruise control is switched on, you cannot activate the ESP sport mode.
1) Between 30 and 150 km/h in some countries.