Vauxhall KTA-2675/12-VX-en, Owner'S Manual

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Driving and operating 179
The selected following distance is
indicated by filled distance bars in the
adaptive cruise control page.
Note that the following distance
setting is shared with the sensitivity
setting of forward collision alert
3
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Example: If setting 3 (far) is selected,
then the driver is warned sooner
before a possible collision, also if
adaptive cruise control is inactive or
switched off.
9 Warning
The driver accepts full
responsibility for the appropriate
following distance based on traffic,
weather and visibility conditions.
Following distance must be
adjusted or the system switched
off when required by the prevailing
conditions.
Detecting the vehicle ahead
The green illuminated vehicle ahead
control indicator
A
is displayed when
the system detects a vehicle in the
driving path.
Forward collision alert
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If this symbol does not display, or
displays briefly, adaptive cruise
control will not respond to vehicles
ahead.
Deactivation
Adaptive cruise control is deactivated
by the driver when:
■ button
y
is pressed,
■ brake pedal is applied,
■ clutch pedal is depressed for more
than four seconds,
■ gear selector lever of automatic
transmission is moved to N.
The system is also automatically
deactivated when:
■ vehicle speed accelerates above
120 mph or slows down below
9 mph (on vehicles with automatic
transmission it slows down to a stop
without deactivating within
two minutes),
■ Traction Control system is
operating,
■ Electronic Stability Control is
operating,
■ there is no traffic and nothing
detected on the road sides for
several minutes. In this case there
are no radar echoes and the sensor
may report that it is blocked,