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

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Driving and operating 183
Vehicle messages
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Forward collision alert
The forward collision alert can help to
avoid or reduce the harm caused by
front-end crashes.
A vehicle ahead is indicated by a
control indicator
A
.
If a vehicle directly ahead is
approached too quickly, a warning
chime and alert in the Driver
Information Centre is provided.
A precondition is that forward collision
alert is activated in the vehicle
personalisation menu
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121 or that it
is not deactivated by the button
V
(depending on the system, see
below).
Depending on the vehicle's
equipment, there are two variants of
the forward collision alert available:
■ Forward collision alert based on
radar system
on vehicles equipped with adaptive
cruise control
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175.
■ Forward collision alert based on
front camera system
on vehicles with no cruise control or
traditional cruise control only
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Forward collision alert based on
radar system
The system uses the radar sensor
behind the radiator grille to detect a
vehicle directly ahead, in your path,
within a distance of max. 150 metres.
Activation
Forward collision alert operates
automatically above walking speed,
provided that Auto Collision
Preparation setting is not deactivated
in the vehicle personalisation menu
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121.
Selecting the alert sensitivity
The alert sensitivity can be set to
near, medium or far.