Volkswagen Golf GTI 2016, Owner'S Manual

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The yellow area indicates that the system has possibly detected
traffic behind the vehicle.
The red area indicates that the system has detected traffic behind
the vehicle.
The Rear Traffic Alert system uses the radar sensors in the rear
bumper → Fig. 177 to monitor the traffic crossing behind your
vehicle when you are backing out of a parking space or
maneuvering, for example, in traffic situations with poor visibility.
A warning sounds if the system detects approaching traffic behind
your vehicle when backing up → Fig. 180 (red area).
Vehicles without Park Distance Control (PDC): There is a warning
tone and a text message in the instrument cluster display.
Vehicles with Park Distance Control (PDC): There is a continuous
warning tone from the PDC. If PDC is deactivated, a warning for
the driver may not be possible, and therefore the Rear Traffic
Alert is also deactivated.
Automatic braking intervention
If the Rear Traffic Alert detects an approaching vehicle and the
driver does not press the brake pedal, the system can intervene
with automatic braking.