Driving Assistance Package

The Driving Assistance Package includes the Blind Spot Assist and the Active Lane Keeping Assist.

Blind Spot Assist

General notes

Blind Spot Assist monitors certain areas on both sides of the vehicle by means of radar sensors. It is designed to help you when changing lanes from approximately 30 km/h. A warning lamp integrated in the exterior mirrors draws your attention to a vehicle detected in the monitored area. If you switch on the turn signal on the corresponding side to change lanes, the blind spot warning additionally issues a visual and audible alert. For this purpose, Blind Spot Assist uses sensors located in the rear bumper.

Important safety notes

Blind Spot Assist is only a driver assistance system. It cannot always detect all vehicles and cannot replace your attention.

Blind Spot Assist cannot assess road or traffic conditions. It may not detect narrow vehicles, such as motorcycles or bicycles, or may detect them only with a delay.

When the sensors are dirty or visibility is poor (for example, in snow, rain or fog), monitoring may be impaired. In this case, vehicles are not detected, or are detected only with a delay.

Always pay attention to traffic conditions and your immediate surroundings in order to detect hazards in time. Otherwise, you may cause an accident and injure yourself or others.

The radar sensor system switches off automatically in the vicinity of radio astronomy facilities.

For Blind Spot Assist to function, the radar sensor system must be switched on and operational.

Sensor monitoring area

Blind Spot Assist monitors certain areas in the immediate vicinity of the vehicle. Vehicles approaching at high speed and overtaking you are not detected: no display appears and no warning is given.

When lanes are very wide, the adjacent lane may not be monitored across its entire width. Vehicles driving in it may then not be detected, especially if their lateral position is considerably offset. This can occur, for example, when vehicles drive on the outside of the lane.

Always pay attention to traffic conditions and your immediate surroundings in order to detect hazards in time. Otherwise, you may cause an accident and injure yourself or others.

The area monitored by Blind Spot Assist is shown in the illustration. It extends up to 3 meters behind the vehicle and to the sides.

When lanes are narrow, vehicles located one lane further away may be indicated, especially if their lateral position is considerably offset. This can occur, for example, when vehicles drive on the inside of the lane.

Due to its design,

• the system may issue warnings in error in the presence of guardrails or other separations
• the system may interrupt a warning when you drive for a certain time alongside vehicles of unusual length (a truck, for example)

The 2 Blind Spot Assist sensors are integrated in the rear bumper, one on each side. Make sure the sensor area is free of dirt, ice or slush. The radar sensors must never be covered, for example by a bicycle carrier or part of the load. After a severe collision or if the bumper has been damaged, have the function of the radar sensors checked by a qualified workshop. Otherwise, Blind Spot Assist may not function correctly.

Displays

Blind Spot Assist does not function below 30 km/h. The indicator lamps integrated in the exterior mirrors are permanently lit in amber. In this case, vehicles in the monitoring area are not displayed.

Always pay attention to traffic conditions and your immediate surroundings in order to detect hazards in time. Otherwise, you may cause an accident and injure yourself or others.

• Amber indicator lamp/red warning lamp

If Blind Spot Assist is activated, the indicator lamp 1 integrated in the exterior mirrors remains permanently lit in amber up to a speed of 30 km/h. From 30 km/h, the lamp goes out and Blind Spot Assist is operational.

If a vehicle is detected in the monitoring zone from approx. 30 km/h onward, the warning indicator 1 on the corresponding side lights up red. You are always warned when a vehicle approaches the monitoring zone from behind or from either side. If you overtake, the system only issues a warning when the speed difference is less than 12 km/h.

When you engage reverse, the orange indicator goes out. The blind spot warning is then not activated.

The brightness of the indicators is adjusted automatically depending on the ambient light.

Collision warning

If a vehicle is detected in the monitoring zone and you turn on the turn signal on the corresponding side, a double warning signal sounds once. The red warning indicator 1 flashes. If the turn signals remain on, detected vehicles are signaled by the red warning indicator 1 flashing. No other audible warning sounds.

Activating the blind spot warning

• If the vehicle is not equipped with an integrated navigation system, make sure that the Becker