Driver Support
Pilot Assist standby mode
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(Option/accessory.)
(Depending on market, this function may be standard or optional.)
Pilot Assist may be deactivated and placed in standby mode. This may happen automatically or be due to driver intervention.
Standby mode means that the function is selected in the instrument panel but not activated. In standby mode, Pilot Assist will not regulate the speed or distance to the vehicle ahead or provide steering assistance.
Standby Mode Due to Driver Action
Pilot Assist will be deactivated and put in standby mode if any of the following occurs:
- The brakes are applied.
- The gear selector is moved to N.
- The turn signal has been used for more than 1 minute.
- The vehicle travels faster than the set speed for more than 1 minute.
Automatic Backup Mode
The function may automatically switch to standby mode if one of the following occurs.
- One of the systems that Pilot Assist is dependent on stops working, such as Electronic Stability Control1.
- The driver's hands are not on the steering wheel.
- The driver opens the door.
- The driver unfastens the seat belt.
- Engine speed (rpm) is too low/high.
- One or more wheels lose traction.
- The brake temperature is high.
- The parking brake is applied.
- The camera and radar unit is covered by snow or heavy rain (the camera lens/radar waves are blocked).
- Your vehicle's speed goes below 5 km/h and Pilot Assist cannot determine if the vehicle ahead is stationary or if it is another object, e.g. a speed bump.
- Your vehicle's speed goes below 5 km/h and the vehicle ahead turns so that Pilot Assist no longer has a vehicle to follow.
1 Electronic Stability Control
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