Limitations

Distance Alert uses the same radar sensor used by Adaptive Cruise Control and the Collision Warning system. See page 160 for more information on the radar sensor’s limitations.
NOTE
Strong sunlight, reflections, extreme light contrasts, the use of sunglasses, or if the driver is not looking straight ahead may make the visual warning signal in the windshield difficult to see.
WARNING
- Bad weather or winding roads may affect the radar sensor’s capacity to detect vehicles ahead.
- The size of the vehicle ahead, such as a motorcycle, may also make it difficult to detect. This may result in the warning light illuminating at a shorter distance than the one that has been set, or that the light will not come on at all.
See also:
Activating/deactivating warning signals
The collision warning system’s visual signals are activated automatically when
the engine is started if the collision warning system is switched on.
The audible warning signal can be activated/ dea ...
Pedestrians
The system cannot identify all pedestrians
The Collision Warning system can only identify
and detect a pedestrian who is standing
upright. This person can be standing still, walking
or runnin ...
Introduction
Information display and controls
1 READ–press to acknowledge/confirm/erase a message)
2 Thumb wheel (used to scroll among the trip computer menus)
3 RESET–resets certain functions
To scroll thro ...
