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Dynamic radar cruise control—
CAUTION
Certain conditions make vehicle detection difficult or
impossible.
As this system operates by detecting primarily the
reflected wave from the rear end of the vehicle ahead,
the distance cannot be accurately detected in the
following cases, resulting in improper
vehicle to vehicle distance.
The rear section of the vehicle ahead is extremely
small such as an unloaded trailer.
The vehicle ahead or other vehicles around you
are flinging up water or snow.
Heavy luggage which is loaded in your trunk or on
top of your rear seats is raising up the nose of your
vehicle.
The millimeter wave radar sensor automatically
detects dirt if it is sticking to the front of the sensor
or grille cover of your vehicle, and if detected, a
message is shown on the multi information display.
However, if the sensor or grille cover is covered with
a metallic vinyl bag, icicle, snowflakes, etc., dirt may
not be detected, resulting in improper
vehicle to vehicle distance. Continue driving with
due care to the vehicle ahead. If dirt is detected, the
dynamic radar cruise control function is
automatically cancelled. Always keep the sensor and
grille cover clean.
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Dynamic radar cruise control should not be used in the
following conditions, to avoid death or serious injury.
In bad weather (such as rain, fog, snow , sandstorms,
or when raindrops or snowflakes get in the millimeter
wave radar sensor or the grille cover), the
vehicle to vehicle distance will not be measured
accurately.
If the wipers are operated at high speed (including the
high speed operation with the wiper lever in the
“AUTO” position), dynamic radar cruise control is
automatically cancelled. (In the case of the low speed
operation and intermittent wiper operation, it is not
cancelled.) Dynamic radar cruise control is
automatically cancelled when the measurement is
extremely unstable due to bad weather.
On the roads in heavy traffic or at sharp bends:
As an appropriate speed cannot be maintained, death
or serious injury could result.
On slippery road surfaces (icy or snow covered road
surfaces):
The tires will race and you will be unable to control.On steep downhill slopes:
If there is no vehicle detected ahead, the preset speed
will be easily exceeded because of inefficient engine
braking, resulting in death or serious injury. (In this
case, automatic braking will not work.) If there is a
vehicle detected ahead, the delay in deceleration
timing could cause death or serious injury.
When the warning tone sounds frequently (because
acceleration or deceleration was repeated or
sufficient vehicle to vehicle distance was not
maintained), an appropriate vehicle speed cannot be
attained, resulting in death or serious injury.
On roads with steep and short inclines and declines,
failure to detect the vehicle ahead will shorten the
distance between your vehicle and the vehicle ahead,
resulting in death or serious injury.
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Dynamic laser cruise control—
CAUTION
Certain conditions make vehicle detection difficult or
impossible.
As this system operates by detecting primarily the
reflectors of the vehicle ahead, the distance cannot
be accurately detected in the following cases,
resulting in improper vehicle to vehicle distance.
The vehicle ahead has higher ground clearance,
which means that the placement of the reflectors
is in a higher position.
The rear section of the vehicle ahead is extremely
dirty.
The vehicle ahead or other vehicles around you
are flinging up water or snow.
Excessive exhaust gas (black smoke) is coming
from the vehicle ahead or other vehicles around
you, obscuring your front view.
Protective film is attached to the reflectors on the
vehicle ahead, or reflectors are not installed on the
vehicle ahead or are damaged.
Heavy luggage which is loaded in your trunk or on
top of your rear seats is raising up the nose of your
vehicle.
The laser radar sensor automatically detects dirt if it
is sticking to the sensor glass of your vehicle, and if
detected, a message is shown on the
multi information display. However, if the sensor
glass is covered with a transparent or translucent
vinyl bag, icicle, etc., dirt may not be detected,
resulting in improper vehicle to vehicle distance.
Continue driving with due care to the vehicle ahead.
If dirt is detected, the dynamic laser cruise control
function is automatically cancelled. Always keep the
sensor glass clean.
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Dynamic laser cruise control should not be used in the
following conditions, to avoid serious injury or death.
In bad weather (such as rain, fog, snow, sandstorms
or direct sunlight, or when raindrops or snowflakes
get in the laser radar sensor glass), the
vehicle to vehicle distance will not be measured
accurately.
If the wipers are operated at high or low speeds
(including the high and low speed operation with the
wiper lever in the “AUTO” position), dynamic laser
cruise control is automatically cancelled. (In the case
of intermittent wiper operation, it is not cancelled.)
Dynamic laser cruise control is automatically
cancelled when the measurement is extremely
unstable due to bad weather.
On the roads in heavy traffic or at sharp bends:
As an appropriate speed cannot be maintained,
serious injury or death could result.
On slippery road surfaces (icy or snow covered road
surfaces):
The tires will race and you will be unable to control.On steep downhill slopes:
If there is no vehicle detected ahead, the preset speed
will be easily exceeded because of inefficient engine
braking, resulting in serious injury or death. (In this
case, automatic braking will not work.) If there is a
vehicle detected ahead, the delay in deceleration
timing could cause serious injury or death.
When the warning tone sounds frequently (because
acceleration or deceleration was repeated or
sufficient vehicle to vehicle distance was not
maintained), an appropriate vehicle speed cannot be
attained, resulting in serious injury or death.
On roads with steep and short inclines and declines,
failure to detect the vehicle ahead will shorten the
distance between your vehicle and the vehicle ahead,
resulting in serious injury or death.
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Dynamic radar/laser cruise control—
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Dynamic radar/laser cruise control should not be used in
circumstances which are inappropriate for any cruise control
such as entering freeway on
−ramps or off −ramps.
CAUTION
The dynamic radar/laser cruise control should not be
used when exiting from, or when entering or merging
onto a freeway. When you are following a slower
moving vehicle and exiting, the sensor does not detect
the vehicle and will accelerate to preset speed.
(b) Turning the system on
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To operate the dynamic radar/laser cruise control, push the
“ON− OFF” button. This turns the system on. When the
“CRUISE” indicator light in the instrument cluster comes on
and “RADAR READY” appears on the multi− information
display, you can now set your desired cruising speed and
vehicle −to−vehicle distance. Pushing the “ON −OFF” button
again will turn the system completely off and “CRUISE OFF”
will appear in the multi −information display.
When the ignition is turned off, the “ON−OFF” button is also
automatically turned off. To use the dynamic radar/laser cruise
control again, push the “ON −OFF” button again to turn it on.
When the ignition is turned off, all the preset data is cleared.
When you use the dynamic radar/laser cruise control again,
you need to reset the data.
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After bringing the vehicle to
the desired speed, press the
control lever downward in the “– SET” direction and release it.
This sets the vehicle at that speed. At this time, the
multi−information display indicates settings such as the preset
vehicle speed, whether a vehicle is present ahead and
selected vehicle −to−vehicle distance. If there is no vehicle
detected ahead, the dynamic radar/laser cruise control screen
does not display the vehicle ahead. At this time, you may take
your foot off the accelerator pedal. If you need to accelerate
− for example, when passing − depress the accelerator pedal
enough for the vehicle to exceed the preset speed. When you
release the accelerator pedal, the vehicle will return to the
control prior to acceleration.
You cannot set a desired speed if the master warning light
comes on, the warning tone sounds and the multi− information
display indicates a warning me ssage such as “Cruise not
Available”, “Clean Radar Sensor” or “Check Cruise System”.
If any of the above messages appears on the display, see
“Vehicle −to−vehicle distance control mode failure warning” on
page 352.
If you turn off the “ON−OFF” button while the warning message
is displayed, the warning message turns off and the
multi−information display switches to another screen. If no
warning message appears on the display, when you turn the
“ON−OFF” button on again, the setting can be made.
You can change the dynamic radar/laser cruise control screen
to another screen even while the warning message is
displayed.
2 Cancelling the preset speed
You can cancel the preset speed by doing any of the following:
a. Pulling the control lever toward you, in the ”CANCEL”
direction.
b. Depressing the brake pedal.
c. Pushing the “ON −OFF” button at the end of the cruise
control lever.
If cancelled by a. or b., the multi−information display shows
“RADAR READY” and the dynamic radar/laser cruise control
enters the ready mode.
If cancelled by c., the “CRUISE” indicator light goes off in the
instrument panel and the multi −information display shows
“CRUISE OFF”. In this case, the preset speed data is cleared,
and you must set the speed from the beginning.
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cancels out. At this time, the multi information display
shows “RADAR READY” and the dynamic radar/laser
cruise control enters the ready mode.
The vehicle speed falls below about 40 km/h (25 mph). (40
km/h (25 mph) is designated as a cancel speed.)
CAUTION
In this case, the warning tone reminds you that the
dynamic
radar/laser cruise control is cancelled and you
must apply the brakes to slow the vehicle.
In the following cases, the warning messages appear and
the preset speed automatically cancels out. When
dynamic radar/laser cruise control is restored, the
warning messages turn off and dynamic radar/laser
cruise control enters “RADAR READY” mode.
a. The slip indicator light blinks and a warning tone sounds.
(This occurs when the vehicle is about to skid.)
b. The driving pattern selector switch is set to “SNOW” mode.
c. The anti −lock brake system is activated by automatic
braking. (The warning tone sounds.)
d. The sensor does not operate properly because a foreign
matter sticks to the sensor.
Dynamic radar cruise control—
e. The wipers are operated at high speed (including high
speed operation with the wiper lever in the “AUTO” position.)
Dynamic laser cruise control—
f. The wipers are operated at high or low speeds (including
high and low speed operations with the wiper lever in the
“AUTO” position.)
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The approach warning may not turn on even if the
vehicle drives closer to the vehicle ahead in the
following conditions:
Your vehicle and the vehicle ahead are cruising at
almost the same speed.
The vehicle ahead is cruising at a faster speed than
yours. (The distance between the vehicles will
become longer.)
Pay special attention to the very slow vehicle at the
end of the line in heavy traffic or at the tollgate.
Immediately after the speed setting
The accelerator pedal is depressed or immediately
after the release of the accelerator pedal(g) Millimeter wave radar sensor (Vehicles with dynamic radar cruise
control)
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1Millimeter wave grille cover
2Millimeter wave radar sensor
The millimeter wave radar sensor is used for
vehicle to vehicle distance control cruising. When the
millimeter wave radar sensor is disabled for some reason,
the warning message appears on the multi information
display. For details, see “Vehicle to vehicle distance
control mode failure warning” on page 352.