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(2) Deceleration control
(A vehicle ahead is within radar range
and going slower than the set speed)
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Your vehicle slows down, and maintains
the same speed as the speed of the vehi-
cle ahead to maintain the following dis-
tance.
• Possible detecting distance between
your vehicle and a vehicle ahead is
within about 100 m (328 ft).
(3) Following control
(A vehicle ahead is within radar range
and going at a steady speed)
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Your vehicle follows the vehicle ahead,
keeping a constant distance, without
exceeding the set speed.NOTE:
• When your vehicle is getting close to the
vehicle ahead while deceleration control
or following control is functioning, a fron-
tal collision warning is activated.
• When operating brake pedal during fol-
lowing control, you might feel that a
brake is heavy. However, this is normal
in the brake system. This occurs
because of the feature of adaptive cruise
control system.
(4) Acceleration control
(A vehicle ahead goes out of range)
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The adaptive cruise control system accel-
erates your vehicle to the set speed, and
then maintains it.
Situations where radar will not acti-vate properly
Under the following situations, there is a
high possibility that deceleration control,
following control and acceleration control
will not function properly, even if a vehicle
ahead is within radar range.
• When vehicle is driven in a traffic jam
• When vehicle is driven on sharp curves
• When vehicle is driven on slippery road
such as ice or snow-covered road
• When vehicle is driven on steep hill
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• When vehicle is driven on the road with
many steep uphills and downhills
• When your vehicle is towing a trailer
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
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WA R N I N G
Do not use the adaptive cruise con-
trol system under the following situa-
tions. Otherwise, the system will not
function properly and unexpected
accidents may occur.
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• Highway gate
• When the vehicle cannot move in a
straight manner without consistently
steering, due to an accident or break-
down
• When the vehicle is running left turn lane
or right turn lane
• When the radiator grill or front bumper
hit a hard object
• When the system is temporarily stopped
or malfunctioning, some of the following
indicator and messages will come on:
– Adaptive cruise control system warn-
ing light
– “INSPECT CRUISE SYSTEM” mes-
sage
– “RADAR BRAKE SUPPORT: NOT
ACTIVE BY SENSOR.” message
– “RADAR BRAKE SUPPORT SYS
INSPECTION REQUIRED” message
– “RADAR BRAKE SUPPORT FCN
TEMPORARILY DISABLED” message
Situations where radar may not activate properly
Under the following situations, the radar
may not detect a vehicle ahead correctly
and frontal collision warning may not func-
tion. You need to decelerate the vehicle
operating brakes as necessary.
• When a vehicle ahead is running slowly
or stopping at the end of the line in a traf-
fic jam or the tollgate
• When the vehicle is approaching repair-
ing road
• While running inside of tunnel
• When the radar sensor cover is covered
in snow, water or dirt
• When there is bad weather such as
heavy rain or fog, a blizzard or sand-
storm or when the vehicle in front of you
is surrounded by water, snow or sand
• A vehicle ahead has extremely small
rear end area such as an unloaded
trailer
• When your vehicle is weighed down by
heavy items in the luggage compartment
or rear seat
• When your vehicle is running at 160 km/
h (100 mph) or higher speed
• When a vehicle ahead is cutting in sud-
denly
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• When the bicycles or motorcycles are
running on the edge of your lane
EXAMPLE
WA R N I N G
Always drive safely with proper driv-
ing operations depending on traffic
situation.
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NOTE:
• When turning off the engine, the previ-
ously set distance in the memory is can-
celed and the system is initialized.
• An appropriate following distance will
vary depending on vehicle speed.Changing speed temporarily
When the cruising speed is maintained,
you can temporarily accelerate or deceler-
ate.
To accelerate, depress the accelerator
pedal. When you take your foot off the
pedal, your vehicle will return to the set
speed.
To decelerate, depress the brake pedal.
The set speed will be canceled and “SET”
indicator (8) will disappear. To resume the
previously set speed, push “RES +” switch
(4) and turn on “SET” indicator (8) again
when vehicle speed is above about 40 km/
h (25 mph). The vehicle will accelerate to
the previously set speed and maintain its
speed.
Changing cruising speed
Using the accelerator pedal
To reset at a faster cruising speed, acceler-
ate to the desired speed using the accelera-
tor pedal and push “SET –” switch (5). The
new speed will be maintained.
Using the brake pedal
To reset at a slower cruising speed, decel-
erate to the desired speed using the brake
pedal and push “SET –” switch (5). The
new speed will be maintained.
NOTE:
When the brake pedal is depressed, “SET”
indicator (8) disappears until you reset the
cruising speed.
Using “RES +” switch or “SET –” switch
To reset at a faster cruising speed, press
repeatedly or hold push “RES +” switch
(4). Vehicle speed will steadily increase.
When you release the switch, the new
speed will be maintained.
To reset at a slower cruising speed, press
repeatedly or hold push “SET –” switch (5)
until the vehicle has slowed to the desired
speed, and then release the switch. The
new speed will be maintained.
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NOTE:
• You can adjust the set speed by 1 km/h
(or 1 mph) by pushing “RES +” switch (4)
or “SET –” switch (5) quickly.
• You can adjust the set speed by 5 km/h
(or 5 mph) by pushing and holding “RES
+” switch (4) or “SET –” switch (5).
• While deceleration control or following
control is activated, the vehicle is not
accelerated even though resetting to
higher cruising speed by continuous
pushing “RES +” switch (4) is operated.
However, if the vehicle ahead disap-
pears, the vehicle is accelerated auto-
matically to the set speed.Cancelling adaptive cruise control
“SET” indicator (8) will disappear and the
adaptive cruise control system will be can-
celed temporarily under the following con-
ditions:
• When “CANCEL” switch (3) is pushed
• When brake pedal is depressed
• When clutch pedal is continuously
depressed
• When vehicle speed falls below about 40
km/h (25 mph)
• When a vehicle skids and ESP
® is acti-
vated
• When radar sensor cover is covered in
snow, water or dirt
• When engine speed is too high or too
low
• When gear position is changed to “N”
(Neutral)
• When gear position is changed to 1st or
2nd
• When driver’s door is open
• When driver’s seat belt is unfastened
• When parking brake is applied
• When “LIMIT” switch is pressed
• When ESP
® OFF switch is pressedTo resume the previously set speed, push
“RES +” switch (4) and show “SET” indica-
tor (8). The vehicle speed must be above
about 40 km/h (25 mph) when the vehicle
is not under the above conditions.
To turn off the adaptive cruise control sys-
tem, push “CRUISE” switch (2) and check
that the cruise indicator (7) disappears.
Also, if any warning indication or message
related to the adaptive cruise control sys-
tem is displayed on the instrument cluster,
the adaptive cruise control system will be
turned off.
NOTE:
If you turn off the adaptive cruise control
system, the previously set speed in the
memory is cleared. Reset your cruising
speed again.
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Frontal collision warning
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If your vehicle gets too close to the vehicle
ahead as described below, the interior
buzzer sounds, the indicator (1) appears
on the information display at the same
time, to promote deceleration.
• The vehicle ahead of you slows down
abruptly.
• Another vehicle cuts in front of you.
Depress the brake pedal, and keep an
appropriate distance from the vehicle
ahead. The buzzer timing of frontal colli-
sion warning varies depending on the vehi-
cle speed and a following distance
between your vehicle and the vehicle
ahead.
There are different frontal collision warning
operations in adaptive cruise control sys-
tem and radar brake support system.
Therefore, the interior buzzer in adaptive
cruise control system sounds a little earlier
than the buzzer in radar brake support sys-
tem. For details of frontal collision warning
in radar brake support system, refer to“Radar brake support system (if equipped)”
in this section.
Handling the radar sensor
For details on radar sensor, refer to “Radar
brake support system” in this section.
(1)
WA R N I N G
• Do not use the adaptive cruise con-
trol system in a heavy traffic area
where the frontal collision warning
frequently activates.
• Even if the distance between your
vehicle and the vehicle ahead is
short, frontal collision warning may
not alert you under the following
circumstances:
– The vehicle ahead of you is going
at almost the same speed as, or
faster than your vehicle.
– When the vehicle ahead of you is
going away from your vehicle.
– Right after setting up to the
desired speed.
– While depressing the accelerator
pedal or right after releasing the
pedal.
– While decelerating by depressing
the brake pedal.
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Warning and indicator messages
The information display shows the warning and indicator messages to let you know about certain problems of the adaptive cruise control
system.
Warning and
indicator messageMaster warning
indicator lightSound Cause and remedy
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Blinks Beep (one time from interior buzzer) There may be malfunction of the adap-
tive cruise control system. Contact your
SUZUKI dealer for inspection.
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Blinks Beep (one time from interior buzzer) The radar brake support system is dis-
abled temporarily because dirt is
detected on the sensor cover, or milli-
meter-waves from the radar sensor
cause diffused reflection. If the message
does not disappear for a while, wipe the
sensor cover with a soft cloth.
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Warning and indicator
messageMaster warning
indicator LightSound Cause and remedy
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Blinks Beep (one time from interior
buzzer)There may be a problem with the radar
brake support system.
Have your vehicle inspected by an autho-
rized SUZUKI dealer.
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Blinks Beep (one time from interior
buzzer)There may be a problem with the radar
brake support system and the system is
disabled temporarily.
If the message does not disappear for a
while, have your vehicle inspected by an
authorized SUZUKI dealer.
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Setting cruising speed
1) Turn on the cruise control system by
pushing “CRUISE” switch (1). When the
cruise indicator (5) comes on, you can
set cruising speed.
2) Accelerate or decelerate to the desired
speed.
3) Push “SET –” switch (4) and turn on the
set indicator (6). Take your foot off the
accelerator pedal and the set speed will
be maintained.Information display
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(5) Cruise indicator
(6) Set indicator
When you push “CRUISE” switch (1), the
system is on and the cruise indicator (5)
will come on. When the vehicle’s speed is
controlled by the cruise control system, the
set indicator (6) will come on.
Changing speed temporarily
When the cruising speed is maintained,
you can temporarily accelerate or deceler-
ate.
To accelerate, depress the accelerator
pedal. When you take your foot off the
pedal, your vehicle will return to the set
speed.
To decelerate, depress the brake pedal.
The set speed will be canceled and the set
indicator (6) will go off.
To resume the previously set speed, push
“RES +” switch (3) and turn on the set indi-
cator (6) again when vehicle speed is
above 40 km/h (25 mph). The vehicle will
accelerate to and maintain the previously
set speed.
WA R N I N G
If the cruising speed is set by acci-
dent, you cannot decelerate or could
loose control of the vehicle. This
could lead to an accident, resulting in
severe injury or death.
Turn off the cruise control system
and check that the cruise indicator
(5) is off when the system is not in
use.
(5) (6)