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Mazda Radar Cruise Control
CLOSE PROXIMITY WARNING
While traveling in headway control, if your vehicle rapidly closes
in on a vehicle ahead because the other driver applied his or
her brakes suddenly, a warning sound activates and the BRAKE! warning
is indicated in the display. Always verify the safety of the surrounding area
and depress the brake pedal while keeping a safe distance from the vehicle
ahead. Additionally, always keep a safe distance from the vehicles behind you.
How to set the speed:
1 Adjus
t the vehicle to the desired speed using the accelerator pedal.
2 Pus
h the SET + or SET – switch. The set speed and the inter-vehicle
distance display filled with white lines is displayed in the Active Driving
Display and the MRCC indicator light (green) turns on simultaneously.
3 Pus
h the center of RESUME switch to resume set speed.
Travel StatusDuring travel at
constant speed During travel under
headway control
Display
How to set the distance between vehicles:
The distance between vehicles is set to a shorter distance by pushing th\
e
switch and a longer distance by pushing the switch. The distance
between vehicles can be set to four levels.
Distance between
vehicles guideline (at 50mph)Long (about 164ft)Medium
(about 131ft)Shor t (about 98ft)Extremely Shor t (about 82ft)
Display
CAUTION: Do not rely completely on the MRCC system and always
drive carefully obeying the speed limit.
NOTE: The MRCC sometimes will brake your vehicle when passing a semi truck (tractor
trailer). This is normal. Simply push the accelerator pedal to override the system.
Switching to conventional cruise control function:
When the Mode switch is pushed while the Mazda Radar Cruise Control
(MRCC) system is turned on, the system is switched to conventional cruise
control function.
The Mazda Radar Cruise Control (MRCC) indicator light (green) in the
instrument cluster turns off and “Radar Cruise Control deactivated”
message is displayed in the multi-information display at the same time.
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