2019 AUDI A4 Owners Manual

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Assistsystems
Speedwarningsystem
Appliesto:vehicleswithspeedwarningsystem
Thespeedwarningsystemhelpsyoutostaybe-
low aspecifiedmaximumspeedthatcanbeset,
changedordeletedintheInfotainmentsystem.
Thespeedwarningsystemwarnsyouifyouare
exceeding themaximumspeedthatyouhaveset.
Awarningtonewillsoundassoonasyourspeed
exceedsthestoredvalueslightly.Theeein-
dicatorlightandamessageappearintheinstru-
mentclusterdisplayatthesametime.Theol
indicatorlightandthemessageturnoffifthe
speedfallsbackbelowthestoredmaximum
speed.
Settingathresholdisrecommendedifyouwould
liketoberemindedwhenyoureachacertain
maximumspeed.Situationswhereyoumaywant
todosoincludedrivinginacountrywithagener-
alspeedlimitorifthereisaspecifiedmaximum
speedforwintertires.
Settingthewarningthreshold

SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle>leftcontrolbutton>Driverassis-
tance>Speedwarning>Manual.
G)Tips
Regardlessofthespeedwarningsystem,you
shouldalwaysmonitoryourspeedusingthe
speedometerandmakesureyouarefollowing
thelegalspeedlimit.

Cruisecontrolsystem
Appliesto:vehicleswithcruisecontrolsystem
Thecruisecontrolsystemassiststhedriverin
maintainingaconstantspeedaboveapproxi-
mately 15mph(20km/h).Thesystemmaintains
thedesiredspeedbybrakingandaccelerating.

ZAWARNING
—Alwayspayattentiontothetrafficaround
yourvehiclewhenthecruisecontrolsystem
isinoperation.Asthedriver,youarealways
responsibleforcontrollingyourvehicle
speedandthedistancebetweenyourvehicle
andothervehicles.
—Forsafetyreasons,cruisecontrolshould not
beusedinthecity,instop-and-gotraffic,on
windingroads,andwhenroadconditionsare
poor(suchasice,fog,gravel,heavyrain,
andconditionsthatcouldlead tohydroplan-
ing),becausethisincreasestheriskofanac-
cident.
—Switchthecruisecontrolofftemporarily
whendrivinginturninglanes,highwayexits,
orinconstructionzones.
—Toreducetheriskofanaccident,youshould
onlyresumethestoredspeedifitissuitable
forthecurrenttrafficconditions.
()Note
Beforedrivingdownhillalongdistanceona
steephill,decreaseyourspeedandselecta
lowergear.Thismakesuseoftheenginebrak-
ingeffectandreducestheloadplacedonthe
brakes.
@)Tips
Thebrakelightsturnonwhenthebrakesare
appliedautomatically.
Switchingthesystemon
Appliesto:vehicleswithcruisecontrolsystem


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Fig.95Lever:switchingonthecruisecontrolsystem
Requirement:switchtheignitionon.
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>Toswitchthesystemon,pullthelevertoward
youtoposition().
TheGgor88]indicatorlightandthecorre-
spondingmessagewillappearintheinstrument
cluster.
ZXWARNING
Ifthebrakesaremalfunctioning(forexample,
overheating)whilethecruisecontrolsystem
isswitchedon,itmayshutoffautomatically.
Preselectingoractivatingacruisecontrol
Cytst-t)
Appliesto:vehicleswithcruisecontrolsystem


Whenthevehicleisstationary,youcanpreselect
thecruisecontrolspeedoractivatethespeed
whiledriving.
Requirement:thesystemmustbe switchedon.
>Topreselectacruisecontrolspeedwhentheve-
hicleisstationary,tapthelevertoward@)/G)
=>page95,fig.95.
>Toactivatethecruisecontrolspeed,pullthe
levertowardposition@whiledriving,or
>
Tosetthecurrentdrivingspeedasthecruise
controlspeed,pressthebutton(@)onthelever.
Theactivecruisecontrolspeedisindicatedwith
theCRUISE]orklindicatorlightintheinstrument
cluster.
Anadditionalindicatorappearsinthehead-up
display”.
Changingthecruisecontrolspeed
Appliesto:vehicleswithcruisecontrolsystem
>Toincrease ordecreasethecruisecontrolspeed
insmallincrements,tap theleveruptothe
firstleveltoward@/@)>page95,fig.95.
>Toincrease ordecreasethecruisecontrolspeed
inlargerincrements,taptheleveruptothe
secondleveltoward@)/G).
>Toincrease ordecreasethecruisecontrolspeed
continuously,tapandholdtheleveratthefirst
orsecondleveltoward(#)/C).
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Overridingordeactivatingthecruise
controlspeed
Appliesto:vehicleswithcruisecontrolsystem
Youcanoverride ordeactivatethecruisecontrol
system.Whenyoudeactivatethesystem,your
cruisecontrolspeedwillbestoredand youcan
resumethatspeed.
Requirement:thesystemmustbe switchedon
andactivated.
Overriding
>Totemporarilyoverridethecruisecontrol
speed,presstheacceleratorpedal.
>Onceyoureleasetheacceleratorpedal,thesys-
temwilladjustbacktothestoredcruisecontrol
speed.
Ifyouoverridethecruisecontrolsystemfora
longperiodoftime,thecruisecontrolsystem
willbedeactivated.Thesystemindicatorlight
willturnoffandthecruisecontrolspeedwillbe
stored.
Deactivating
>Todeactivatethecruisecontrolspeed,press
thelevertoward(2)(notlockedintoplace)
=>page95,fig.95.
>Pressthebrakepedal.

Z\WARNING
Restingyourfootontheacceleratorpedal
couldoverridethecruisecontrol.Thiswillpre-
ventbrakinginterventionsby the system.
Seema
Appliesto:vehicleswithcruisecontrolsystem

Whenyouswitchthesystemoffcompletely,the
cruisecontrolspeedwillbedeleted.
Requirement:thesystemmustbe switchedon.
>Toswitchthesystemoff,pressthelevertoward
@(lockedintoplace)>page95,fig.95,or
>Switchtheignitionoff.

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Appliesto:vehicleswithcruisecontrolsystem
ICRUISE|/3)Speedcontrolsystem:currentlyun-
available.Seeowner'smanual
Iftheindicatorlightturnsonandthismessage
appears,thecruisecontrolsystemhasbeendeac-
tivated.Thereisatemporarymalfunction,forex-
amplethebrakesareoverheating.Switchthe
cruisecontrolsystemonagainlater.
Camera-basedtraffic
signrecognition
Appliesto:vehicleswith camera-basedtrafficsignrecognition

Fig.96Instrumentcluster:trafficsignrecognition

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Fig.97Windshield:camerawindowfortrafficsignrecog-
nition
Trafficsignrecognitionassistsyouwhendriving
bydisplayingdetectedspeedlimitsorsignspro-
hibitingpassingintheinstrumentclusterdisplay
>fig.96.Withinthelimitsofthesystem,thele-
galspeedlimitsinschoolzonesaredetectedand
displayed.
Generalinformation
Trafficsignrecognitioncandetectstandard
speedlimitsignsthatarewithinthecamera'svis-
ualfield.Withassistancefromnavigationdata,
detectedspeedlimitsareevaluatedandshownin
thedisplay.Thetrafficsignforthecurrentde-
tectedspeedlimitwillblinkinthedisplayifyou
exceedthewarningthresholdsetintheInfotain-
mentsystem>page98.
Thetrafficsignrecognitionissubjecttocertain
systemlimitationsandmaybeunavailableoron-
lypartiallyavailableinthefollowingsituations:
—Whenvisibilityispoor,suchasinsnow,rain,
fogorheavyspray
—Whenthereisglare,forexamplefromoncom-
ingtrafficorthesun
—Athighspeeds
—Ifthecamera'svisualfield>fig.97iscovered,
forexamplebydirtorstickers.Forinformation
oncleaning,see>page342.
—Ifthetrafficsigns arecompletelyorpartially
covered,forexamplebytrees,snow,dirtor
othervehicles
—ifspeedtrafficsignsdonotconformtothe
standards
—Iftrafficsigns aredamagedorbent
—Iftrafficsigns aredisplayedonsignholders
withelectronicsigns
—ifthetrafficsignsortheconfigurationofthe
roadhavechanged(navigationdataisnolonger
up-to-date)

ZAWARNING
Payattentiontotrafficandtheareaaround
yourvehiclewhentrafficsignrecognitionis
turnedon.Thetrafficsignsinstalledonthe
roadalwaystakeprecedenceoverthedisplay.
Thedriverisalwaysresponsibleforassessing
thetrafficsituation.
— Undersomecircumstances,trafficsignrec-
ognitionmaynotdetecttrafficsignscorrect-
lyordetectthematall.Asaresult,thesys-
temmaynotdisplaythecorrectspeedlimit
oranyspeedlimit.
—Trafficsignrecognitiondoesnotadaptyour
vehicle'sspeedtomatchthespeedlimit!
—Thedisplayintheinstrumentclusteris
basedontheunitsofmeasurementusedfor
speedinthe countrywherethevehicleisbe-
ingoperated.Asaresult,thedisplay50in

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theinstrumentclustercanmeaneither
km/hormph,depending onthecountry.
Operating
Appliesto:vehicleswithcamera-basedtrafficsignrecognition


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Fig.98Instrumentcluster:additionaldisplay
Accessingtrafficsignrecognition
>Select:thefirsttab>Trafficsigns.
Settingaspeedwarning
Youcansetawarningthresholddownto10mph
(15km/h).Thetrafficsignforthecurrentdetect-
edspeedlimitwillblinkinthedisplayifyouex-
ceed thesetthreshold.

> SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle>leftcontrolbutton>Driveras-
sistance>Speedwarning>Trafficsignbased
warning.

Additionaldisplay
If aviewotherthanthetrafficsignrecognitionis
selectedintheinstrumentclusterdisplay,the
speedlimitwillbeshowninanotherdisplay
=>fig.98.Thecurrentapplicablespeedlimitwill
beshownthere,ifpossiblewithinthelimitsof
thesystem.
G)Tips
—Anadditionalindicatorappearsinthehead-
updisplay*.
—Yourspeedwarningsettingsarestoredau-
tomaticallyandassignedtothevehiclekey
inuse.
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Messages
Appliesto:vehicleswithcamera-basedtrafficsignrecognition
Trafficsign recognition:currently unavaila-
ble.Cameraviewlimitedduetosurroundings
Functioncurrentlyunavailable.Cameraviewre-
strictedduetosurroundings
Thismessageappearsifthecamera'svisualfield
iscovered>page97,fig.97.Thesystemwill
switchitselfoff.
Trafficsign recognition:currentlylimited.
Seeowner'smanual
Thismessageappearsifthereisamalfunctionin
thenavigationsystem,forexample.Thespeed
limitdisplayislimited,whichincreasestheriskof
anincorrectdisplay.
Trafficsign-basedspeedwarning:currently
unavailable.Seeowner'smanual
Therewillbenowarningwhenthesetthreshold
isexceeded.
Notrafficsigninformationavailable
Thereisnovalidnavigationdataandnospeed
limitsweredetected.Orthereisarecommended
speedbutthereisnotaspeedlimit(forexample
drivingonandoffthe expressway).
Malfunction!Seeowner'smanual
Thesystemmaynotfunctioncorrectlysoithas
beenswitchedoff.SeeanauthorizedAudidealer
orauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityforassistance.
Functionnotavailableinthiscountry
Thevehicleisinacountrywherethefunctionis
notavailable.

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Laptimer
Introduction
Appliesto:vehicleswithlaptimer
Youcanmeasureandanalyzelaptimeswiththe
laptimerinthedisplay.
Openingthelaptimer
>OpenthefirstVehicletab(tripcomputer)using
the[<>]buttononthemultifunctionsteering
wheel.
>Selectonthemultifunctionsteeringwheel:left
controlbutton>Laptimes.


Operatingthelaptimer
>Onthemultifunctionsteeringwheel,turnthe
leftthumbwheel(7)>page15untilthedesired
menuitemisdisplayedintheinstrumentclus-
ter.
>Presstheleftthumbwheeltoconfirmtheselec-
tion.

ZAWARNING
Yourfocusshouldalways beondrivingyour
vehiclesafely.Asthedriver,youhavecom-
pleteresponsibilityforsafetyintraffic.Only
use thefunctionssuchasthelaptimerinsuch
awaythatyoualwaysmaintaincompletecon-
troloveryourvehicleinalltrafficsituations.
@)Tips
Youcanretrieveinformationfromthetrip
computerwhilethelaptimerstopwatchis
running.
eymeatalLl)
Appliesto:vehicleswithlaptimer

Requirement:thelaptimermustbeopen
=>page99.
Timinglaps
>Tostarttimingmanually,selectStartlap 1in
themenu.
>Tostarttimingautomaticallyassoonasyoube-
gintodrive,selectDriveofftostartlap 1or
Startbydrivingoffinthemenu.
>Tomeasurethelaptime,selectNewlapinthe
menu.
Thisstartstimingthenextlapatthe
sametime.
Aftercompletingalap,thedifferencebetween
thelastlapandthepreviousbestlaptimewillbe
ainaynindicatedwitha“~”or“+”.
Pausingtiminganddisplayingasplittime
>ToinsertapauseiyselectPauseinthemenu.
>Toresumetiming,selectResumeinthemenu.
>Todisplayasplittime,selectSplittimeinthe
menu.Thesplittimeappearsforapproxi-
mately10secondsintheinstrumentcluster.
Thetimingofthecurrentlapcontinues.
Resettingtiming
>»Usingthemultifunctionsteeringwheel,select
Resettimesinthemenu.
@Tips
—Amaximumof99laptimescanbemeas-
ured.
—Iftimingispaused,youcancontinueitlater
evenifyouswitchtheignitionoff.
—Savedlaptimescannotbeindividuallyde-
letedfromthetotalresults.
—Thesavedlaptimervalueswillremainafter
switchingtheignitionoff.
Lapstatistics
Appliesto:vehicleswithlaptimer
Displayinglapstatistics
Youcandisplaythenumberoflapsdriven,the
fastestlap“+”,theslowestlap“—”,andtheaver-
agetime“®”intheinstrumentcluster.
un
>Onthemultifunctionsteeringwheel,selectthe
leftcontrolbutton>LapstatisticsorStatis-
tics.
>Turn thethumbwheeldownoruptodisplaythe
individuallaptimes.
>Toreturn tothelaptimingthatwasbegun,
presstheleftthumbwheel.
Resettinglapstatistics
>Onthemultifunctionsteeringwheel,select:
therightcontrolbutton>Resetstatistics.>
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@Tips
Thelapstatisticslistthelaptimesforthelast
30laps.Thefastestandslowestlaptimeout
ofupto99measuredlapsarealsodisplayed.
Predictiveefficiency
assist
Thepredictiveefficiencyassisthelpsthedriverto
drivewithanticipationandthereforehelpsto
savefuel.Thesystemaccessespredictivetripda-
ta(includingspeedlimits,hills,andtheangleof
curves)fromthenavigationsystem*.Informa-
tionfromthecamera-basedtrafficsignrecogni-
tion*isalsoappliedtorecognizetrafficsigns
=>page97.
Themessagesdisplayeddependonthenaviga-
tiondata*beingup-to-dateandthecorrectiden-
tificationbythetrafficsignrecognition”.
Whenadaptivecruisecontrol*isswitchedoff,the
predictiveefficiencyassistonlyprovidesnotifica-
tionswithoutcontrolledinterventions.See
=>page100,Predictivemessages(efficiencyas-
sist).
Whenadaptivecruisecontrol”isswitchedon,the
systemrespondstoupcomingsituationsauto-
matically.See>page101,Predictivecontrol(ef-
ficiencyassist).
Predictivemessages(efficiencyassist)
Appliesto:vehicleswithpredictiveefficiencyassist
Indicatorintheinstrumentclusterdisplay
Predictivemessagesappearintheinstrument
clusterdisplaytoshowthedrivertheappropriate
timetocoastwhenasituationaheadrequiresyou
todriveatalowerspeed.
Themessagesareonlyshownifthecruisecontrol
system*oradaptivecruisecontrol*isswitched
off.
Anadditionalindicatorappearsinthehead-up
display”.
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SymbolMeaning

Removeyourfootfromtheacceler-
atorpedaltoslowdown,because
thereisasituationaheadthatre-~»


quiresalowerspeed.

IfyouseeDriverassistanceintheinstrument
clusterdisplay,thefollowingsymbolswillindi-
catewhichsituationthesystemiscurrentlyreact-
ingto.




SymbolMeaning
MPHSpeedlimit
km/hSpeedlimit
JikIntersection
TE
~OTrafficcircle
aca
Iftherearemultiplesituations,thenasequence
ofthesesituationswillappearinthedisplay.

ZA\WARNING
Payattentiontotrafficandtheareaaround
yourvehiclewhentheefficiencyassistis
switchedon.Thedriverisalwaysresponsible

forassessingthetrafficsituation.
(i)Tips
— Thewordingofthemessagemayvaryde-
pendingonthedrivingmodesetindrivese-
lect*>page126andthecurrentselector
leverposition(automatictransmission*).No
messagesaredisplayedwheninthe"S"se-
lector
leverpositionorinDynamicmode.

—Whenarouteisplannedusingthenaviga-
tionsystem*,thensystemdisplaysmessag-
esbasedonanassumedroute.Without
routeguidance,thesystemdisplaysmes-
sagesbasedonanassumedroute.
—Therewillnot beamessageforeverysitua-
tionahead,forexampleifthereisnot
enoughdistanceremainingtoreacttothe
situation.
—Nomessagesaredisplayedwhenatspeeds
under20mph(30km/h).

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Predictivecontrol(efficiencyassist)
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiadaptivecruisecontrolandpre-
dictiveefficiencyassist


Fig.99Instrumentcluster:predictivecontrol
Description
Thepredictivecontrol)usesthemapinforma-
tionfromthenavigationsysteminordertoreact
proactivelywhendriving.Informationfromthe
camera-basedtrafficsignrecognition*isalsoap-
pliedtorecognizetrafficsigns>page97.When
cominguptoareaswithspeedlimitsorchanges
inthe courseoftheroad(suchascurves,inter-
sectionsortrafficcircles),thesystembrakesau-
tomaticallyandthenacceleratesbackuptothe
setspeed.
Overridingcontrol
Thedrivercanoverridethepredictivecontrolat
anytimebypressingtheacceleratororbrake
pedal.Ifthesystemchangesthevehiclespeedto
adapttospeedlimits,youcanchangethespeed
usingthelever>page106,fig. 106.
Alwaysswitchoffthepredictivecontrolin
thefollowingsituations:
—Whenincreasedattentionisneededfromthe
driver
—Inpoorweatherconditionssuchassnowor
heavyrain
—Whendrivingonroadsinpoorcondition
Indicatorintheinstrumentclusterdisplay
Whenswitchingontheadaptivecruisecontrol
forthefirsttime,amessagewillappearinthe
statuslinetoindicateifpredictivecontrolis
available.

D_Thisisnotavailableinsomecountries.
TheBEsymbolappearswhenthesystem
isregulatingthespeedtomatchaspeedlimit.If
thisisthecase,thesystemisregulatingaspeed
of50mph(80 km/h).Thespeedisthentaken
overbytheadaptivecruisecontrol.Thespeedin
thespeedometerLEDringadjuststothespeedto
bemaintained>page105,fig.105.ThefaaEN
=>fig.99symbolappearswhenthereisanadap-
tationtotherouteahead.
IfyouareintheDriverassistancedisplayinthe
instrumentcluster,thenthefollowingsymbols
willindicatewhichoccurrencethesystemiscur-
rentlyrespondingto:


SymbolMeaning
MPHSpeedlimit
km/hSpeedlimit

iCurve

Intersection
JilTE
©Trafficcircle
NW

Z\WARNING
—Readthewarningson>AinGeneralinfor-
mationonpage103andon>AinDescrip-
tiononpage97.
—Payattentiontotrafficandtheareaaround
yourvehiclewhenpredictivecontrolis
switchedon.Thedriverisalwaysresponsible
forassessingthetrafficsituation.
—Thesystemdoesnotconsider"rightofway"
rulesanddoesnotrespondtotrafficlights,
solackofdriverattentioninthesesituations
canincreasetheriskofanaccident.
— The systemonlyconsiderstrafficsignsthat
giveaspeedlimit.
— The
permittedspeedcanbeexceededifthe
adaptationtoaspeedlimitisincorrect.The
driverisresponsibleforadheringtotheper-
mittedspeed.
—Thespeedwhendrivingthroughcurvesmay
bedifferentfromwhatyouasadriverwould

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do.Brakethevehicleyourselfwhenneeded
toreducetheriskofanaccident.


Gi)Tips
—Ifaspeedlimitisdetected,thestored
speedisalsoadjustedinthespeedometer
LEDlinewhentheadaptivecruisecontrolis
notactive.
— Theadaptationby thesystemdependson
thedrivingmodesetindriveselect*.
—Switchingoffpredictivecontrol,forexam-
plewhendrivinginLowtrafficzones,does
notcausetheadaptivecruisecontrolto
switchoff.
—Afterswitchingontheignition,thesystem
initiallyadjuststoaspeedof80mph
(130km/h)whendrivingontohighways
withoutaspeedlimit.Thenthesystemad-
juststothelastspeedstoredbythedriver.
—Thereisnoadaptationtospeedlimitswhen
drivingthroughhighwayinterchangesand
whendrivingonorofftheexpressway.
—Thereisnopredictivecontrolatspeedlimits
under20mph(30 km/h).
—If aspeedlimitisonlydetectedbythecam-
eraandtheactualspeedissignificantly
higher,thenthespeedlimitwillblinkinthe
displayuntilyouhave reachedtherequired
speed>page98.
—Incorrectvaluesfromthecamera-based
trafficsignrecognition*oroutdatednaviga-
tionsystemmapdatacanleadtoincorrect
orimplausiblecontrol.
—Whenrouteguidanceisswitchedon,the
systemadaptstotherouteprovidedbythe
navigationsystem.Drivingwithoutroute
guidanceorleavingaroutecanresultinim-
plausiblecontrol.
—Thesystemswitchesoffwhenoutsideofa
roadsystemthatisrecordedinthenaviga-
tionsystemmapdata.
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SettingsintheInfotainmentsystem
Appliesto:vehicleswithpredictiveefficiencyassist
Predictivemessages*

>IntheInfotainmentsystem,select:[MENU
button>Vehicle>leftcontrolbutton>Driver
assistance>Efficiencyassist.

Predictivemessagesareshownwhenthisfunc-
tionisswitchedon.
Predictivecontrol*

>SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle>leftcontrolbutton>Driveras-
sistance>Audiadaptivecruisecontrol>Pre-
dictivecontrol.

Setspeedlimit-whenthisfunctionisswitched
on,thesystemadjuststothespeedlimits.This
canalsobedonewithattolerance,ifdesired.In
this
scenario,youmayfallbeloworexceedthe
setspeedinfavorofincreasedefficiency.
Adaptationtorouteahead-whenthisfunction
isswitchedon,thesystemadaptstotheroute
ahead, suchasreducingthespeedwhendriving
aroundcurves.
@Tips
Nopredictivemessagesareshowninvehicles
withoutanavigationsystem.
Audiadaptivecruise
control
Appliesto:vehicleswith Audiadaptivecruisecontrol

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Fig.100Detectionrange