R
The neighbor inglane issepar ated byabr o‐
ke nlane ma rking.
R Novehicle isde tected intheadjacen tlane.
R The vehicle speed isbe tween 50mph
(80 km/ h)and 110mp h(1 80 km/h).
R ActiveLa ne Chang eAssi stisswitc hedonin
th emultimedia system.
R ActiveSt eer ing Assis tis activ ated and activ e.
If no vehicle isde tected intheadjacen tlane and
a lane chang eis per mitted, thelane chang e
begin saf te rth edr iver has activ ated thetur nsig‐
nal indicat or.This issho wntothedr iver wit ha
gr een arrow next to the± steer ing wheel
symbol. Themessag e,forex am ple, also
appear s.IfAc tiveLa ne Chang eAssi sthas been
activ ated withth etur nsignal indicat orbut alane
ch ang eis no timm ediat elyposs ible, agr ay arro w
appear sne xt to the± steer ing wheel symbol,
whic hre mains green.
When thelane chang eassis tance star ts,th etur n
signal indicat orisaut omaticall yactiv ated along
wit hth edispla yin themultifunc tiondispla y. If
th eassis tance grap hicis sho wnwhen chang ‐
ing lane s,an addit ionalarro w appear sin itpoin t‐
ing towa rdsth eadjacen tlane (/page18 2).
If alan ech ang eis no tposs ible, thear ro w is
fa ded outafte ra fe w sec ond sand ane wlane
ch ang emus tbe init iated. Animm ediat elane
ch ang eis on lypossible onfree wa ysec tion s
wit hout speedlimi ts.
If th esy stem isim pair ed,ActiveLa ne Chang e
Assi stma ybe canceled .If it is canceled ,th e
messa geappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
In addi tion, awa rning tone maysou nd, depend‐
ing onthesituation . &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whench ang ‐
ing lane toan occ upied adjacentlane
Lan eChan geAssi stcanno tal wa ys cle arly
de tect ifth eadjacen tlane isfree.
The lane chang emigh tbe init iated although
th eadjacen tlane isno tfr ee. #
Beforech ang inglane s,mak esur eth at
th eneighbor inglane isfree and ther eis
no dang ertoother road user s. #
Mon itor thelane chang e. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifLane
Ch ang eAssi stune xpectedl yst ops func‐
tionin g
If th esy stem limit ations forLane Change
Assis tha ve been reac hed, ther eis no guar‐
ant eethat thesy stem will remain active.
Lane ChangeAssis tcanno tth en assis tyo u
by appl ying steer ing torq ue. #
Alw aysmonit orthelane chang eand
ke ep your han dson thesteer ing wheel.
Obser vethetra ffic con dition sand steer
and/or brak eif neces sary. Sy
stem limit s
The system limit ations ofActiveSt eer ing Assis t
apply toActiveLa ne Chang eAssi st
( / pag e19 0). Dr
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The
system mayalso beimpair edorma yno t
func tion inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R The sensorsin there ar bum peraredir ty,
damag edorcoveredby ast icke ror ice and
sno w,forex am ple.
R The exterior lighting showsamalf unction.
% The ActiveLa ne Chang eAssi stsensor s
adjus taut omaticall ywhile acer tain dis tance
is be ing driven afte rth eve hicle hasbeen
deliv ered. ActiveLa ne Chang eAssi stis
una vailable oronl ypar tiall yav ailable during
th is teac h-in proce ss;noarro w appear sne xt
to theØ ActiveSt eer ing Assis tsymbol
when thetur nsignal indicat orisactiv ated.
Selecting Activ eLan eCha ngeAs sist
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Assist ance
5 Act ive Lane Change Assist #
Select thefunc tion. Ac
tiv eBr ak eAs sist Fu
nction ofActiv eBr ak eAs sist
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stconsi stsof thefo llo wing
func tions:
R Distance warning func tion
R Autonomo usbraki ng func tion
R Situ ation-d epend ent braki ng assist anc e
R Vehicl eswith Drivin gAss istanc ePa ck‐
ag e:Evasi ve Steer ing Assis tand corner ing
func tion
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcan helpyo uto minimize the
ri sk ofacollision withve hicles, cyclis tsor
pedes trians ortoreduce theef fects ofsuch a
coll ision.
If Ac tiveBr ak eAssi sthas detected arisk ofcolli‐
sion, awa rning tone sou nds and theL dis‐
ta nce warning lam plight sup intheins trument
clus ter.
If yo udo notre act tothewa rning, autono mous
br akin gcan beinit iated incritic alsituat ions.
In espec iallycritic alsituat ions,Ac tiveBr ak e
Assi stcan initia te aut onomo usbrakin gdir ect ly. In
this case, thewa rning lam pand warning tone
occu rsi mu ltane ously with thebr aking applica‐
tion .
If yo uappl yth ebr ak eyo urself inacr itical situa‐
tio nor appl yth ebr ak edur ing autonomous brak‐
ing, situation -dependen tbr aking assistance
occu rs.The brak epr ess ureincr eases uptomax‐
imum full-sto pbr aking ifnec essar y.
Obser vetheno teson driving systems andyour
re sponsibili ty;yo uma yot her wise failto recog‐
nize dangers(/ page 171). If
au tonomo usbraki ng orsitua tion-de pende nt
br aki ng assist anc ehas occurred, displa y1 19
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