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●Steep downhill grades
• The set vehicle speed may be
exceeded.
●On a steep continuous downhill
grade
• The brakes may overheat.
●Roads and overpasses with
repeated steep uphill and downhill grades
• Detection of the vehicle in front may
be lost, or the road surface may be detected instead of the vehicle in
front, making correct control impos-
sible.
●Entering a sharp curve/turn into an
interchange or junction, or a service area, parking area, toll booth or
other facilities
• Detection of the vehicle in front may not be possible.
●There are changes in brightness, such as at a tunnel entrance or exit.
●Visibility is poor due to sand, smoke or water vapor blowing in the wind,
or the front vision is obscured due
to water splashes, snow, dirt, water spray from road sprinklers or snow
clearing sprinklers on the road, or
dust stir up generated by the vehi- cle in front or oncoming traffic.
• Detection of the vehicle in front may
be lost, or water or other sub- stances may be incorrectly
detected instead, making correct
control impossible.
●In adverse weather, such as heavy snow or snowstorms
1884-5. EyeSight
WA R N I N G
●The windshield has become
fogged, scratched or smeared, or
snow, dirt, dust or frost has adhered to it, or it is otherwise affected.
These will reduce the stereo cam-
era’s field of view. Also, light is reflecting off the dirt, etc.
●Water droplets from rain or the win-
dow washer, or dirt has not been fully wiped off the windshield.
• It may not be possible to detect the
vehicle in front, making correct con- trol impossible.
●The stereo camera’s field of view is obstructed.
The stereo camera may have difficulty detecting the following objects or con-
ditions. Operate the brake pedal and
take other actions as necessary.
●Vehicles at significantly different
speeds (vehicles driving slowly, stopped or oncoming vehicles, etc.)
●Vehicles cutting into your lane
●Motorcycles, bicycles, pedestrians
and animals, etc.
●Light is poor in the evening or early
morning.
●At night or in a tunnel without the
headlights on
●At night or in a tunnel when there is
a vehicle in front that does not have its tail lights on
●Strong light is coming from the front (sunlight or headlight high beams,
etc.).
●Vehicles in front that have a rear
aspect that is low, small or irregular
(the system may re cognize another part of the vehicle and will deter-
mine operation from that)
• An empty truck or trailer that has no tailgate or longbed
• Vehicles that have cargo protrud-ing from their back ends
• Non-standard shaped vehicles (vehicle transporters or vehicles
with a sidecar fitted, etc.)
• Vehicles that are low
●Objects that are located close to the bumper of your vehicle
■Detection of the vehicle in front by the EyeSight stereo camera*
●Under the following road conditions
or conditions of your vehicle, detec- tion of the vehicle in front may not
be possible. Vehicles in neighboring
traffic lanes or roadside objects may also be inco rrectly detected.
Under conditions such as these, do
not use Adaptive Cruise Control. If cruise control is currently in use,
operate the brake pedal and take
other actions as necessary.
• Following begins from a short fol-
lowing distance, such as when the vehicle in front is a vehicle that cut
into your lane.
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• On curved roads, at the start and
end of a curve and on roads with
continuous curves (These condi- tions make it difficult for the system
to detect vehicles because they are
outside the detectable area.)
• On an on-ramp or off-ramp to a
freeway, highway, or other
restricted access road (EyeSight Adaptive Cruise Control is not
designed for use in this kind of driv-
ing environment.)
• In an urban or suburban environ-
ment (Adaptive Cruise Control is not appropriate for use in these
driving areas. Use Adaptive Cruise
Control only on limited-access high- ways.)
• The vehicle in front is not directly ahead of your vehicle and is shifted
to one side.
• There is an obstacle on the side of the road.
• The relative speed difference com- pared to the vehicle in front is large.
• A vehicle cuts into your lane in front of you.
• The distance between vehicles is extremely short.
• Your vehicle is drifting within the lane.
• On a bumpy or unpaved road sur- face.
• On a road with extremely narrow lanes, such as when traffic restric-
tions are in effect or in areas where
construction work is taking place.
• Normal driving has become unsta-
ble due to an accident or malfunc- tion.
• Extremely heavy cargo is loaded in the rear seat or trunk of your vehi-
cle.
●There are limits to the situation
judgment capabilities of the Adap-
tive Cruise Control system. Decel- eration may not take place in time
in the following situations. Apply the
brake pedal to decelerate the vehi- cle if necessary.
• The speed difference with the vehi-
cle in front is too large or the vehicle in front decelerates unexpectedly.
• The decelerating vehicle in front unexpectedly slows down or sud-
denly brakes.
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WA R N I N G
●If the alert/notification sounds fre-
quently, do not use Adaptive Cruise
Control.
●Even when the following distance is
short, the “Obstacle Detected” warning may not activate in the fol-
lowing situations.
• The difference in speed with the
vehicle in front is small. The two vehicles are traveling at almost the
same speed.
• The vehicle in front is traveling
faster than your vehicle. The follow-
ing distance is gradually increasing.
• Another vehicle cuts into your lane
very close to your vehicle.
• The vehicle in front decelerates
suddenly.
• There are repeated uphill and
downhill grades.
*: The recognition status of the lead
vehicle using the stereo camera
can be confirmed by the illumina-
tion status of the lead vehicle indi-
cator. (P.191)
NOTICE
●After Adaptive Cruise Control has
started, it maintains control continu-
ously according to the behavior of the vehicle in front. When your vehi-
cle comes to a stop because the
vehicle in front has stopped, the automatic braking function will be
canceled immediately after stop-
ping and the vehicle will start creep-
ing forward gradually (at the same time 3 intermittent beeps, 1 short
beep and 1 long beep will sound).
Be sure to depress the brake pedal and stop the vehicle completely.
Note that the vehicle is not main-
tained at a standstill position and will not automatica lly start moving
from a standstill position.
●Braking may not be sufficient
depending on the following condi-
tions. Depress the brake pedal and decelerate as necessary.
• Vehicle conditions (amount of load,
number of occupants, etc.)
• Road conditions (grade, slipperi-
ness, shape, bumps, etc.)
• Vehicle maintenance condition
(brake systems, tire wear, air pres- sure, etc.)
• The brakes are cold. (For example, just after the engine is started or the
outside temperature is low.)
• For a short period of time when
driving after the engine is started
until the engine has warmed-up
• The brakes are overheated on
downhill grades (braking perfor- mance may be reduced).
• In rain or after washing the vehicle (the brakes may become wet and
braking performance may be
reduced.)
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■Setting Adaptive Cruise Con-
trol
1 Setting Adaptive Cruise Control
to standby status
Press the “ON-OFF” switch. At this
time, (white) and the following dis-
tance setting indicator are displayed on the meter display.
The set vehicle speed display will read
“- - - km/h (- - - MPH)”.
Adaptive Cruise Control indica-
tor
Set vehicle speed
Your vehicle indicator
Following distance setting indi-
cator
Following distance setting indi-
cator (icon)
When the multi-information display is set to display content other than the driving
support system inform ation display, the
following distance setting indicator is shown as an icon.
To set the ready status: Adaptive
Cruise Control can be activated
when all of the fo llowing conditions
are met and “READY” indicator is
displayed on the meter display.
• Both the driver's door and the
front passenger's door are
closed.
• The driver’s seatbelt is fastened.
• The shift lever is in the D or M
position.
• The brake pedal is not
depressed.
• EyeSight operation is not tempo-
rarily stopped. (white) is
turned off. ( P.223)
• The road is not a steep slope.
• The steering wheel has not been
turned significantly in either
direction.
• The vehicle speed is between 0
km/h (0 mph) and approximately
180 km/h (110 mph).
• Parking brake is released.
• The GPF system warning light is
not illuminated or flashing.
• The driving mode is set to nor-
mal mode or sport mode.
( P.252)
• Pre-Collision Br aking System is
not turned off during TRACK
mode. ( P.183, 257)
• TRC and VSC system are not
set to off. ( P.257)
How to use Adaptive Cruise
Control
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accelerating to the set vehicle speed,
vehicle following will be started again.
●When the brakes are applied by
Adaptive Cruise Cont rol, the vehicle’s
stop lights will illuminate.
●Even if there is no lead vehicle pres-
ent, on a downhill grade, the Adaptive Cruise Control’s automatic brake may
operate in order to maintain the set
vehicle speed.
●Some noises may be audible during
automatic braking. This is caused by the braking control and does not indi-
cate a malfunction.
●To temporarily accelerate quickly, use
the accelerator pedal. After accelerat-
ing, the vehicle will gradually return to the set vehicle speed shown in the set
vehicle speed display.
●If the vehicle in front is no longer
detected while your vehicle is still con-
trolled by the automatic braking oper- ation, the brake will be automatically
released gradually. Depress the
accelerator pedal if necessary.
●The lead-vehicle following function
has the following characteristics:
• If the lead vehicle’s stop lights are detected, deceleration will start earlier
than without detection.
• If the vehicle moves to the fast lane while traveling more than approxi-
mately 60 km/h (37 mph), the system
starts acceleration to the set vehicle speed more quickly because it is
linked with the turn signal.
• If the setting of driving lane is different
from the actual driving direction, the
vehicle may start to accelerate faster than usual when the driver signals a
lane change to move from the passing
lane to the driving lane. ( P.377)
●Cruise control acceleration character-
istics can be set to one of four levels. ( P.377)
■Increasing the set vehicle
speed
Using the cruise control switch
Push to the “+ RES” side briefly.
Every time the switch is pushed, the set
vehicle speed will increase in incre-
ments of 1 km/h (1 mph) increment.
Push to the “+ RES” side contin-
uously.
While the switch is being pushed, the
set vehicle speed will increase in incre-
ments of 5 km/h (5 mph).
When operating the switch, the set
vehicle speed changes on the
meter display.
NOTICE
If the driver operates the brake pedal
during automatic braking, the pedal
may feel stiff; however, this is not a malfunction. By depressing the brake
pedal further you can apply more
braking force. When the brake pedal is released it will return to its original
condition.
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When operating the switch, the set
vehicle speed changes on the
meter display.
Using the brake pedal
1 Depress the brake pedal to
decrease the vehicle speed.
Adaptive Cruise Control will be
canceled and (Adaptive Cruise
Control indicator) changes from green
to white.
2 When the desired speed is
reached, push the cruise control
switch to the “- SET” side.
The speed at the time of pushing the
switch will be set as the new set vehicle
speed, and it appears on the meter dis- play.
■Accelerating temporarily
Depress the accelerator pedal to
accelerate temporarily.
When the accelerator pedal is
released, the vehicle returns to the
set vehicle speed.
When the driver accelerates the
vehicle by depressing the accelera-
tor pedal while Adaptive Cruise
Control is operating, turns
white. When the acceleration is
completed, returns to green.
■Decelerating temporarily
Depress the brake pedal to
decelerate temporarily. When the
brake pedal is depressed, Adap-
tive Cruise Contro l will be canceled.
changes from green to white
while the set vehicle speed remains
displayed on the meter display.
Release the brake pedal and push
the cruise control switch to the “+
RES” side to reset the set vehicle
speed.
White
■Changing the following dis-
tance from the vehicle in front
The following distance from the
NOTICE
Ordinarily, while the vehicle is follow-
ing the lead vehicle, acceleration and
deceleration are performed automati- cally in accordance with the speed of
the lead vehicle. However, when your
vehicle approaches a lead vehicle, for example if it is necessary to acceler-
ate for a lane change or other reason,
and if the vehicle in front suddenly decelerates, or if another vehicle cuts
into your path, operate the accelera-
tor pedal or brake pedal to accelerate or decelerate as appropriate for the
existing conditions.
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vehicle in front setting can be
changed in 4 stages.
Each time the (Following dis-
tance setting) switch is pressed, the
distance from the vehicle in front
changes.
●The following distance changes corre- sponding with the vehicle speed. The
faster the vehicle travels, the greater
the following distance.
Approximate guide to following dis-
tances
●The following distance previously set is restored when you turn back on
Adaptive Cruise Control by pressing
the “ON-OFF” switch.
■Canceling by driver operation
Any of the following operations will
cancel Adaptive Cruise Control.
Depress the brake pedal.
changes from green to white while
the set vehicle speed remains dis-
played on the meter display.
White
Pull the cruise control switch to
Following
distance
indicator
When your
vehicle
speed is 40
km/h (25
mph)
When your
vehicle
speed is
100 km/h
(60 mph)
Approx. 30
m (100 ft)
Approx. 60
m (200 ft)
Approx. 25
m (85 ft)
Approx. 50
m (160 ft)
Approx. 20
m (65 ft)
Approx. 40
m (130 ft)
Approx. 15
m (50 ft)
Approx. 30
m (100 ft)
Canceling Adaptive Cruise
Control
Following
distance
indicator
When your
vehicle
speed is 40
km/h (25
mph)
When your
vehicle
speed is
100 km/h
(60 mph)
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