01-23-2020, 01:09 PM | #1 |
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Cruise control and brake function
When I have my cruise set I notice that I am able to cruise right up to the car in front, without the automatic brake function kicking in. Has anyone else noticed this? I'm not sure if there is a fault with my radar? I know my car doesn't have the adaptive cruise feature but miffed why the sensor in the bumper doesn't at least stop the car crashing into the car in front when cruising?
I am aware that the description cruise and brake refers to the dial on the SW being able to accelerate and brake but it's way too much effort to be braking all the time and resetting the cruise. I'm used to the AC after having it on my previous car but I see lots of G20s don't have this option selected, for me it's a top feature |
01-23-2020, 02:56 PM | #2 |
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The facility you are talking about is adaptive cruise, and as you state, you don't have that. The brake function is part of the basic cruise control and only brakes the car on down hills etc to maintain the speed you have set.
It will not stop you cruising into a car ahead. |
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I can see why you may have mistakenly thought it does what you described however it doesn't. You would need adaptive radar cruise control for that. You I think will have a system which brakes automatically to avoid hitting a car or pedestrians when you drive at slower speeds. I think it's up to 35mph the system will intervene if you are about to run into the rear bumper of a car in a city centre. This only works as I say at lower speeds. It is also not related to cruise control automatic braking. I think the still system is called "front-end collision warning with City Braking function" . So as you can see it's for use in the city. |
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The radar controlled cruise control is part of the Driver Assistance option in the uk.
Works a treat on motorways, not so keen on smaller roads, but very nice when in stop/start traffic |
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You can test this with a big cardboard box, find a quiet industrial estate, place box in road and drive towards it. You should get the autonomous braking kick in as it detects you are driving towards a static object.
I tried this on my old Peugeot as my model in 2015 was the only model to have this feature (called AEB). I tried this as I was getting random error messages. Dealers did not know what to do as my model was less than 300 units in the UK so a very rare model. A few weeks later my car was rear ended by marked Police car at speed. Reason was my car braked me as car in front slowed down to turn right but I had not slowed down quickly enough but AEB had. Result Police rear ended me and I rear ended car in front...
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