Adaptive Cruise Control

Warning: Adaptive Cruise Control is designed for your driving comfort and convenience and is not a collision warning or avoidance system. It is your responsibility to stay alert, drive safely, and be in control of the vehicle at all times. Never depend on Adaptive Cruise Control to adequately slow down the vehicle. Watch the road in front of you and be prepared to take corrective action at all times. Failure to do so can result in serious injury or death.
Warning: Never depend on Adaptive Cruise Control to brake for pedestrians, animals, or other objects. Always watch the road and be prepared to take corrective action. Failure to do so can result in serious injury or death.
Warning: Do not use Adaptive Cruise Control on city streets or on roads where traffic conditions are constantly changing.
Warning: Adaptive Cruise Control may not detect or brake for narrow vehicles such as bicycles or motorcycles.
Warning: Adaptive Cruise Control may not detect stationary or slow moving vehicles below 6 mph (10 km/h).
Warning: Do not use Adaptive Cruise Control on winding roads with sharp curves, on icy or slippery road surfaces, or when weather conditions (e.g., heavy rain, snow, or fog) make it inappropriate to drive at a consistent speed. Adaptive Cruise Control does not adapt driving speed based on road and driving conditions.
Warning: Turn Adaptive Cruise Control off temporarily when driving in areas where you must reduce speed (e.g., turn lanes, entering and exiting highways, or construction zones). This prevents the vehicle from accelerating to the stored speed in such situations.

When engaged, Adaptive Cruise Control uses data from the vehicle’s exterior sensors to automatically adjust your cruising speed, maintaining a safe distance from any vehicles ahead. The default distance maintained is the furthest allowed. See <<adjusting following distance >>

Adaptive Cruise Control is primarily intended for driving on dry, straight roads with no stops or sharp curves, such as highways and freeways.

If the adaptive Cruise Control cannot brake the vehicle safely, it will issue a takeover request.

Note: If your vehicle stops behind another vehicle and remains stationary for more than 10 minutes while Adaptive Cruise Control is active, the system will disengage and apply the Emergency Parking Brake (EPB).

Setting and changing cruising speed

To activate Adaptive Cruise Control, press the  DreamDrive button on the steering wheel. See Steering Wheel DreamDrive Controls.

Note: The DreamDrive mode defaults to Highway Assist for first-time users. When a User Profile is active, the system will go to the last used DreamDrive mode (Adaptive Cruise Control or Highway Assist). If Highway Assist is activated, press and hold the . DreamDrive button to switch to Adaptive Cruise Control.

To set the cruising speed:

  • Push the left toggle up or down to adjust speed by ±1 increment.
  • Push and hold the left toggle up or down to adjust the set speed by ±5 increments.

Minimum speed: 20 mph (30 km/h)

Maximum speed: 90 mph (150 km/h)

The cruising speed displays to the right of the speedometer on the Cockpit Panel, and is highlighted when Adaptive Cruise Control is active. Once activated, cruising speed can be changed using the same controls.

Cruising speed

Warning:

Occasionally, Adaptive Cruise Control may brake late or unexpectedly due to following a vehicle too closely, or if detection issues occur due to road infrastructure (e.g., curves, bridges, or tunnels). At all times, the driver is responsible for watching the road, controlling the vehicle, and intervening if required.

Adaptive Cruise Control maintains your selected cruising speed when a vehicle is not detected in front of you.

When cruising behind a detected vehicle, highlighted in the Center Cockpit Panel, Adaptive Cruise Control accelerates and decelerates the vehicle as needed to maintain the set following distance up to the set speed. See Adjusting following distance.

Adopting new speed limits



When Cruise Speed Update is enabled, the system will prompt you on the Cockpit Panel when a new speed limit is detected. Press the left toggle button on the steering wheel to update the cruising speed to the new speed limit.

If you do not wish to update the cruising speed, the prompt will disappear after 7 seconds.

Note: If you do not wish to receive prompts regarding speed limit changes from Cruise Speed Update, they can be disabled.

Driver override

Warning: During driver override, Adaptive Cruise Control will not apply the brakes to maintain the set following distance from a vehicle ahead.

While Adaptive Cruise Control is active, you can temporarily override the set speed using the accelerator pedal. If the Adaptive Cruise Control is overridden for more than 60 seconds, it will disengage.

When you press the accelerator pedal, the Center Cockpit Panel displays the following:

  • ADAPTIVE CRUISE display will change to OVERRIDE
  • Lane display, highlighted when Adaptive Cruise Control is active, will no longer be highlighted
  • The target vehicle will not be highlighted

Once the accelerator is released, Adaptive Cruise Control should automatically resume and return to the cruise speed set by the driver. The Cockpit Panel displays the active Adaptive Cruise Control mode.

Adjusting following distance

Warning:

It is your responsibility as the driver to determine and maintain a safe following distance at all times. Do not rely on Adaptive Cruise Control to maintain an accurate or appropriate following distance.

Warning:

Never depend on Adaptive Cruise Control to adequately slow down the vehicle to avoid a collision. Always watch the road in front of you and be prepared to take corrective action at all times. Failure to do so can result in a collision with the risk of serious injury or death.

To adjust the vehicle’s time gap settings from the vehicle ahead, press the button on the steering wheel. See Steering Wheel DreamDrive Controls. There are four time gap settings to select from, which will cycle as the button is pressed.



The change in the time gap settings displays on the Center Cockpit Panel.

Cancel and resume cruise control

To cancel Adaptive Cruise Control, press the Cancel button on the steering wheel. See Steering Wheel DreamDrive Controls.

The system can also be canceled by pressing the brake pedal if it is safe to do so in the current traffic conditions.

After Adaptive Cruise Control has been canceled, you can resume the previously set speed by toggling up the left steering wheel control.