Audi Q5: Switching on and off

Applies to vehicles: with Audi adaptive cruise control

Fig. 120 Selector lever: switching on/off

Fig. 121 Instrument cluster: adaptive cruise control

You can set any speed between 20 mph and 95 mph (30 and 150 km/h).

Indicator lamps and messages in the instrument cluster display inform you about the current system status and settings.

Switching adaptive cruise control on

• Pull the lever toward you into position 1 > fig. 120. ACC: Standby appears in the instrument cluster display.

Setting the speed and activating regulation

• To set the current speed, press the button > fig. 120. The set speed is shown in the tachometer A and is also shown briefly in the display D > fig. 121.

Switching adaptive cruise control off

• Push the lever away from you into position 0 until it clicks into place. The message ACC: Off appears.

B - Indicator lights

- Adaptive cruise control, is switched on. No vehicles are detected up ahead. The stored speed is maintained.

- A moving vehicle is detected up ahead. The adaptive cruise control system regulates the speed and distance to the moving vehicle ahead and accelerates/brakes automatically.

- When automatic braking is not able to keep enough distance to a previously detected moving vehicle up ahead, you must take control and brake.

C - Display

If adaptive cruise control is not shown in the display, you can call it up with the button.

Based on the symbols in the display, you can determine if the system is maintaining a distance to the vehicle ahead and what that distance is.

No vehicle - No vehicle ahead was detected.

White vehicle - A vehicle ahead was detected.

Red vehicle - Prompt for the driver to take action.

Both arrows on the scale (C) indicate the distance to the vehicle ahead. No arrow appears when the vehicle is on an open road and there is no object ahead. If an object is detected ahead, the arrow moves on the scale.

The green zone on the scale shows the stored distance.

For information on changing the stored distance. If the distance selected is too close or may soon become too close, the arrows move into the red zone on the scale.

WARNING

Improper use of the adaptive cruise control can cause collisions, other accidents and serious personal injuries.

• Pressing the button when driving at speeds below 20 mph (30 km/h), will automatically accelerate the vehicle to 20 mph (30 km/h), which is the minimum speed that can be set.

Tips

• If you switch the ignition or the adaptive cruise control off, the set speed is erased from the system memory.
• The Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC) is automatically turned on when the adaptive cruise control is turned on. You cannot switch the ESC into offroad mode while the adaptive cruise control is turned on.

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