Driving your vehicle
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Prerequisite for activation
The FCA gets ready to be activated,
when the FCA is selected on the
LCD display, and when the following
prerequisites are satisfied.
- The ESC is ON.
- The driving speed is over 10 km/h
(6 mph). (However, FCA is activat-
ed within certain driving speed.)
- When recognizing the vehicle or
the pedestrian in front. (However,
FCA does not activate according to
conditions in front and vehicle sys-
tems, but it notices only certain
warnings.)
FCA warning message and
system control
The FCA produces warning mes-
sages and warning alarms in accor-
dance with the collision risk levels of
followings like vehicle’s sudden brak-
ing in front or lack of vehicle to vehicle
distance or collision to pedestrians.
Also, it controls the brakes in accor-
dance with the collision risk levels.
The driver can select the initial warn-
ing activation time in the User
Settings in the LCD display. The
options for the initial Forward
Collision-Avoidance Assist include
Early, Normal or Late initial warning
time.
WARNING
• The FCA automatically acti-
vates upon placing the igni-
tion switch to the ON position.
The driver can deactivate the
FCA by canceling the system
setting on the LCD display.
• The FCA automatically deacti-
vates upon canceling the
ESC. When the ESC is can-
celled, the FCA cannot be
activated on the LCD display.
The FCA warning light will
illuminate, but it does not indi-
cate a malfunction of the sys-
tem.
• Set or cancel FCA with con-
trolling switches on steering
wheel after stopping the vehi-
cle in the safe place for your
safety.