Limitations of Detroit Assurance ABA5 and ACC

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See Table. for a description of ABA5 and ACC limitations in specific driving conditions.

Table 1, Adaptive Cruise Control and Active Brake Assist 5 Limitations

Adaptive Cruise Control and Active Brake Assist 5 Limitations

Condition and Illustration

Description

 

Cornering, entering and exiting bends

 

The ability of ABA5 and ACC to react to vehicles on bends is limited.

ABA5 and ACC may react to a vehicle or object in an adjoining lane and unexpectedly issue warnings or brake the vehicle.

ABA5 and ACC may be slow to react to a vehicle or object previously hidden by a bend in the lane.

ACC may also accelerate the vehicle unexpectedly if the vehicle ahead is hidden by a bend in the lane.

 

Vehicles not traveling in line with your vehicle and stationary vehicles

 

The ability of ABA5 and ACC to react to vehicles not traveling in line with your vehicle and stationary vehicles is limited.

ABA5 and ACC may react to a vehicle or object partially in your lane and unexpectedly issue warnings or brake your vehicle.

ABA5 and ACC may be slow or fail to react to vehicles not traveling in line with your vehicle or stationary vehicles only partially in your lane.

ACC may not detect and react to vehicles not traveling in line with your vehicle or stationary vehicles partially in your lane and may accelerate unexpectedly.

 

Other vehicles changing lanes

 

The ability of ABA5 and ACC to detect and react to vehicles pulling into your lane without maintaining a safe distance is limited.

ABA5 and ACC may be slow to react or fail to react to a vehicle entering your lane if the distance to the vehicle entering the lane is too short.

ACC may accelerate unexpectedly if it fails to detect the vehicle entering the lane.

If a vehicle cuts in front, brake your vehicle to increase the following distance.

 

Narrow vehicles changing lanes

 

The ability of ABA5 and ACC to detect and react to narrow vehicles pulling into your lane is limited.

Narrow vehicles may be slow to enter the system's detection range.

ABA5 and ACC may be slow to react or fail to react to a critical driving situation due to the merging vehicle being slow to enter the system's detection range.

ACC may accelerate unexpectedly if it fails to detect the vehicle entering the lane.

 

Vehicles turning off or in a nonstandard orientation.

 

The ability of ABA5 and ACC to detect and react to vehicles turning off or vehicles in a nonstandard orientation is limited.

ABA5 and ACC may react to a vehicle turning off and unexpectedly issue warnings or brake the vehicle.

ABA5 and ACC may be slow or fail to react to a vehicle turning off or to a vehicle at an angle due to an accident even through there is a critical driving situation.

 

Overtaking

 

The ability of ABA5 and ACC to detect and react to a vehicle you are overtaking is limited.

When overtaking a vehicle, ABA5 and ACC may unexpectedly issue warnings or brake your vehicle if you drive too close to the vehicle you are overtaking before exiting that lane.

 

Winding stretches of road

 

On winding stretches of road, ABA5 and ACC cannot detect which lane the vehicle in front is driving in.

ABA5 and ACC may unexpectedly issue warnings or brake your vehicle when reacting to vehicles in a different lane.

ABA5 and ACC may be slow to react or fail to react to a vehicle in your lane even through there is a critical driving situation.

ACC may fail to detect the vehicle in front in your lane and may accelerate the vehicle unexpectedly.

 

Obstacles and stationary vehicles in front of a detected vehicle

 

The ability of ABA5 and ACC to detect and react to objects when the detected vehicle turns off is limited.

When the detected vehicle turns off, ABA5 and ACC may react to the obstacle or stationary vehicle that was in front of the detected vehicle and unexpectedly issue warnings or brake your vehicle.

When the detected vehicle turns off, ABA5 and ACC may be slow to react or fail to react to an obstacle or stationary vehicle that was in front of the detected vehicle even though there is a critical driving situation.

ACC may react to the vehicle turning off by accelerating unexpectedly.

 

Vehicles parked or broken down at the side of the road

 

The ability of ABA5 and ACC to detect and react to a stationary vehicle on the side of the road is limited.

ABA5 and ACC may unexpectedly issue warnings or brake your vehicle if it detects a vehicle on the side of the road.

 

Stationary objects

 

The ability of ABA5 and ACC to detect and react to stationary objects above, beside, and on the road is limited.

ABA5 and ACC can unexpectedly issue warnings and brake the vehicle if it detects stationary objects beside, above, or in front of your lane such as:

  • signs

  • traffic islands

  • some bridges, such as truss and cable bridges

  • low overpasses

 

People

 

The ability of ABA5 to detect and react to people in certain situations is limited.

ABA5 can unexpectedly issue warnings and brake the vehicle if it detects and reacts to:

  • people on the roadside on a curve

  • people walking beside the road

  • people in a tunnel

    Table 1, Adaptive Cruise Control and Active Brake Assist 5 Limitations

    Note:
    Document Number: 0000112962
    Manual Publication Date: 2024-09-03
    Topic Publication Date: 2024-05-07