General Information
Important: Side guard assist (SGA) is designed to work with a standard 53 ft (16.2 m) trailer, or tractor without a trailer. SGA detects if a trailer is attached to the tractor, but it cannot detect whether or not multiple trailers are attached. If used with more than one trailer, SGA only considers objects or stationary obstacles in the range of the tractor and the first trailer. False-positive indications and warnings may occur with multiple trailers.
Important: IMPORTANT: SGA is not currently designed to work with non-ABS trailers or on trucks with lift axles.
In a left-hand drive vehicle, Detroit Assurance 5.0 SGA monitors the area to the right of the vehicle and trailer using two short range radar sensors. The radar sensors are mounted close to the rear of the right-hand footsteps. SGA provides assistance when turning right and changing lanes to the right. A yellow triangular warning lamp in the A-pillar lights up to inform the driver that an object has been detected in the monitored area. An additional warning tone sounds and the triangular lamp turns red if there is a risk of collision.
SGA is not active while reversing.
The trailer monitoring of SGA is not active shortly after reversing or shortly after coupling up. It is not possible to switch SGA trailer monitoring on or off shortly after reversing or shortly after coupling up.
For a right-hand drive vehicle, SGA monitors the area to the left of the vehicle and trailer. The location of sensors and warning lamps on the ICU all shift to the left in this case. All other features remain the same.