SmartCruise

When approaching slower moving traffic with the vehicle's cruise control engaged, SmartCruise adapts the engine cruise speed to that of the closest vehicle ahead, allowing the vehicle to maintain a safe following distance without disengaging the cruise control. The DIU will display the SmartCruise status screen indicating the vehicle's current set cruise speed.

Once the speed of traffic ahead increases beyond the adapted engine cruise speed, the original cruise control set speed re-engages.

When SmartCruise is engaged, depressing the accelerator pedal will override the SmartCruise and will cause the vehicle to accelerate. Depressing the brake or clutch pedals will deactivate SmartCruise.

When approaching a slow moving or stopped vehicle ahead, SmartCruise will attempt to maintain the minimum following distance by reducing the engine cruise speed and engaging the engine brake, if necessary. If SmartCruise is unable to maintain the minimum following distance, the driver will be alerted by the CWS headway alerts until the driver takes control or conditions clear.