MY Owners Manual

Adaptive Cruise Control System (ACC)*
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NOTE
 You cannot operate the regenerative brake
controls while the adaptive cruise control
system (ACC) is operating. If doing so, the
buzzer sounds.
 If you turn on the adaptive cruise control
(ACC) when the select position is in “B”
(including B0 to B5) position, the select
position is changed to “D” position.
WARNING
 A driver is responsible for driving safely.
Even if the ACC is in use, always grasp
the surrounding circumstances and pro-
vide for safe driving.
 Never rely solely on the ACC. The ACC is
the system to reduce load on the driver.
The ACC is not a collision avoidance sys-
tem or an automatic driving system. The
system is not intended to compensate for
driver’s loss of attention to the front dur-
ing driving due to distraction or careless-
ness or supplement a drop in visibility due
to the rain and fog.
It is never a substitute for your safe and
careful driving. Always be ready to apply
the brakes manually.
 This system may not correctly detect the
actual situation depending on the type of
vehicle in front and its conditions, the
weather conditions, and the road condi-
tions.
Additionally, the system may be unable to
decelerate sufficiently if the vehicle in
front applies the brakes suddenly or
another vehicle cuts into your path, so
your vehicle approaches the front vehicle.
Improper usage of this system or loss of
attention to the front by the over-rely on
the ACC, may result in a serious accident.
CAUTION
 In the following situations, the system may
become transiently unable to detect a vehicle
in front or triggers its control and alarm
functions by detecting something other than
a vehicle in front.
•When driving in curved sections of road
including their entrance/outlet or running
beside a closed lane in a traffic work or
similar zone.
WARNING
•When your vehicle position in a lane is
instable, is frequently steered to right and
left, or running unstably due to a traffic
accident, trouble with some vehicles, etc.
•When driving on the road that the vehicle in
front runs in offset position from your vehi-
cle.
 Never use the ACC in any of the following
situations. Failure to follow this instruction
could lead to an accident.
•On roads with heavy traffic or roads includ-
ing many windings or steep curves
•On roads with slippery surfaces, such as
frozen, snow-covered, and dirt roads
•Under adverse weather conditions (rain,
snow, sand storms, etc.)
•On steep downslopes
•On roads including steep up and down
slopes or many changes in inclination
•In traffic requiring frequent acceleration
and deceleration
•When the proximity alarm sounds fre-
quently
•When your vehicle is towed or your vehicle
tows another vehicle.
CAUTION
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