BENDIX BW2769 manual Bendix SmartCruise Adaptive Cruise Control

Bendix™ SmartCruise® Adaptive Cruise Control

Bendix™ SmartCruise® Adaptive Cruise Control

When approaching slower moving traffic with the vehicle’s cruise control active, Bendix™ SmartCruise® adaptive cruise control adapts your vehicle’s cruise speed to that of the closest vehicle ahead, allowing the vehicle to maintain a set following distance while remaining in cruise control.

When the vehicle’s cruise control is set, the Driver Interface Unit (DIU) will display the SmartCruise status screen indicating the vehicle’s current set cruise speed.

Bendix™ SmartCruise® Adaptive Cruise Control Operation

When the driver sets the desired cruise speed of the vehicle and the VS-400 Forward Looking Radar detects a vehicle in the lane ahead, the Forward Looking Radar will calculate that vehicle’s speed and lane position and will attempt to maintain a safe following distance by ‘adapting’ the engine’s cruise speed to that of the vehicle ahead.

The engine will remain in an adaptive cruise control state until the detected vehicle’s speed increases beyond the original set cruise speed of the engine, or the driver changes to a clear lane.

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