Driver support warnings

Updated 2021-10-19

If you find that the vehicle is acting in a way that you did not expect, it may be that one of the vehicle's safety-related functions has been activated.

What is happening in your vehicle?

There are a number of functions in your vehicle that can actively help to improve safety in traffic, both for you and for other road users. To help prepare you in the event any of the functions is suddenly activated, an overview is provided here of some of the functions and how they might react. If a function is activated, you can also be notified of this via a text message in the instrument panel.

Note

Read the individual parts about each system to fully understand the functions and be notified of important warnings.

Warning with symbols, sounds, lights or vibration

The driver support functions in your vehicle can alert you in different ways. They can provide alerts through e.g. vibrations in the steering wheel, brake pulsations, visible or audible signals, or through symbols in the instrument panel.

City Safety™

City Safety is a function that can help prevent or mitigate a collision with pedestrians, cyclists, large animals or other vehicles. Light, sound and pulsations in the brake pedal are provided to alert of a possible collision and help the driver act in time to prevent it. If the driver does not react to the warning and the risk of collision is determined to be imminent, City Safety can automatically apply the brakes.

Brake pedal pulsations, lights and audible signals.
The brakes will be applied in certain situations if the driver does not act within a reasonable amount of time.

Steering assistance at risk of collision

P5-1717 - Lane Keeping Aid, steering assistance in the event of a collision, On/Off button

The assistance during collision risks function can help you reduce the risk of the vehicle inadvertently veering out of its lane and/or colliding with another vehicle or obstacle. The function can assist by helping you steer the vehicle back into its own lane and/or swerve out of the way.

How the function is experienced can therefore differ depending on which subfunction is activated.

Run-Off Mitigation with steering assistance.
Steering assistance during collision risks from oncoming traffic.
Steering assistance during collision risks from behind.

Lane Keeping Aid (LKA1)

Lane Keeping Aid can help you reduce the risk of the vehicle inadvertently veering out of its own lane. Because you can set preferences for how the function provides assistance, individual experiences of this safety function may vary.

Assist: If the function detects that the vehicle is approaching a lane marker line, you will feel light pressure applied to the steering wheel. Both hands must be on the steering wheel for this function to work.
Warning: If the function detects that the vehicle is approaching a lane marker line, you will be alerted through vibrations in the steering wheel.
Both: You are alerted with vibrations and light pressure on the steering wheel.

Blind Spot Information (BLIS)

BLIS is designed to help provide assistance in heavy traffic with several lanes moving in the same direction by alerting the driver to rapidly approaching vehicles and to the presence of vehicles in the "blind spot" area behind and to the side of your vehicle.

Warning with an indicator light in the door mirror, with steady and flashing lights.

Driver Alert

The function is designed to catch the driver's attention if he/she starts driving inconsistently, for example, if the driver is distracted or starts to fall asleep.

Audible signal combined with a symbol in the instrument panel and a message.

Cross Traffic Alert (CTA)*

Cross Traffic Alert is a function designed to alert the driver of crossing traffic when the vehicle is backing up.

Audible signals from the left or right loudspeakers depending on the direction from which the object is approaching
Icon in the driver's display
Icon in the park assist camera's top view

Roll Stability Control (RSC)

Roll Stability Control is a stabilization system that can help reduce the risk of overturning and spinning in certain situations, e.g. sudden evasive maneuvers or if the vehicle begins to skid. If the system detects that the vehicle is at risk of overturning, it can react by:

The engine torque is reduced.
One or several wheels braked.

Warning

The functions described here are supplementary aids - they cannot manage all situations in all conditions.

The driver is always responsible for ensuring that the vehicle is driven in a safe manner and in accordance with applicable traffic rules and regulations.