I'm one of the lucky UK vRS owners which has the ACC / Front assistant option.

 

My question, I see that the front assist is activated in the MFD, but I can't for the life of me see that it would intervene (for example, drive up to a car far to fast and it would have let me hit it) 

Do I also have to have the ACC in the on position without actually activating it?????

No mention in the handbook apart from being automatically ON ( the Front Assistant that is)

Thoughts please

FA works separately from the ACC. If you click on the side button from the ACC while that is off, you get a menu on the maxi-dot where you can enable/disable the FA.

FA works separately from the ACC. If you click on the side button from the ACC while that is off, you get a menu on the maxi-dot where you can enable/disable the FA.

 

Thanks for your quick reply, but I do see this, and it is enabled but whether it's working I can't say that it is. TudorM  have you ever had it intervene or try to see if it would ????

From day one and a couple of times after, usually after some .... drivers have cut me off abruptly. Which tends to happen in a busy city. I've also had a couple of warnings for staying too close to the car in front. Which is actually one of my faults as a driver as I tend to do that... I'm working on it though!

 

PS: When I got the proper alert I only got the short automatic dab of the brakes and not the full thing. Judging by my impression from the alert braking, I think the full thing would be quite scary!

Edited 30 January, 201412 yr by TudorM

Perhaps its me then being over cautious got my foot on the brake already while trying to see if it would intervene.

If you're actually pressing the pedal then the system doesn't intervene (someone correct me if I'm wrong). Be aware that FA doesn't work with stationary objects, so don't test it at traffic lights when the car in front has stopped already!

If you're actually pressing the pedal then the system doesn't intervene (someone correct me if I'm wrong). Be aware that FA doesn't work with stationary objects, so don't test it at traffic lights when the car in front has stopped already!

 

I think you might be onto something there.....thanks

It activated for my wife the other day. A car stopped suddenly and the brakes applied a split second before her foot got to the pedal. She said it was quite a harmless process and no harder than she would have braked.

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Yeah, that's the first step in the automated process. If she hadn't braked herself afterwards, the system would've for her and quite energetically as well.