I have a question regarding the front assist and the braking assist. I think that it is activated but it doesn't seem to do anything. I have been in a queue of traffic and rolling towards the car in front and nothing seems to happen. I would have expected to see a warning of some description and even the brakes intervening but not a squeak - am I expecting too much? Has anyone had experience of the system intervening etc.

 

Thanks in advance

 

Jon

Try it in a safe place with a large cardboard box. 

 

When it does brake it's instant. 

 

 

tom

Just now, Sanqhar said:

Try it in a safe place with a large cardboard box. 

 

When it does brake it's instant. 

 

 

tom

 

Thanks Tom, Thats a great idea. I'll give it a go in the morning and see how I get on.

 

Jon

An interesting question as I was expecting the worst from this feature. My daughter's Passat has this, and has told me it is much more aggressive than I was used to in my previous Golf... she has even had it slam the brakes on as she passes a (stationary) lamp post! But it hasn't been activated at all in my new Karoq.

 

I wonder if it is speed-related?

 

Chris

i have read else where that the front assist does not work for non vehicle related (other than cars, such as brick walls etc). not sure how true that is. 

 

unless there is some sort of advanced sensor that detects metal, i think what i said is bullocks. lol 

 

Edited 10 December, 20205 yr by Rajj

It certainly works with my hedge. 

 

I am sure the sensitivity cam be adjusted somewhere. 

 

tom

Oh is it! That’s good to know. 

12 minutes ago, Sanqhar said:

It certainly works with my hedge. 

 

I am sure the sensitivity cam be adjusted somewhere. 

 

tom

 

How close do you have to get before the brakes kick in?

Very. 

 

tom

Didn't stop me driving off into a concrete planter which I couldn't see after leaving a parking spot. Scratched front under bumper area, two days after getting my car. It does keep stopping the car due to vegetation next to my car though when going along my drive

Thanks for all your advice. I have just been 'experimenting' with my wheelie bin - changing the warning from early, medium to late - sure enough, the car bleeps away and nothing ... I ended up pushing my bin along the road haha. So I need to speak to my dealer and see what he says - ho hum.

On the Kodiaq it’s not the front Assist that applies the brakes when approaching other vehicles or objects at low speed, it’s manoeuvre braking that has to be activated in the infotainment menu. Assuming that you have front parking sensors.

It also applies the brakes in reverse.

 

52 minutes ago, Kenny R said:

On the Kodiaq it’s not the front Assist that applies the brakes when approaching other vehicles or objects at low speed, it’s manoeuvre braking that has to be activated in the infotainment menu. Assuming that you have front parking sensors.

It also applies the brakes in reverse.

 

 

Perhaps I'm totally misunderstanding this. Are you saying you need front parking sensors for front assist to function?   If so then a couple of questions:

 

How does  front assist on models that don't have front parking sensors work?

 

And what's the purpose of Front Assist if it's not to apply the brakes?

Edited 11 December, 20205 yr by Guest

Found this thread:

 

 And this:

 

 

tom

Edited 11 December, 20205 yr by Sanqhar

Front Assist on our MY21 is via the radar that sits behind the square in the middle of the radiator grille. 

Hi, i dont't think,

"park pilot assist" use front parking sensor to brake the car if you are hitting something during a parking (it work until 15km/h)

 

"front assist" use a radar system to rilevate car in front of you (the fact it use a radar not the camera, so i'm not sure if the system can detect a non metallic objects),

when the car think you are crashing, first warns you with audio/video signal on display, if you continue to push the gas, the brake you strongly. 

It does not brake automatically if you are already pressing the brake pedal.

 

I'm not sure how he does it, but in my car I can't deliberately activate the front assist, but I'm sure he works because on two occasions he braked half a second before me. I would have done it alone, but I was very happy with how he behaved

2 minutes ago, daredevis said:

Hi, i dont't KNOw,

"park pilot assist" use front parking sensor to brake the car if you are hitting something during a parking (it work until 15km/h)

 

 sorry for my bad english. I wanna say only the monitor and the "beep beep" work until 15km/h) but I always keep it on

Thanks all - I have checked that I have Manoeuvre Braking activated. I'm just at a bit of a loss at what it actually does,  when does it invoke and is my system faulty - questions, questions questions. If only the manual was better :-)

 

I'll keep the thread updated with what the dealer says.

On 10/12/2020 at 16:52, Rajj said:

i have read else where that the front assist does not work for non vehicle related (other than cars, such as brick walls etc). not sure how true that is. 

 

I can confirm that it isnt true at all as I was stopped very abruptly when driving down a farm track when the car was about to pass over a thick tuft of tall grass and it suddenly refused like a horse at the jumps

Hopefully someone can help, I have a Karoq 22 plate, front assist set to early. The system barely acknowledges anything infant too close or going down a tight street. It has never braked even when a car has pulled out on me left barely any gap. There are no fault codes however I am adamant this system does not work. It has been in the garage and said it's working fine. We have driven at a large cardboard box several times and it just runs over it. Please shed some light as I'm at a loss with what to do with it. TIA

Cardboard boxes are recognised as not being a threat - try the wife else a brick wall…….🤔

Seriously though, ours very rarely responds to anything - it does however, work, I suspect you have to be on the move so to speak as both times I’ve had it show up was when I became distracted and the car in front stopped.

I haven’t got time to fully check now but IIRC there’s 2 systems, one controlled by the radar camera and the other uses the sensors on the bumper, I’ve got the latter turned ‘off’ - check yours, listed under ‘Parking and Manoeuvring’ and try the cardboard box thing again……….

Mine rarely operates, but when it does, it is always when it really needs to. Last week, in fact, a car cut me up, moving from right hand lane into my lane, leaving no room, and the system kicked in. It is an “emergency stop” device, so I don’t expect it to operate as you slowly approach a brick wall.

The 'manoeuvre' braking or whatever its called does operate at slow speed. On my previous 2021 Karoq I had it operate twice in more or less the same spot in the three years I owned it!. I was exiting a car park i use almost every week, turning left at low speed. There was no other traffic in sight but the car obviously thought it 'spotted' something! There was an alarm from the driver information system and the car braked to an instant halt with the ABS operating!. Very disconcerting the first time it happens, not so much the second🙂

Edited 22 May, 20251 yr by NottsIan