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Highway Driving Assist operation

Displaying operating status

You can see the status of the Highway Driving Assist operation in the Driving Assist view on the cluster. Refer to More Details.

Operating State
Standby State

Highway Driving Assist will be displayed as below depending on the status of the function.

  1. Highway Driving Assist indicator, whether there is a vehicle ahead and the selected distance level are displayed.

    • Highway Driving Assist indicator

      • Green (): Operating state

      • Grey (): Standby state

      • White () blink: Accelerator depressed state

  2. Set speed

  3. Lane Following Assist indicator

  4. Whether there is a vehicle ahead and the selected vehicle distance

  5. Whether the lane is detected or not

NOTICE
  • For more details on the display refer to More Details.

  • For more details on the display, refer to More Details.

  • The images and colors in the instrument cluster may differ depending on the cluster type or theme selected from the settings menu.

Highway Driving Assist operating

Highway Driving Assist operates when:

  • When driving on available road, press Drive Assist button to turn on Highway Driving Assist.

  • When entering the main roads of highways (or motorways) while Smart Cruise Control is operating, Driving Assist will not turn on if Lane Following Assist is turned off.

Restarting after stopping

When Highway Driving Assist is operating, your vehicle will stop if the vehicle ahead of you stops. Also, if the vehicle ahead of you starts moving within 30 seconds after the stop, your vehicle will start as well. In addition, after the vehicle has stopped and 30 seconds have passed, the message will appear on the cluster. Depress the accelerator pedal or operate the + switch, - switch or switch to start driving.

Hands-off warning

If the driver takes their hands off the steering wheel for several seconds, the warning message will appear and an audible warning will sound in stages.

  • First stage: Warning message

  • Second stage: Warning message (red steering wheel) and audible warning

If the driver still does not have their hands on the steering wheel after the hands-off warning, warning message will appear and Highway Driving Assist will be automatically canceled.

Driving speed limit

When Highway Driving Assist is canceled by the hands-off warning, The driving speed will be limited.

While Driving Speed Limit function is operating, the warning message will appear on the cluster, and an audible warning will sound continuously.

Highway Driving Assist standby

When the Smart Cruise Control is temporarily canceled while Highway Driving Assist is operating, Highway Driving Assist will be in the standby state. At this time, Lane Following Assist will operate properly.

NOTICE
  • Driving Speed Limit helps you drive below 40 mph (60 km/h). At this time, the vehicle decelerates due to the vehicle ahead. After the vehicle has decelerated, it cannot automatically accelerate.

  • Driving Speed Limit will cancel in the following circumstances:

    • When the driver grabs the steering wheel again

    • When the driver turns on Lane Following Assist by pressing the Lane Driving Assist button

    • When (+), (-), () switch or the Vehicle Distance button is operated, or the accelerator pedal or the brake pedal is depressed.