When combined with Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB), this technology can steer your car to help avoid crashes.
What It Does: Detects a potential collision ahead and automatically steers in order to avoid impact, or to lessen the severity of impact if the crash is unavoidable.
What It Does Not Do: It can’t always prevent a collision, but may lessen the severity.
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Scan the road for hazards and maintain a safe following distance.
If in a collision imminent situation and you have not responded, warning tones or visual alerts may activate.
Brake or steer to avoid the hazard ahead. An automatic emergency braking system may engage and attempt to bring the car to a stop. The vehicle will steer away from the other vehicle or object, and may slow down rapidly or stop on its own to avoid a crash.
The system scans the roadway as you drive, detecting any obstacles or other road users. Then, it calculates if a collision is likely based on speed, distance, and potential alternative paths. If the driver does not seem to be taking enough action to avoid a collision, then the system engages to help steer into open space.
Cameras, lidar, and radar work together. The system can estimate potential time to collision based on speed. Your car’s automatic emergency braking system may be able to stop in time to avoid a crash, but if the computer determines there isn’t enough time, this feature can help you steer to try to avoid impact instead.
Stay alert – this is not a self-driving system that can perform routine steering actions. It is meant only to help when the computer calculates a collision is likely and the driver has not taken enough action.
Automatic Emergency Steering may not be 100% reliable in heavy rain or snow, in dense fog, in strong direct sunlight, or on extremely sloped or curved roads. It may also only activate at certain speeds. See your owner’s manual to determine the specific limitations of your car’s system.
Yes, you can – and should – always try to steer around an obstruction yourself. You are always in control. Automatic Emergency Steering, like the name suggests, is meant to assist when it appears a collision is imminent.
