cruise control OPEL INSIGNIA BREAK 2017.5 Owner's Guide
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Driving and operating185
The selected following distance is
indicated by filled distance bars in the
adaptive cruise control page.
Note that the following distance
setting is shared with the sensitivity
setting of forward collision alert
3  189.
Example: If  setting 3 (far) is selected,
then the driver is warned sooner
before a possible collision, also if
adaptive cruise control is inactive or
switched off.
9 Warning
The driver accepts full
responsibility for the appropriate
following distance based on traffic, weather and visibility conditions.
Following distance must be
adjusted or the system switched
off when required by the prevailing
conditions.
Adaptive cruise control in Sport
mode
On vehicles with Flex Ride driving
modes, the driver can slightly
increase the Adaptive cruise control
acceleration when Sport mode is
selected.
Detecting the vehicle ahead
The green illuminated vehicle ahead
control indicator  A is displayed when
the system detects a vehicle in the driving path. The range of the sensors
is between 25 and 150 metres
depending on vehicle speed.
Forward collision alert  3 189.
If this symbol does not display, or
displays briefly, adaptive cruise
control will not respond to vehicles ahead. 
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186Driving and operatingDeactivation
Adaptive cruise control is deactivated by the driver when:
● y is pressed.
● Brake pedal is applied.
● Clutch pedal is depressed for more than four seconds.
● Selector lever of automatic transmission is moved to  N.
The system is also automatically
deactivated when:
● Vehicle speed accelerates above
190 km/h or slows down below
25 km/h, on vehicles with
automatic transmission it slows
down to a stop without
deactivating within five minutes.
● The Traction Control system is deactivated or operating.
● The Electronic Stability Control is
deactivated or operating.
● There is no traffic and nothing detected on the road sides for
approx. one minute. In this case there are no radar echoes and
the sensor may report that it is
blocked.● The active emergency braking system is applying the brakes.
● Driving on steep inclines.
● The radar sensor is blocked by an ice or water film.
● A fault is detected in the radar, camera, engine or brake system.
● The brakes are too hot.
Additionally, the system is
automatically deactivated on vehicles with automatic transmission (full
speed range adaptive cruise control)
when:
● The electric parking brake is applied.
● The vehicle is being held to a stop
by the system for more than
five minutes.
● The vehicle stops, the driver's seat belt is unbuckled and the
driver's door is opened.
When adaptive cruise control is
deactivated, the control indicator  m
changes from green to white and a
pop-up message is displayed in the
Driver Information Centre.
The stored speed is maintained.
On Midlevel display, the stored speed is indicated in brackets in the Driver
Information Centre when the system
is deactivated but not switched off.
On Uplevel display, the adaptive
cruise control symbol  C changes
from green to white when the system
is deactivated but not switched off.
9 Warning
When adaptive cruise control is
deactivated, the driver must take
over full brake and engine control
immediately.
Switching off
Press  C to switch off adaptive cruise
control.  C in the Driver Information
Centre extinguishes. The stored
speed is deleted. 
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Driving and operating187Switching off the ignition also
switches off adaptive cruise control
and deletes the stored speed.
Driver's attention ● Use adaptive cruise control carefully on bends or mountainroads, as it can lose the vehicle
ahead and needs time to detect it again.
● Do not use the system on slippery roads as it can create
rapid changes in tyre traction
(wheel spinning), so that you
could lose control of the vehicle.
● Do not use adaptive cruise control during rain, snow or
heavy dirt, as the radar sensor
can be covered by a water film,
dust, ice or snow. This reduces or
suppresses completely the
visibility. In case of sensor
blockage, clean the sensor
cover.System limits9 Warning
The system's automatic brake
force does not permit hard braking and the braking level may not be
sufficient to avoid a collision.
● After a sudden lane change, the system needs a certain time to
detect the next preceding
vehicle. So if a new vehicle is
detected, the system may
accelerate instead of braking.
● Adaptive cruise control does ignore the oncoming traffic.
● Adaptive cruise control does not consider pedestrians and
animals for braking and driving
off.
● Adaptive cruise control considers
stopped vehicles only at low
speed.
● Do not use adaptive cruise control when towing a trailer.
● Do not use adaptive cruise control on roads with an incline ofmore than 10%.
Bends
The adaptive cruise control calculates
a predicted path based on the
centrifugal force. This predicted path
considers the current bend
characteristic, but cannot consider a
future bend change. The system may lose the current vehicle ahead or
consider a vehicle which is not in the
actual lane. This can happen when
entering or exiting a bend or if the
bend gets stronger or weaker. If it no
longer detects any vehicle ahead,
then control indicator  A will
extinguish. 
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188Driving and operatingIf the centrifugal force is too high in a
bend, the system slows down the vehicle slightly. This braking level is
not designed to avoid spinning-off the
bend. The driver is responsible for
reducing the selected speed before
entering a bend and in general to
adapt the speed to the road type and
to existing speed limits.
Motorways
On motorways, adapt the set speed
to the situation and the weather.
Always consider that adaptive cruise
control has a limited visibility range, a
limited braking level and a certain
reaction time to verify if a vehicle is on
the driving path or not. Adaptive
cruise control may not be able to
brake the vehicle in time to avoid a
collision with a much slower vehicle or after a lane change. This is
particularly true while driving fast or ifthe visibility is reduced due to weather
conditions.
While entering or exiting a motorway,
adaptive cruise control may lose the
vehicle ahead and accelerate up to
the set speed. For this reason,
decrease the set speed before the
exit or before the entry.
Vehicle path changes
If another vehicle enters your driving
path, adaptive cruise control will first
consider the vehicle when it is
completely in your path. Be ready to
take action and depress the brake
pedal, if you need to brake more
quickly.
Hill and trailer considerations9 Warning
Do not use adaptive cruise control
on steep hill roads.
System performance on hills depends
on vehicle speed, vehicle load, traffic
conditions and the road gradient. It
may not detect a vehicle in your path
while driving on hills. On steep hills,
you may have to use the accelerator
pedal to maintain your vehicle speed.
When going downhill you may have to
brake to maintain or reduce your
speed.
Note that applying the brake
deactivates the system. 
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Driving and operating189Radar unit
The radar unit is mounted behind the
radiator grille behind or below the
brand emblem.
9 Warning
The radar unit was aligned
carefully during manufacture.
Therefore, after a frontal accident, do not use the system. The front
bumper may appear to be intact,
however the sensor behind can be
out of position and react
incorrectly. After an accident,
consult a workshop to verify and
correct the adaptive cruise control
sensor position.
Settings
Settings can be changed in the
vehicle personalisation menu in the
Colour-Info-Display.
Select the relevant setting in  Settings,
I  Vehicle  in the Colour-Info-Display.
Info-Display  3 111.
Vehicle personalisation  3 117.
Fault
If the adaptive cruise control does not work due to temporary conditions
(e.g. blockage by ice, overheated
brakes or low speed manoeuvres) or
if there is a permanent system error,
then a message is displayed in the
Driver Information Centre.
Vehicle messages  3 115.
Forward collision alert The forward collision alert may help toavoid or reduce the harm caused by
front-end crashes.
If the vehicle is equipped with
conventional cruise control, the
forward collision alert uses the front
camera in the windscreen to detect a
vehicle directly ahead, in your path.
If the vehicle is equipped with
adaptive cruise control, the forward
collision alert uses the radar sensor
and front camera to detect a vehicle
directly ahead, in your path.
A vehicle ahead is indicated by the
control indicator  A.
If a vehicle directly ahead is
approached too quickly, a warning
chime and alert in the Driver
Information Centre is provided.
Additionally the driver gets notified by
a flashing red LED stripe or a pop up
symbol in the head-up display which
is projected on the windscreen in the
driver's field of view. 
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Driving and operating191
The first button press shows the
current setting on the Driver
Information Centre. Additional button
presses will change this setting. The
chosen setting will remain until it is
changed. The alert timing will vary based on vehicle speed. The faster
the vehicle speed, the farther away
the alert will occur. Consider traffic
and weather conditions when
selecting the alert timing.Note that the alert timing sensitivity
setting is shared with the following
distance setting of the adaptive cruise
control. So changing the alert timing
sensitivity changes the adaptive
cruise control following distance
setting.
Deactivation
The system can be deactivated in the personalisation menu,  3 117.
If the forward collision alert was
deactivated, alert sensitivity is set to
"medium" when ignition is switched on next time.
The last selected setting will be stored
when the ignition is switched off.
General information9 Warning
Forward collision alert is just a
warning system and does not
apply the brakes. When
approaching a vehicle ahead too
rapidly, it may not provide you
enough time to avoid a collision.
The driver accepts full
responsibility for the appropriate
following distance based on traffic, weather and visibility conditions.
The complete attention of the
driver is always required while
driving. The driver must always be
ready to take action and apply the
brakes.
System limitations
Forward collision alert is designed to warn on vehicles only, but may reactalso to other objects. 
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192Driving and operatingIn the following cases, Forward
collision alert may not detect a vehicle ahead or sensor performance is
limited:
● Driving on winding or hilly roads.● During nighttime driving.
● Weather limits visibility, such as fog, rain, or snow
● The sensor in the windscreen is blocked by snow, ice, slush, mud,
dirt, windscreen damage or
affected by foreign items, e.g.
stickers.
Following distance indication
The following distance indication
displays the distance to a preceding
moving vehicle. The front camera in
the windscreen is used to detect the
distance of a vehicle directly ahead in
the vehicle's path. It is active at
speeds above 40 km/h.
When a preceding vehicle is detected
ahead, the distance is indicated in
seconds, displayed on a page in the
Driver Information Centre.On Baselevel display, choose  Info
Menu  ? via MENU  on the turn
signal lever and turn the adjuster wheel to choose following distance
indication page, 3 104
On Mid- and Uplevel display, select
Info  menu via steering wheel buttons
and press  å to select following
distance indication  3 104.
The minimum indicated distance is 0.5 seconds.
If there is no vehicle ahead or the vehicle ahead is out of range, two
dashes will be displayed: -.- sec.
If Adaptive cruise control is active,
this page shows the alert sensitivity
setting instead of following distance
setting.  3 181.
System limitations In the following cases, following
distance indication sensor
performance is limited:
● Driving on winding or hilly roads.
● During nighttime driving. 
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Driving and operating197When approaching a detected
pedestrian too quickly, a red flashing
LED alert or the pop-up symbol  7 in
the head-up display is projected on the windscreen in the driver's field of
view. A warning chime is provided. The brake system may prepare for
driver braking to occur more rapidly
which can cause a brief, mild
deceleration. Continue to apply the
brake pedal as required.
Cruise control or Adaptive cruise
control may be disengaged when the
Front pedestrian alert occurs.
Automatic braking If a crash into a pedestrian directly
ahead is imminent, and the brakes
have not been applied, Automatic
braking may automatically brake
moderately or brake hard. This can
help to avoid some very low speed
pedestrian crashes or reduce
pedestrian injury.
Automatic braking levels may be
reduced under certain conditions,
such as higher speeds.If this happens, automatic braking
may engage the Electric parking
brake to hold the vehicle at a stop.
Release the parking brake. A firm
press of the accelerator pedal will
also release Automatic braking and
Electric parking brake  3 171.
This system includes Intelligent brake assist, and the Emergency automatic
braking system may also respond to
pedestrians. See Active emergency braking  3 193.
Automatic braking can be disabled in
the vehicle personalisation menu
3  117.
General information9 Warning
The driver must always be ready
to take action and apply the brakes and steer to avoid collisions.
9 Warning
Front pedestrian braking may alert
or automatically brake the vehicle
suddenly in situations where it is
unexpected and undesired. It
could falsely alert or brake for
objects similar in shape or size to
pedestrians, including shadows.
This is normal operation and the
vehicle does not need a service.
To override Automatic braking,
firmly depress the accelerator
pedal, if it is safe to do so.
9 Warning
Using the Front pedestrian braking
system while towing a trailer couldcause loss of vehicle control and
crash. Turn the system to Alert or
Off in the vehicle personalisation
when towing a trailer. Vehicle
personalisation  3 117. 
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296IndexAAccessories and vehicle modifications  .......................... 229
Active bonnet ................................ 66
Active emergency braking ..........193
Adaptive cruise control .......103, 181
AdBlue ................................ 101, 162
Adjustable air vents  ...................149
Airbag and belt tensioners  ...........98
Airbag deactivation  ................58, 98
Airbag label................................... 53
Airbag system  .............................. 53
Air conditioning regular operation  ................................ 151
Air conditioning system .............. 140
Air intake .................................... 150
Air vents...................................... 149
All-wheel drive  ........................... 170
Antilock brake system ................ 170
Antilock brake system (ABS)  .....100
Anti-theft alarm system  ................30
Anti-theft locking system .............. 29
Appearance care ........................268
Armrest ................................... 48, 50
Armrest storage  ........................... 69
Ashtrays ....................................... 86
Automatic anti-dazzle  ..................35
Automatic dimming  ......................34
Automatic light control  ...............127
Automatic locking  ........................27Automatic transmission  .............165
Autostop ..................................... 157
Auxiliary heater ........................... 149
B Baselevel display ........................104
Battery discharge protection  ......138
Battery voltage ........................... 116
Belts.............................................. 51
BlueInjection ............................... 162
Bonnet  ....................................... 231
Brake and clutch fluid .................272
Brake and clutch system  .............99
Brake assist  ............................... 172
Brake fluid .................................. 234 Brakes  ............................... 170, 234
Breakdown.................................. 266
Bulb replacement ....................... 237
C Capacities  .................................. 285
Catalytic converter  .....................161
Central locking system  ................23
Centre console lighting  ..............137
Centre console storage  ...............69
Changing tyre and wheel size  ...255
Charging system .......................... 99
Child locks  ................................... 28
Child restraint installation locations  ................................... 62
Child restraints.............................. 59 
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297Child restraint systems ................59
Climate control ............................. 16
Clock............................................. 83
Collision damage repair ..............290
Control indicators.......................... 97
Control of the vehicle  .................153
Controls ........................................ 79
Convex shape .............................. 33
Coolant and antifreeze ...............272
Cruise control  ....................103, 178
Cupholders  .................................. 68
Curtain airbag system .................. 57
Curve lighting.............................. 130
D Danger, Warnings and Cautions  ...4
Daytime running lights  ...............130
Declaration of conformity ............288
DEF ............................................ 162
Diesel exhaust fluid ....................162
Diesel fuel system bleeding  .......236
Diesel particle filter  ....................160
Door open  .................................. 103
Doors ............................................ 28
Driver assistance systems ..........178
Driver Information Centre ...........104
Driving characteristics and towing tips  .............................. 225
Driving hints ................................ 153E
Electric adjustment  ......................33
Electrical system......................... 244
Electric parking brake ...........99, 171
Electric parking brake fault ...........99
Electronic climate control system  143
Electronic key system ...................21
Electronic Stability Control.......... 174
Electronic Stability Control and Traction Control system ..........100
Electronic Stability Control off..... 100
End-of-life vehicle recovery  .......230
Engine compartment fuse box  ...245
Engine coolant  ........................... 233
Engine coolant temperature  ......101
Engine coolant temperature gauge  ....................................... 96
Engine data  ............................... 280
Engine exhaust  .......................... 160
Engine identification ...................276
Engine oil  ................... 232, 272, 277
Engine oil pressure  ....................101
Entry lighting  .............................. 137
Event data recorders ..................293
Exit lighting  ................................ 137
Exterior care  .............................. 268
Exterior light ............................... 102
Exterior lighting  ....................13, 126
Exterior mirrors ............................. 33F
First aid ......................................... 75
First aid kit  ................................... 75
Fixed air vents  ........................... 150
Fog light  ..................................... 102
Fog lights  ................................... 239
Folding mirrors ............................. 33
Following distance ......................100
Following distance indication ......192
Forward collision alert................. 189
Front airbag system  .....................56
Front fog lights  ........................... 134
Front pedestrian protection ........196
Front seats.................................... 42
Front storage ................................ 69
Fuel............................................. 221
Fuel consumption - CO 2-
Emissions  ............................... 224
Fuel for diesel engines  ..............222
Fuel for petrol engines  ...............221
Fuel gauge ................................... 95
Funnel......................................... 222
Fuses  ......................................... 244
G Gauges ......................................... 93
Gear shifting ............................... 100
General information  ...................225
Glovebox  ..................................... 68