Pilot Assist actively guides your driving in a number of ways. When driving with Pilot Assist, you select the target speed. The vehicle then manages acceleration and braking to meet that target while also adapting to surrounding traffic.
It's also capable of steering assistance. When enabled, steering assistance helps with road positioning by guiding your steering wheel movement.
Important
Before using Pilot Assist
- Take the time to read everything the manual has to say about Pilot Assist before using it.
- This support feature depends on information from radar and camera detection systems. Understanding their capabilities and limitations is necessary for safe use.
The driver is in control
When using Pilot Assist, you are still in control of the vehicle. It's your responsibility to continuously assess Pilot Assist's performance. As long as you judge its input to be correct, you can let it guide your driving.
Tip
Customize Pilot Assist
Some of Pilot Assist's capabilities can be customized either in the Pilot Assist settings or by using the steering wheel buttons. This allows you to set it up for the level of support you want.
Pilot Assist and adaptive cruise control
While your vehicle is equipped with Pilot Assist, you also have access to adaptive cruise control1. Adaptive cruise control can be considered a sub-feature of Pilot Assist, providing speed- and distance-keeping but no steering assistance. You can activate and switch between the features using the Pilot Assist button 
on the steering wheel. The instrument panel typically shows your level of support using symbols2.
Important
Managing speed and distance to vehicles ahead
When you activate Pilot Assist, a set speed value appears next to the speedometer. This represents the target speed that Pilot Assist tries to maintain. You can adjust the set speed with the steering wheel buttons.
Instead of manually adjusting the set speed, you also have the option to use the current speed limit as your target speed. The set speed then automatically updates when the speed limit changes. This can be enabled in Pilot Assist's settings.
If your vehicle detects a vehicle ahead that's either slower than you or a bit too close, Pilot Assist will slow down to maintain a certain distance to the vehicle in front. Once the road ahead becomes clear again, your vehicle returns to the target speed. You can adjust the general distance to vehicles ahead with the steering wheel buttons while using Pilot Assist.
Steering assistance
The availability of active steering assistance depends on the conditions you are experiencing. For example, if you encounter a stretch of road with worn-out markings, the vehicle may temporarily turn steering assistance off and tell you to increase your level of control. As soon as the necessary conditions are met again, steering assistance reactivates.
Pilot Assist features and settings
| Steering assist | When driving with steering assistance, your steering is actively guided. This can help you maintain correct lane positioning. |
| Adaptive cruise control | When adaptive cruise control is active, your vehicle manages acceleration and braking to meet your set target speed while also adapting to surrounding traffic. In essence, you can think of adaptive cruise control as being like Pilot Assist without steering assistance. |
| Lane change assist | Guides lane change maneuvers initiated by the driver. |
| Adapt to speed limit | Adapts the set target speed to follow the speed limit. |
| Time interval to vehicle ahead | Adjust the target time interval to the vehicle ahead. |
Status and availability
Pilot Assist's availability depends on the current driving conditions and is indicated in the instrument panel. You can always see the current level of support you're getting from Pilot Assist in the instrument panel.
Note
Pause
In some situations, Pilot Assist can be temporarily paused. This can happen when a driver decision is needed to resume driving with Pilot Assist, such as after coming to a stop. When Pilot Assist is paused, a message with instructions for resuming is typically shown in the instrument panel.