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About Automatic and Enhanced Automatic Emergency Braking

At speeds between 5 and 50 mph, Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) can help you avoid or reduce the severity of a collision* with a detected vehicle you’re following using camera technology. It can automatically provide hard emergency braking or enhance the driver’s hard braking.

On some vehicles that are equipped with advanced forward cameras, at speeds above 5 mph and up to highway speeds, Automatic Emergency Braking can help you avoid or reduce the severity of a collision with a detected vehicle you’re following. Camera technology is used to automatically provide hard emergency braking or enhance the driver’s hard braking.

Note: Some vehicles are equipped with Enhanced Automatic Emergency Braking (EAEB). At speeds above 2 mph, Enhanced Automatic Emergency Braking can help you avoid or reduce the severity of a collision with a detected vehicle you’re following. Radar and camera technology are used to automatically provide hard emergency braking or enhance the driver’s hard braking.

How it works

Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) is designed to automatically provide hard emergency braking or enhance your own hard braking.
When in FORWARD gear, AEB uses a camera to look directly ahead of your vehicle and monitor other vehicles in front of you that you are following. Check your Owner’s Manual for the speed range at which AEB functions on your vehicle.
When the feature detects another vehicle directly in front of you, a green icon that looks like a vehicle will pop up in your Driver Information Center (DIC).
- This icon may also display in your Head-Up Display if your vehicle has that available feature.
If you don’t respond fast enough or if a situation happens suddenly, AEB may automatically apply hard emergency braking or enhance your hard braking.
You can override the system at any time by pressing the accelerator if it is safe to do so.
If the system slows your vehicle to a complete stop, you can release the brakes with the ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE switch (if your vehicle is equipped with the Electric Parking Brake) or by firmly pressing the accelerator pedal when it’s safe to do so.

What happens during Automatic Braking

If the system detects that you are seconds away from a possible front-end collision with the vehicle you’re following, you’ll get a Collision Alert that includes a flashing red windshield light. You’ll also hear several beeps.
- If your vehicle is equipped with a Safety Alert Seat, you may experience pulses on both sides of your seat depending on your Alert Type menu option.
If you don’t respond quickly or if a situation happens suddenly, Automatic Emergency Braking is designed to automatically apply hard emergency braking or enhance your hard braking.
You can override the system at any time by pressing the accelerator if it is safe to do so.

What to do after Automatic Braking

If the system slows your vehicle to a complete stop, you can release the brakes with the Electric Parking Brake switch (if your vehicle is equipped with the Electric Parking Brake) or by firmly pressing the accelerator pedal when it’s safe to do so.

Turning Automatic Emergency Braking off

You can turn the Automatic Emergency Braking feature off through the Settings menu of your display screen.
If you adjust your Automatic Emergency Braking settings to “Off” or “Alert,” you may see a yellow icon in your vehicle gauge display as well as a message indicating that automatic braking has been turned off, depending on your vehicle.
You may also see this yellow icon if the windshield in front of the Automatic Emergency Braking camera is obscured, or if the camera lens is dirty.
- If you see this icon when automatic braking is turned on in your Settings menu, use windshield washer fluid to clear the windshield in front of the feature’s camera (behind the inside rearview mirror). If the yellow icon persists, check your vehicle Owner’s Manual for more information on the location of the camera and how to clean the area in front of it.

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Troubleshooting Automatic Braking features

About Forward Collision Alert

How to use your Driver Information Center

How to use your Head-Up Display

How to use your Safety Alert Seat

How to use your Electric Parking Brake

Q&As

Can Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) do all my braking for me?

No. AEB should NOT be intentionally used for braking during normal driving. You should not rely on AEB to brake your vehicle. Your complete attention is always required while driving. You must be prepared at all times to take action to apply the brakes and/or steer to avoid a collision.

What’s the difference between AEB and Enhanced Automatic Emergency Braking (EAEB)?

Compared to Automatic Emergency Braking, Enhanced Automatic Emergency Braking uses radars in addition to the forward-facing camera. It can detect vehicles further ahead and is designed to perform better in adverse environmental conditions. However, Enhanced Automatic Emergency Braking requires you to keep both the feature’s camera and its radar sensors clean for optimal performance. See your Owner’s Manual for more information on these features, including specific operating speeds for your vehicle and routine maintenance for optimal performance.

What can affect the ability of Automatic Emergency Braking to perform as expected?

Bad weather that affects road surface traction, poor visibility and insufficient forward distance to vehicles that cut into traffic may affect its performance. Also, if the camera (located behind the rearview mirror) is obstructed in any way or not properly cleaned, the system might not perform as expected, for example, if the windshield is covered with frost or snow. Keep the windshield in front of the camera clean for best feature performance. Automatic Emergency Braking may have degraded performance where lighting is poor or when following vehicles with unusual shapes. 

If there are malfunctions within the vehicle’s Electronic Stability Control system (ESC), or that system needs service, Automatic Emergency Braking may not be available. The yellow icon may pop up, indicating Automatic Emergency Braking is not available.

Are there other names for this feature?

Prior to Model Year 2020, this feature was referred to as Low Speed Forward Automatic Braking or Low Speed Front Automatic Braking.

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To find out if your vehicle has this feature, contact your dealer or refer to your vehicle’s equipment list. Please check your Owner’s Manual for more information about features.