Cadillac offers a variety of advanced driver-assistance technologies designed to enhance awareness and confidence behind the wheel. August is National Brake Safety Awareness Month, which provides an excellent opportunity to review how your vehicle’s active safety features operate. One important feature is Cadillac Automatic Emergency Braking, which can help avoid or reduce the severity of certain forward collisions. Here at Fields Cadillac St. Augustine, we’re taking a closer look at how the system works.
How Cadillac Automatic Emergency Braking Works
Cadillac Automatic Emergency Braking uses a forward-looking camera to monitor for certain potential collisions with vehicles ahead. If a collision risk is detected, the system can warn you and, if necessary, automatically provide hard emergency braking or enhance your braking to help avoid the collision or reduce its severity. Available Enhanced Automatic Emergency Braking adds radar technology to the camera system and can detect vehicles farther ahead.
How to Keep Your System Working Properly
Keeping your Cadillac’s cameras and sensors unobstructed is important for proper operation of its driver-assistance features. Keep the windshield area in front of the Automatic Emergency Braking camera clean, and on vehicles with Enhanced Automatic Emergency Braking, make sure the radar sensors remain unobstructed as well. Regular brake maintenance is also important for overall vehicle performance. After certain collision repairs, windshield replacements, or other service, the cameras or sensors may also require inspection or calibration according to Cadillac service procedures.
Other Cadillac Automatic Braking Technologies
Automatic Emergency Braking is just one of the advanced braking technologies available across the Cadillac lineup. Depending on the model and equipment, your Cadillac may also offer features designed to respond to certain pedestrians, bicyclists, cross traffic, or potential intersection collisions. Because capabilities vary by vehicle, it’s important to understand which driver-assistance features your specific Cadillac includes.
Schedule Your Brake Safety Checkup in St. Augustine, FL
Brake Safety Awareness Month is a great reminder to make sure your Cadillac’s braking system is in proper working condition. The factory-trained technicians at Fields Cadillac St. Augustine can inspect your brakes and help address service needs related to your vehicle’s advanced driver-assistance technologies. Schedule your service appointment today!
