Honda City Petrol Manual With Adaptive Cruise Control — How Does It Work? | V3Cars

Honda City Petrol Manual Adaptive Cruise Control Feature Explained

All engine and transmission combinations available for the Honda City sedan now get ADAS features. While features such as lane departure warning, lane keeping assist and auto high beam work the same on the City petrol manual, City petrol automatic and City hybrid automatic, the adaptive cruise control feature works a little differently in the City petrol manual. 

The City petrol automatic and City hybrid feature adaptive cruise control with automatic stop and go function thanks to their continuously variable transmission (CVT) that has an infinite number of gear ratios and therefore, prevents the engine from stalling at low speeds. However, the automatic stop and go function is impossible to achieve in a manual car since if the car comes to a halt suddenly, it could stall its engine. When such a scenario occurs, you could lose brake pressure, which makes braking all the more harder.

Hence, Honda have equipped the City petrol manual with adaptive cruise control that only works at speeds upwards of 30kmph. In the City petrol manual, the driver can set the adaptive cruise control by pressing a button on the steering wheel. The buttons also allow the driver to increase or decrease the distance between their car and the vehicle ahead. 

Once the driver sets the desired speed, the City manages that speed and applies brake and acceleration as and when needed to maintain the set distance to the car in front. For instance, if you are cruising at 70kmph with adaptive cruise control and the car in front starts braking, the City will also apply its brakes and maintain a safe distance from the vehicle ahead. In the meantime, if the speed of your car reduces to 40kmph and you are still in a higher gear, the car will let out a warning chime, reminding the driver to take manual control of the car. If the driver wishes to continue using adaptive cruise control, they will have to select a lower gear that is preferable to the driving speed.      

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It is worth mentioning that the City doesn’t disengage adaptive cruise control while you are shifting gears. Hence you can upshift and downshift to maintain the optimum engine RPM and keep the adaptive cruise control up and running. However, the City automatically disengages the adaptive cruise control when the vehicle speed falls below 30kmph. 

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Hence, we recommend you to use adaptive cruise control only on the expressway. Inside city limits, we recommend you manage acceleration and braking manually as the sudden braking from the ADAS system could be alarming not only for you but for other road users as well. If you wish to use adaptive cruise control at slow speeds, it’s better to get the City hybrid since that combines automatic stop and go driving with adaptive cruise control. 

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