DBX - overriding the Adaptive Cruise Control -possible?

[Graze01]

So new to me DBX, 2022 model, have driven it 1000km back from Sydney in atrocious rain conditions at night for about 40% of the way. Its a great tourer, comfortable, solid, surefooted and plenty of power even in 505 guise (dont think I'd be game to drive a 707 or it might be like when I drove a V12 V- costly)

the ACC (adaptive cruise) drives me mad - is there any known way to convert it, or confuse it into just a normal on /off cruise control operation?

Graze

[LTP]

Graze01 said:

So new to me DBX, 2022 model, have driven it 1000km back from Sydney in atrocious rain conditions at night for about 40% of the way. Its a great tourer, comfortable, solid, surefooted and plenty of power even in 505 guise (dont think I'd be game to drive a 707 or it might be like when I drove a V12 V- costly)

the ACC (adaptive cruise) drives me mad - is there any known way to convert it, or confuse it into just a normal on /off cruise control operation?

Graze

Graeme,

I've had ACC on my last couple of daily Volvos and still have (rarely used) "standard" cruise on the V8V and I can't see how the non-adaptive is superior, unless you like ramming the car in front? It's entirely possible it's down to the different road/traffic conditions between here and "down under", but I am curious.

As an aside, as my V60 also has a "speed limiter" I tend to use that now more than cruise. But, to actually address your question - I doubt it.

[Westlondondriver]

I also have a 550 DBX and now like the cruise control but I had to persevere with it for a month or two before I got used to it. You quickly learn when it is going to do the right thing and when it won’t so switch in and out as appropriate. My wife has a more sophisticated system her Audi that also steers in lane for you which I prefer but again you had to learn its limitations. I haven’t seen a way to dumb it down but worth playing with the distance it follows at the get something you are comfortable with.

I agree with you re the 550 being powerful enough although I have never driven a 707. I drove 550 on a Landrover off-roading course and it is amazing how capable they are off road it you have the all season tyres on.

[Davil]

Great to hear you got home safely Graze. I once did that trip in similar torrential conditions. Mine was on Cup 2 tyres in my old M2 CS. There were some buttock clenching moments. I can imagine the DBX was a whole lot more comfortable but even so, those conditions really drain you.

Yes. Don’t drive the 707.

[LooneyTunes]

Westlondondriver said:

I also have a 550 DBX and now like the cruise control but I had to persevere with it for a month or two before I got used to it. You quickly learn when it is going to do the right thing and when it won t so switch in and out as appropriate. My wife has a more sophisticated system her Audi that also steers in lane for you which I prefer but again you had to learn its limitations. I haven t seen a way to dumb it down but worth playing with the distance it follows at the get something you are comfortable with.

Does it give any warning that it’s about to kick in?

Unless driving through roadworks, ACC can be really annoying when it intervenes instead of letting you maintain a bit of flow.

Not sure if the AM does it, but the Range Rover system lets you turn off follow mode by stepping down the follow distance until it lets you turn off follow mode completely.

[Westlondondriver]

LooneyTunes said:

Does it give any warning that it s about to kick in?

Unless driving through roadworks, ACC can be really annoying when it intervenes instead of letting you maintain a bit of flow.

Not sure if the AM does it, but the Range Rover system lets you turn off follow mode by stepping down the follow distance until it lets you turn off follow mode completely.

I don’t think the follow distance goes off completely- it has 4 distance settings and a nice DB5 icon to show the setting when you change it. The controls are on the steering wheel so you can press cancel very easily if you want to take over and then click it on again once the situation has passed. You can also brake or accelerate for a bit and it takes back over automatically once you release the controls - although if you miss judge it you can end up coasting if you have accelerated too hard or too long. First car in 40 years of driving that I have ever used cruise control on - never liked the dumb systems since I always felt I ended up at the wrong speed.

[CSK1]

Well, I have a DBX707, really love it. Last year on a track day organised by AML we were shuttled with a DBX550 and it was equally impressive. I think the DBX whatever the version is highly underrated. They’re fantastic cars.
I run mine as a daily and I’m also annoyed with the adaptive cruise control.
I haven’t found a way to deactivate the adaptive part of it but you can kind of get to work your way around it.
I set the distance from the car in front to its lowest setting, and when the radar detects the car in front the light in a shape of a. DB5 starts to light up, that’s when I know it’s time to move to the left lane and using the indicator (as you would normally do) deactivates the system temporarily, I found out that when ever so slightly pushing on the accelerator pedal deactivates the system temporarily too.
So I tend to use the cruise control when there’s little traffic and go to the left lane to overtake on motorways well in advance or at least when the light starts to glow or I give it some very slight acceleration so that the system doesn’t brake like mad when detecting “an obstacle”.
I really hate those systems that make you feel you’re not in control.
Another system I’ve tried to deactivate is the detector whenever you’re reversing.
You see the car coming in the distance and you very slowly manoeuvre backwards but the system thinks it is a hazard and slams on the brakes.
Your passengers are asking you what is going on.
It is all very intrusive and unnecessary.

[Graze01]

thanks guys, i figured there was no "work around", I didnt notice that the light illuminated when getting close, it just bugs me that it slows you down and takes yet one more action away from the driver so that youbhave less reason to be alert when driving

at least you can turn off the lane control idiocy!

Graeme

[flight147z]

On Land Rovers to switch from radar to normal you press and hold the "distance reduction" button. That disables the radar. Nothing similar on the Aston?