2018 Jeep Cherokee Quick Reference Guide
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2018 CHEROKEE QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE SPEED CONTROL Speed Control To Activate To Increase Speed When engaged, the Speed Control takes over Push the on/off button. To turn the system off, When the Speed Control is set, you can in- push the on/off button a second time. The crease speed by pushing the SET (+) button. accelerator operations at speeds greater than system should be turned off when not in use. 25 mph (40 km/h). To Decrease Speed To Set A Desired Speed When the Speed Control is set, you can de- Turn the Speed Control on. When the vehicle has crease speed by pushing the SET (-) button. reached the desired speed, push the SET (+) or To Accelerate For Passing SET (-) button and release. Release the accelera- tor and the vehicle will operate at the selected Press the accelerator as you would normally. speed. When the pedal is released, the vehicle will return to the set speed. To Deactivate For further information, and applicable warnings A soft tap on the brake pedal, pushing the CANC and cautions, please refer to the Owner’s Manual at button, or normal brake pressure while slowing the www.mopar.com/en-us/care/owners-manual.html vehicle will deactivate Speed Control without eras- (U.S. Residents) or www.owners.mopar.ca (Ca- ing the set speed memory. Pushing the on/off nadian Residents). button or turning the ignition switch OFF erases the set speed in memory. Speed Control Switches 1 — Push Cancel To Resume Speed 2 — Push Set+/Accel To resume a previously set speed, push the RES 3 — Push Resume button and release. 4 — Push On/Off 5 — Push Set-/Decel Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) If the sensor does not detect a vehicle ahead of you, ACC will maintain a fixed set speed. Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) increases the To Activate Adaptive Cruise Control driving convenience provided by cruise control while traveling on highways and major road- Push and release the Adaptive Cruise Control ways. However, it is not a safety system and not (ACC) On/Off button. designed to prevent collisions. ACC will allow To Set A Desired Speed you to keep cruise control engaged in light to moderate traffic conditions without the con- When the vehicle reaches the speed desired, stant need to reset your cruise control. ACC push the SET (+) button or the SET (-) button utilizes a radar sensor and a forward facing and release. The instrument cluster display will camera designed to detect a vehicle directly show the set speed. ahead of you. NOTE: If your vehicle is equipped with Adaptive Cruise ACC cannot be set if there is a stationary Adaptive Cruise Switches vehicle in front of your vehicle in close proxim- Control, the controls operate exactly the same ity. as the electronic speed control with only a 1 — Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) couple of differences. With this option you can On/Off set a specified distance you would like to main- 2 — Distance Setting – Decrease 3 — Distance Setting – Increase tain between you and the vehicle in front of you. If the ACC sensor detects a vehicle ahead, ACC will apply limited braking or acceleration automati- cally to maintain a preset following distance, while matching the speed of the vehicle ahead. Varying The Speed to maintain set speed. When driving up hill ACC Operation At Stop and down hill, the ACC system will cancel if Once the ACC has been activated, the speed If the ACC system brings your vehicle to a the braking temperature exceeds normal can be increased or decreased. standstill while following a target vehicle, if the range (overheated). • When you override and push the SET (+) target vehicle starts moving within two seconds To Resume button or SET (-) buttons, the new set speed of your vehicle coming to a standstill, your will be the current speed of the vehicle. If there is a set speed in memory, push the RES vehicle will resume motion without the need for any driver action. • When you use the SET (-) button to deceler- (resume) button and then remove your foot from ate, if the engine’s braking power does not the accelerator pedal. The instrument cluster If the target vehicle does not start moving slow the vehicle sufficiently to reach the set display will show the last set speed. within two seconds of your vehicle coming to a speed, the brake system will automatically standstill, the driver will either have to push the NOTE: slow the vehicle. RES (resume) button, or apply the accelerator • If your vehicle stays at standstill for longer • The ACC system applies the brake down to a pedal to reengage the ACC to the existing set than two seconds, the system will cancel and full stop when following a target vehicle. If speed. the brake force will be ramped-out. The an ACC host vehicle follows a target vehicle driver will have to apply the brakes to keep NOTE: to a standstill, the host vehicle will release the vehicle at a standstill. After the ACC system holds your vehicle at a the vehicle brakes two seconds after coming standstill for approximately three consecutive to a full stop. • ACC cannot be resumed if there is a station- minutes, the parking brake will be activated, ary vehicle in front of your vehicle in close • The ACC system maintains set speed when and the ACC system will be canceled. driving up hill and down hill. However, a proximity. While the ACC system is holding your vehicle at slight speed change on moderate hills is To Deactivate Adaptive Cruise Control normal. In addition, downshifting may occur a standstill, if the driver seatbelt is unbuckled while climbing uphill or descending down- Push and release the Adaptive Cruise Control or the driver door is opened, the parking brake hill. This is normal operation and necessary (ACC) On/Off button a second time to turn the will be activated, and the ACC system will be system off. canceled. SAFETY FEATURES To Set The Following Distance NOTE: Forward Collision Warning With If desired, the Adaptive Cruise Control mode The specified following distance for ACC can be can be turned off and the system can be oper- Mitigation set by varying the distance setting between four ated as a normal (Fixed Speed) Cruise Control The Forward Collision Warning (FCW) system bars (longest), three bars (long), two bars (me- mode. When in the normal (Fixed Speed) Speed dium) and one bar (short). Using this distance with mitigation provides the driver with audible Control mode the distance setting feature will warnings, visual warnings within the instru- setting and the vehicle speed, be disabled and the system will maintain the ment cluster display to warn the driver when it speed you set. • To increase the distance setting, push the detects a potential frontal collision. The warn- Distance Setting—Increase button and • To change between the different cruise con- ings and limited braking are intended to pro- release. trol modes, push the ADAPTIVE CRUISE vide the driver with enough time to react, avoid • To decrease the distance setting, push the CONTROL (ACC) On/Off button which turns or mitigate the potential collision. Distance Setting—Decrease button and the ACC and the normal (Fixed Speed) release. Cruise Control off. Turning FCW ON Or OFF • Pushing the normal (Fixed Speed) Cruise The forward collision button is located on the Control On/Off button will result in turning switch panel below the Uconnect display. To on (changing to) the normal (Fixed Speed) turn the FCW system off, push the forward Cruise Control mode. collision button once (LED turns on). To turn For further information, and applicable warnings the FCW system back on, push the forward and cautions, please refer to the Owner’s Manual at collision button again (LED turns off). www.mopar.com/en-us/care/owners-manual.html The FCW Sensitivity And Active Braking Set- (U.S. Residents) or www.owners.mopar.ca (Ca- tings are programmable through the Uconnect nadian Residents). System. PARKSENSE For further information, and applicable warnings When both lane markings are detected and the Parksense Active Park Assist and cautions, please refer to the Owner’s Manual at driver unintentionally drifts out of the lane (no turn www.mopar.com/en-us/care/owners-manual.html signal applied), the LaneSense system provides a System (U.S. Residents) or www.owners.mopar.ca (Ca- haptic warning in the form of torque applied to the The ParkSense Active Park Assist system is nadian Residents). steering wheel to prompt the driver to remain within intended to assist the driver during parallel and the lane boundaries. The driver may manually over- perpendicular parking maneuvers by identify- ride the haptic warning by applying torque into the LaneSense — If Equipped ing a proper parking space, providing audible/ steering wheel at any time. When only a single lane visual instructions, and controlling the steering The LaneSense system is operational at speeds marking is detected and the driver unintentionally wheel. The ParkSense Active Park Assist sys- above 37 mph (60 km/h) and below 112 mph drifts across the lane marking (no turn signal ap- tem is defined as “semi-automatic” since the (180 km/h). The LaneSense system uses a plied), the LaneSense system provides a visual driver maintains control of the accelerator, gear forward looking camera to detect lane markings warning through the instrument cluster display to selector and brakes. Depending on the driver's and measure vehicle position within the lane prompt the driver to remain within the lane. When parking maneuver selection, the ParkSense Ac- boundaries. only a single lane marking is detected, a haptic (torque) warning will not be provided.