The Blind Spot Monitor is a feature that can sense what you might miss. If you attempt to change lanes, Blind Spot Monitor can help alert you to other cars that may be in your blind spot. The Active Blind Spot Monitor (available when vehicle is equipped with Lane Assist) on select models can also counter-steer within the limits of Lane Assist to help keep you in your lane if you attempt to change lanes when a vehicle is in your blind spot.16

Available High Beam Control (Light Assist) can help to provide optimum visibility on dark roads by automatically turning on your high beams at speeds above 37 mph. A camera mounted at the base of the rearview mirror turns your high beams on when conditions warrant it. It then turns them off again depending on the position of vehicles driving ahead of you or on-coming vehicles, the vehicle speed and other environmental and traffic conditions.17

When moving above 37 mph, the available Lane Keeping System (Lane Assist) can sense if you start to drift into another lane without using the turn signal. Within the limits of the system, Lane Assist can help keep you in the current lane when lane markings are detected.18

The available Parking Steering Assistant (Park Assist) can determine if a parking spot is big enough for your Volkswagen. Then it will help steer the vehicle into and out of the space, either parallel or perpendicular. You operate the accelerator, brake, and shifter; it does the rest. 19

The available Park Distance Control has sensors that can help alert you as you back out of or drive into a parking spot. Audible signals and the optical parking system on the display indicate how much space you have behind and, on some vehicles, in front of the vehicle when parking. The frequency of the signal tone increases as the vehicle draws closer to a detected obstacle. If you get too close, a continuous tone sounds as a warning. The display provides additional information to the driver by showing the position of detected obstacles.20

The Forward Collision Warning (included in Front Assist) system can help monitor traffic and can alert you acoustically and visually to a potential rear-end collision with the vehicle moving ahead. If it senses that a collision is imminent, Autonomous Emergency Braking (included in Front Assist) can support the driver with increased brake pressure or, if the driver does not react at all, it can apply the brakes automatically. The Pedestrian Monitoring (included in Front Assist) feature can warn of pedestrians crossing in front of the vehicle and, under certain circumstances, can brake automatically to help mitigate the outcome of a collision with a pedestrian if the driver doesn’t respond to the warnings. 21

Rear Traffic Alert comes in handy when you’re backing up. It has sensors that can alert you to detected vehicles crossing in your path when in reverse and can even help brake the vehicle if needed.  22