Volkswagen Safety Features: What to Expect in 2025 Models

Volkswagen’s highest priority is your safety. To reduce accidents, they’ve created IQ.DRIVE, a suite of advanced driver assistance features that is standard on every 2025 Volkswagen model. These advanced systems will alert you to danger you may not have seen so you can react and prevent a collision. Some of these Volkswagen safety features actively intervene to protect you and your passengers. We’re going to look at a few of these features and see how they operate.

Volkswagen Safety Features Available in Every 2025 Model

Front Assist

This feature watches the road ahead using an advanced radar and camera system. It can detect vehicles or pedestrians and then determine, based on the object’s distance and your vehicle speed, if a risk of a collision exists. If it decides a collision is likely, a warning icon will appear on your screen and a warning tone sounds to alert you to danger so you can brake and prevent a collision.

Emergency Assist

This feature is active when you enable Front Assist, but it watches you, not the surrounding area. If you’re driving when tired, your driving responses can be lethargic and your hands could slip from the wheel. This system monitors your grip on the wheel, and warning alerts will appear on your screen. You’ll also hear an alarm sound to warn you to actively steer.

If the warnings fail, Emergency Assist will take over by directing your Volkswagen into the lane center and gradually slowing and stopping your vehicle.

Rear Traffic Alert

When reversing, you may not see a vehicle passing behind you until it is too late. This system activates when you shift into reverse, and radar sensors at the rear watch the areas to the right and left for approaching vehicles, pedestrians, or motorcycles. If something is detected, your direction indicators on the corresponding side flash, and a warning appears on your screen. If your vehicle continues to move after the warning, the system applies hard braking to prevent an accident.

Lane Assist

This system protects you by keeping your Volkswagen centered in its lane. It’s active at 35 mph or more and uses a camera to identify the line lines. Lane Assist will make minor steering adjustments to keep you safely centered in your lane. If your direction indicator is on or you’re actively steering, this system will temporarily deactivate.

Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC)

This feature is useful on long drives, as you can set a specific speed and your Volkswagen will maintain it. You can also set a following distance from other vehicles, and ACC will slow down and even stop if a vehicle ahead slows or stops.

These are just a few of the systems that will keep you safe in your new Volkswagen. Visit us today at DeMontrond Volkswagen in Houston, TX.

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