Kia seltos 2023 - 僅 Limitations of Safe Exit Warning

Features of your vehicle
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Safe Exit Warning (SEW)
inspected by a professional workshop.
Kia recommends visiting an authorised
Kia dealer/service partner.
Safe Exit Warning disabled
When the rear bumper around the rear-
side radar or sensor is covered with for -
eign matters, such as snow or rain, or
installing a trailer or carrier, it can reduce
the detecting performance and tempo -
rarily limit or disable Safe Exit Warning.
If this occurs, the 'Blind-spot safety sys -
tems disabled. Radar blocked' warning
message will appear on the cluster.
Safe Exit Warning will operate normally
when such foreign matters or trailer, etc.
is removed, and then the vehicle is
restarted.
If Safe Exit Warning does not operate
normally after it is removed, have your
vehicle inspected by a professional
workshop. Kia recommends to visit an
authorised Kia dealer/service partner.
WARNING
僅 Even though the warning message
does not appear on the cluster, Safe
Exit Warning may not properly oper -
ate.
僅 Safe Exit Warning may not properly
operate in an area (e.g., open terrain),
where any substance are not detected
right after the vehicle is turned on, or
when the detecting sensor is blocked
with foreign material right after the
vehicle is turned on.
CAUTION
Turn off Safe Exit Warning to install a
trailer, carrier, etc., or remove the trailer,
carrier, etc. to use Safe Exit Warning.
Limitations of Safe Exit Warning
Safe Exit Warning may not operate nor -
mally, or it may operate unexpectedly
under the following circumstances:
僅 Getting out of the vehicle where trees
or grass are overgrown.
僅 Getting out of the vehicle where the
road is wet.
僅 The approaching vehicle is very fast
or very slow.
CAUTION
For more details on the limitations of the
rear corner radar, refer to "Blind-Spot
Collision-Avoidance Assist (BCA) (if
equipped)" on page 5-84.
WARNING
僅 Safe Exit Warning may not operate
normally if interfered by strong elec -
tromagnetic waves.
僅 Safe Exit Warning may not operate for
3 seconds after the vehicle is started,
or the rear corner radars are initial -
ized.
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