CAUTION
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When a motorcycle, bicycle, pedestrian,
animal, fallen objects, or anything other
than a vehicle is present in front of your
vehicle.
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When a vehicle suddenly appears just in
front of your vehicle.
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When a vehicle cuts in front of your vehi-
cle very closely.
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When the vehicle in front is offset to the
left or right.
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When the vehicle in front is towing a
trailer.
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A freight trailer that is not carrying a con-
tainer.
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The vehicle has a protruding load from
the carrier.
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The vehicle has a low vehicle height.
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The vehicle has an extremely high ground
clearance.
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When there is a different object near the
vehicle.
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When driving on a road with many and
successive curves, including when pass-
ing their entrances and outlets.
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When accelerating and decelerating
quickly.
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When the system recognizes driver’s
steering, accelerating, braking or gear
shifting actions as evasive actions to
avoid collision.
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When you are driving on a road with
steep and alternating up and down slopes.
CAUTION
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When a road surface is surging, and there
is unevenness.
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When being driven in a tunnel.
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When your vehicle changed lanes, and
your vehicle approached immediately be-
hind the vehicle in front.
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During a certain time after your vehicle
turns left or right.
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When you are carrying extremely heavy
loads in the rear seats or luggage area.
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After the engine has been running for an
extended period of time.
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Under adverse weather conditions (rain,
snow, sand storms, etc.)*
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When the cover part in front of the sensor
and the sensor become dirty or have snow
and ice* adhering to it.
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When water, snow or sand on the road are
extorted by the vehicle in front or an on-
coming vehicle*.
*: When judging the state that detection per-
formance deterioration and the FCM can’t
operate temporarily by these situations auto-
matically, “FCM TEMPORARILY NOT
AVAILABLE” message is indicated, and a
“FCM OFF” indicator lights up.
Additionally, it may be indicated in the fol-
lowing situations.
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When the brake is over heating.
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When you are driving in light traffic with
few vehicles and obstacles in front.
When the FCM will be in the state which
can operate, indication is released automati-
CAUTION
cally. When the indication keeps going out,
there is an abnormality in the system. Please
contact a MITSUBISHI MOTORS Author-
ized Service Point.
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Factors such as the positional relationship
between your vehicle and a vehicle in front,
driver’s own technique of steering the vehi-
cle and irregularly moving traffic due to ac-
cidents or vehicle trouble may deter the
FCM control and alarm from functioning.
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When the system recognizes driver’s steer-
ing or accelerating actions as evasive actions
to avoid collision, the FCM control and
alarm functions may be cancelled.
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The FCM control and alarm functions may
be triggered in the following situations.
Forward Collision Mitigation System (FCM)*
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