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OPERATING YOUR VEHICLE
69TB-01E
Situations where the system may not
activate properly
Under the following conditions, the system
cannot detect vehicle effectively and the
RCTA may not activate properly.
• When sensor or surrounding area on the
rear bumper is covered with foreign
materials such as dirt, snow, ice, etc.
(remove foreign materials)
• When there is bad weather such as a
heavy rain, dense fog or blizzard
• When rear visibility is poor due to
exhaust gas, splash of water or snow,
spray, sand or smoke
• When sensor is misaligned in such a
case as a strong impact to the sensor or
the rear bumper
• When two or more vehicles are
approaching one after another continu-
ously
• A vehicle approaching in high speed
• When the battery has a voltage abnor-
mality
• When the temperature around the sen-
sor is too high/low
• A vehicle parked at a shallow angle
• In an environment with grates and gut-
ters.
• Extreme changes in vehicle height
(Nose up, nose down, etc.)
• When water splashes toward the sensor
from sprinklers, etc.
• When a guardrail, wall, etc., is at a short
distance and they are within the detec-
tion range.
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Sensor location
For details, refer to “Sensor location” (P.5-
126).
Stopping RCTA
For details, refer to “Stopping BSM /RCTA”
(P.5-126).
Warning and indicator messages
The information display shows the warning
and indicator messages to let you know
about certain problems of the RCTA. For
details, refer to “Warning and indicator
messages of BSM/RCTA” (P.5-128).