Operating Conditions - Subaru legacy 2017 Owner's Manual

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Starting and operating/Reverse Automatic Braking System
Detecting range
1) Detecting range (width): Approximately 6
in (15 cm) outside of the vehicle width
2) Range that the system cannot detect:
Approximately 20 in (50 cm) behind the
rear of the vehicle
3) Detecting range (length): Approximately
5 ft (1.5 m) from the rear of the vehicle
WARNING
If your vehicle is trapped on a rail-
road crossing and you are trying to
escape by reversing through the
crossing gate, the system may re-
cognize the crossing gate as an
obstacle and brake may activate. In
this case, remain calm and either
continue to depress the accelerator
pedal or cancel the system. To
cancel the system, refer to Cancel-
ing the Reverse Automatic Braking
system operation 7-69.

Operating conditions

The Reverse Automatic Braking system
will operate when all of the following
conditions are met.
. The ignition switch is in the ON
position
. The EyeSight warning indicator is off
. The RAB warning indicator is off
. HALT (Reverse Automatic Braking
system OFF) indicator is off
. The Reverse Automatic Braking sys-
tem is set to on
. The select lever is in the R position
. The vehicle speed is between 1 to 9
mph (1.5 to 15 km/h)
CAUTION
. In the following cases, the Re-
verse Automatic braking system
will not operate. Promptly con-
tact a SUBARU dealer to have the
system inspected.
The EyeSight warning indica-
tor is illuminated
The RAB warning indicator is
illuminated
. In the following cases, the Re-
verse Automatic braking system
cannot be operated.
The (EyeSight Temporary
Stop indicator: White) is illu-
minated, and the messages
c o r r e s p o n d i n g t o t h e
EyeSight temporary stop are
displayed on the multi infor-
mation display. For details,
refer to the Owner s Manual
supplement for the EyeSight
system.
The Reverse Automatic Brak-
ing system OFF indicator is
illuminated
. In the following cases, the sys-
tem may not be able to properly
detect an obstacle. Promptly
contact a SUBARU dealer to have
the system inspected.
A sticker, paint, or a chemical
is applied to the rear bumper
near the sonar sensor
The rear bumper is modified
The rear bumper has been
removed and attached
The ground clearance is chan-
ged due to the vehicle s load-