Acura MDX SPORT HYBRID 2017 Owner's Manual page 293

uuWhen DrivinguBlind spot information (BSI) System
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When the system detects a vehicle
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BSI Alert Indicator: Located near the outside
Comes On
rearview mirror on both sides.
Comes on when:
• A vehicle enters the alert zone from behind
Blinks
to overtake you with a speed difference of
no more than 31 mph (50 km/h) from your
vehicle.
• You pass a vehicle with a speed difference
of no more than 12 mph (20 km/h).
Blinks and a beeper sounds when:
You move the turn signal lever in the direction
of the detected vehicle. The beeper sounds
three times.
1Blind spot information (BSI) System
The BSI alert indicator may not come on under the
following conditions:
•
A vehicle does not stay in the alert zone for more
than two seconds.
•
A vehicle is parked in a side lane.
•
The speed difference between your vehicle and the
vehicle you are passing is greater than 6 mph (10
km/h).
•
An object not detected by the radar sensors
approaches or passes your vehicle.
•
A vehicle running in the adjacent lane is a
motorcycle or other small vehicle.
You can turn off the audible alert, or all the BSI alert
using the audio/information screen or MID.
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BSI may be adversely affected when:
•
Objects (guard rails, poles, trees, etc,.) are
detected.
•
An object that does not reflect radio waves well,
such as a motorcycle, is in the alert zone.
•
Driving on a curved road.
•
A vehicle is moving from a far lane to the adjacent
lane.
•
The system picks up external electrical interference.
•
The rear bumper or the sensors have been
improperly repaired or the rear bumper has been
deformed.
•
The orientation of the sensors has been changed.
•
In bad weather (Heavy rain, snow, and fog).