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4-5. Using the driving support systems
The Blind Spot Monitor function will
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detect a vehicle when
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A vehicle in an adjacent lane overtakes
your vehicle.
Another vehicle enters the detection
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area when it changes lanes.
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You overtake a vehicle in adjacent lane
slowly.
Conditions under which the Blind Spot
■
Monitor function will not detect a vehi-
cle
The Blind Spot Monitor function is not
designed to detect the following types of
vehicles and/or objects:
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Small motorcycles, bicycles, pedestrians,
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etc.
Vehicles traveling in the opposite direc-
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tion
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Guardrails, walls, signs, parked vehicles
and similar stationary objects
Following vehicles that are in the same
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lane
Vehicles driving 2 lanes across from your
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vehicle
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Vehicles which are being overtaken rap-
idly by your vehicle
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: Depending on conditions, detection of a
vehicle and/or object may occur.
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Conditions under which the Blind Spot
Monitor function may not function cor-
rectly
The Blind Spot Monitor function may not
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detect vehicles correctly in the following
situations:
• When the sensor is misaligned due to a
strong impact to the sensor or its sur-
rounding area
• When mud, snow, ice, a sticker, etc. is
covering the sensor or surrounding area
on the rear bumper
• When driving on a road surface that is
wet with standing water during bad
weather, such as heavy rain, snow, or fog
• When multiple vehicles are approaching
with only a small gap between each vehi-
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cle
• When the distance between your vehicle
and a following vehicle is short
• When there is a significant difference in
speed between your vehicle and the vehi-
cle that enters the detection area
• When the difference in speed between
your vehicle and another vehicle is
changing
• When a vehicle enters a detection area
traveling at about the same speed as your
vehicle
• As your vehicle starts from a stop, a vehi-
cle remains in the detection area
• When driving up and down consecutive
steep inclines, such as hills, dips in the
road, etc.
• When driving on roads with sharp bends,
consecutive curves, or uneven surfaces
• When vehicle lanes are wide, or when
driving on the edge of a lane, and the
vehicle in an adjacent lane is far away
from your vehicle
• When towing a trailer (vehicles with tow-
ing package)
• When items such as a bicycle carrier are
installed on the rear of the vehicle
• When there is a significant difference in
height between your vehicle and the
vehicle that enters the detection area
• Immediately after the Blind Spot Monitor
function is turned on
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Instances of the Blind Spot Monitor func-
tion unnecessarily detecting a vehicle
and/or object may increase in the follow-
ing situations:
• When the sensor is misaligned due to a
strong impact to the sensor or its sur-
rounding area
• When the distance between your vehicle
and a guardrail, wall, etc. that enters the
detection area is short
• When driving up and down consecutive
steep inclines, such as hills, dips in the
road, etc.
• When vehicle lanes are narrow, or when
driving on the edge of a lane, and a vehi-
cle traveling in a lane other than the adja-
cent lanes enters the detection area
• When driving on roads with sharp bends,
consecutive curves, or uneven surfaces
• When the tires are slipping or spinning
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