Ultrasonic Rear Parking Assist (Urpa) - Buick 2003 Rendezvous Owner's Manual

Ultrasonic Rear Parking Assist
(URPA)
The Ultrasonic Rear Parking Assist (URPA) system is
designed to help you park, while the vehicle is in
REVERSE (R). It operates only at very low speeds, less
than 3 mph (5 km/h). URPA can help make parking
easier and to help you avoid colliding with objects such as
parked vehicles. The URPA system can detect objects up
to 5 feet (1.5 m) behind the vehicle, and tell you how
close these objects are from your rear bumper.
Your vehicle's URPA operates when the shift lever is
moved into REVERSE (R) and the vehicle speed is less
than 3 mph (5 km/h). Four ultrasonic sensors located at
the rear bumper are used to detect the distance to the
object. The URPA display is located inside the vehicle,
near the rear window. It has three color-coded lights used
to provide distance and system information to the driver.
If children, bicycles, or pets are behind your
vehicle, RPA won't tell you they are there. You
could strike them and they could be injured or
killed. Whether or not you are using URPA,
check carefully behind your vehicle and then
watch closely whenever you back up.
URPA can be turned off by
pressing the rear park aid
disable switch located
in the instrument panel
switchbank. When
the system is disabled an
indicator light will glow
on the switch. You will not
see any lights on the
rear display if the switch is
in the off position.
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