Kia Carnival 2023 Owner's Manual page 358

Driving your vehicle
Safe Exit Warning disabled
OMQ4050230L
When the rear bumper around the rear
corner radar or sensor is covered with
foreign material, such as snow or rain, or
installing a trailer or carrier, it can reduce
the detecting performance and tempo-
rarily limit or disable Safe Exit Warning.
If this occurs, the 'Blind-Spot Safety sys-
tem(s) disabled. Radar blocked' warning
message will appear on the cluster.
The function will operate normally when
such foreign material or trailer, etc. is
removed, and then the engine is
restarted.
If the function does not operate normally
after it is removed, have your vehicle
inspected by an authorized Kia dealer.
WARNING
僅 Even though the warning message
does not appear on the cluster, Safe
Exit Warning may not properly oper-
ate.
僅 Safe Exit Warning may not properly
operate in an area (e.g., open terrain),
where any substance are not detected
right after the engine is turned on, or
when the detecting sensor is blocked
with foreign material right after the
engine is turned on.
CAUTION
Turn off Safe Exit Warning to install a
trailer, carrier, etc., or remove the trailer,
carrier, etc. to use Safe Exit Warning.
Limitations
Safe Exit Warning may not operate nor-
mally, or the function may operate unex-
pectedly under the following
circumstances:
僅 Getting out of the vehicle where trees
or grass are overgrown
僅 Getting out of the vehicle where the
road is wet
僅 The approaching vehicle is very fast
or very slow
For more details on the precautions of
the rear corner radars, refer to "Blind-
Spot Collision-Avoidance Assist (BCA) (if
equipped)" on page 5-69.
WARNING
僅 Safe Exit Warning may not operate
normally if interfered by strong elec-
tromagnetic waves.
僅 Safe Exit Warning may not operate for
3 seconds after the vehicle is started,
or the rear corner radars are initial-
ized.
Safe Exit Warning (SEW)
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