Kia Carnival 2023 Owner's Manual page 428

Driving your vehicle
僅 Your new vehicle warranty does not
cover any accidents or damage to the
vehicle due to the malfunction of
Reverse Parking Distance Warning.
僅 Pay close attention when driving near
objects, pedestrians, and especially
children. Some objects may not be
detected by the ultrasonic sensors,
due to the objects distance, size or
material, all of which can limit the
effectiveness of the sensor.
Limitations
僅 Reverse Parking Distance Warning
may not operate normally when:
- Moisture is frozen to the sensor
- Sensor is covered with foreign
material, such as snow or water
(The function will operate normally
when such foreign material are
removed.)
- The weather is extremely hot or
cold
- The sensor or sensor assembly is
disassembled
- The surface of the sensor is
pressed hard or an impact is
applied with a hard object
- The surface of the sensor is
scratched with a sharp object
- The sensors or its surrounding area
is directly sprayed with high pres-
sure washer
僅 Reverse Parking Distance Warning
may malfunction when:
- Heavy rain or water spray is pres-
ent
- Water flows on the surface of the
sensor
- Affected by another vehicle's sen-
sors
- The sensor is covered with snow
Reverse Parking Distance Warning (PDW)
- Driving on uneven road, gravel
roads or bushes
- Objects that generates ultrasonic
waves are near the sensor
- Installing the license plate differ-
ently from the original location
- The vehicle bumper height or ultra-
sonic sensor installation has been
modified
- Attaching equipments or accesso-
ries around the ultrasonic sensors
僅 The following objects may not be
detected:
- Narrow objects, such as corners of
square pillar
- Objects, which tend to absorb sen-
sor frequency, such as clothes,
spongy material or snow.
- Objects smaller than 40 in. (100
cm) in length and narrower than 6
in. (14 cm) in diameter.
- Pedestrians, animals or objects that
are very close to the ultrasonic sen-
sors
僅 Parking Distance Warning Indicators
may be displayed differently from the
actual detected location when the
obstacle is located between the sen-
sors.
僅 Parking Distance Warning may not
occur sequentially depending on vehi-
cle speed or obstacle shape.
僅 If Reverse Parking Distance Warning
needs repair, have the function be
inspected by an authorized Kia dealer.
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