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6-2. Using the safe driving support functions
*1
: The area between the side of the vehicle and 1.6 ft. (0.5 m) from the side of the vehicle
cannot be detected.
*2
: While the vehicle is to being overtaken, up to approximately 9.8 ft. (3 m) forward of the
rear bumper will be detected.
*3
: The greater the difference in speed between your vehicle and the detected vehicle is,
the farther away the vehicle will be detected, causing the outside rear view mirror indi-
cator to illuminate or flash.
The Blind Spot Monitor linked
■
function
The LDA (Lane Departure Alert) has a
function that uses information of
detected vehicles driving in an adja-
cent lane. For details about the function
and its operating conditions; P.297
The blind spot monitor is operational
■
when
The blind spot monitor is operational when
all of the following conditions are met:
●
The power switch is in ON.
The blind spot monitor is on.
●
●
The shift position is in a position other
than R.
The vehicle speed is approximately 7
●
mph (10 km/h) or more.
■
The blind spot monitor will detect a vehi-
cle when
The blind spot monitor will detect a vehicle
present in the detection area in the follow-
ing situations:
A vehicle in an adjacent lane overtakes
●
your vehicle.
●
You overtake a vehicle in an adjacent lane
slowly.
Another vehicle enters the detection
●
area when it changes lanes.
■
Situations in which the blind spot moni-
tor cannot detect vehicles
The blind spot monitor cannot detect the
following vehicles and other objects:
Small motorcycles, bicycles, pedestrians,
●
*
etc.
●
Vehicles traveling in the opposite direc-
tion
Guardrails, walls, signs, parked vehicles
●
and similar stationary objects
●
Following vehicles that are in the same
*
lane
●
Vehicles traveling 2 lanes away from your
*
vehicle
Vehicles which are being overtaken rap-
●
*
idly by your vehicle
*
: Depending on the conditions, detection
of a vehicle and/or object may occur.
Conditions in which a buzzer may not
■
sound
In situations such as the following, while the
turn signal lever is being operated, the indi-
cator will flash but a buzzer may not sound:
When a second vehicle is detected while
●
the turn signal lever is being held
●
When overtaking a vehicle in the adja-
cent lane at a much higher speed than it
*
: Depending on the situations, a buzzer
may sound.
■
Conditions under which the system may
not function correctly
The blind spot monitor may not detect
●
vehicles correctly in the following situa-
tions:
• 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
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