Rear Occupant Alert (Roa); Rear Occupant Alert Operation - Hyundai Santa Cruz Owner's Manual

REAR OCCUPANT ALERT (ROA)

Rear Occupant Alert is provided to
prevent a driver from leaving a vehicle
with a rear passenger left in the vehicle.

Rear Occupant Alert Operation

When you turn off the engine and open
the driver's door after opening and
closing the rear door or liftgate,the
'Check rear seats' warning message
appears on the cluster.
WARNING
Rear Occupant Alert provides
information to the driver to check
the rear seats but it does not detect
whether there is an object or passenger.
Always check the rear seats when
leaving the vehicle.
Information
The open and close history of the rear
doors are initialized if the driver turns off
the engine and lock vehicle doors.
However, the alarm may sound again
whenever the driver's door is opened if the
previous history of the rear doors are not
initialized.
WARNING
Even if your vehicle is equipped with
Rear Occupant Alert (ROA), always
make sure to check the rear seat before
you leave the vehicle. Rear Occupant
Alert (ROA) may not operate when:
• Movement does not continue for
a certain period of time or the
movement is small.
• A child is not seated in a child
restraint system.
• Movement is detected in areas other
than the rear seats.
• The rear passenger is covered with a
fabric containing metallic substance
such as a blanket.
• An object in the vehicle blocks the
sensor.
• The sensor is contaminated by
foreign material.
• An animal at the rear seat or luggage
compartment is not large enough to
be detected by the sensor or there is
hardly any movement.
• Attaching objects or modifying the
interior ceiling, or the interior ceiling
is deformed or damaged.
• There are electronic interference
around the vehicle.
• Other environmental reasons that
may affect the system.
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