Lexus NX 300h 2020 Owner's Manual page 266

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4-5. Using the driving support systems
The range of the detection area extends to:
Approximately 11.5 ft. (3.5 m) from
A
the side of the vehicle
The first 1.6 ft. (0.5 m) from the side of the
vehicle is not in the detection area
Approximately 9.8 ft. (3 m) from
B
the rear bumper
Approximately 3.3 ft. (1 m) forward
C
of the rear bumper
■ The Blind Spot Monitor function is oper-
ational when
The BSM main switch is set to on
●
● Vehicle speed is greater than approxi-
mately 10 mph (16 km/h).
The Blind Spot Monitor function will
■
detect a vehicle when
A vehicle in an adjacent lane overtakes
●
your vehicle.
Another vehicle enters the detection
●
area when it changes lanes.
● You overtake a vehicle in adjacent lane
slowly.
■ Conditions under which the Blind Spot
Monitor function will not detect a vehi-
cle
The Blind Spot Monitor function is not
designed to detect the following types of
vehicles and/or 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 driving 2 lanes across from your
*
vehicle
Vehicles which are being overtaken rap-
●
idly by your vehicle
*
: Depending on conditions, detection of a
vehicle and/or object may occur.
Conditions under which the Blind Spot
■
Monitor function may not function cor-
rectly
The Blind Spot Monitor function may not
●
detect vehicles correctly in the following
situations:
• 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
• When multiple vehicles are approaching
with only a small gap between each vehi-
cle
• When the distance between your vehicle
and a following vehicle is short
• When there is a significant difference in
speed between your vehicle and the vehi-
cle that enters the detection area
• When the difference in speed between
your vehicle and another vehicle is
changing
• When a vehicle enters a detection area
traveling at about the same speed as your
vehicle
• As your vehicle starts from a stop, a vehi-
cle remains in the detection area
• When driving up and down consecutive
steep inclines, such as hills, dips in the
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