Mazda CX-3 Owner's Manual page 321

NOTE
In the following cases, the Forward Sensing Camera (FSC) may not be able to detect
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target objects correctly.
Under bad weather condition, such as rain, fog and snow.
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The window washer is being used or the windscreen wipers are not used when it's
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raining.
Ice, fog, snow, frost, rainfall, dirt, or foreign matter such as a plastic bag is stuck on
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the windscreen.
Trucks with low loading platforms and vehicles with an extremely low or high
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profi le.
When driving next to walls with no patterning (including fences and longitudinally
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striped walls).
The tail lights of the vehicle ahead are turned off.
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A vehicle is outside the illumination range of the headlights.
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The vehicle is making a sharp turn, or ascending or descending a steep slope.
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Entering or exiting a tunnel.
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Heavy luggage is loaded causing the vehicle to tilt.
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Strong light is shone at the front of the vehicle (back light or high-beam light from
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on-coming vehicles).
There are many light emitters on the vehicle ahead.
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When the vehicle ahead is not equipped with tail lights or the tail lights are turned
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off at nighttime.
Elongated luggage or cargo is loaded onto installed roof rails and covers the Forward
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Sensing Camera (FSC).
Exhaust gas from the vehicle in front, sand, snow, and water vapour rising from
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manholes and grating, and water splashed into the air.
When towing a malfunctioning vehicle.
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The vehicle is driven with tyres having signifi cantly different wear.
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The vehicle is driven on down slopes or bumpy roads.
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There are water puddles on the road.
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The surroundings are dark such as during the night, early evening, or early morning,
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or in a tunnel or indoor parking lot.
The illumination brightness of the headlights is reduced or the headlight illumination
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is weakened due to dirt or a deviated optical axis.
The target object enters the blind spot of the Forward Sensing Camera (FSC).
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A person or object bursts onto the road from the shoulder or cuts right in front of
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you.
You change lanes and approach a vehicle ahead.
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When driving extremely close to the target object.
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Tyre chains or a temporary spare tyre is installed.
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The vehicle ahead has a special shape. For example, a vehicle towing a trailer house
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or a boat, or a vehicle carrier carrying a vehicle with its front pointed rearward.
When Driving
i-ACTIVSENSE
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