Driver Assistance Systems; Parking Aid - Seat Toledo 2016 Owner's Manual

Driver assistance systems

Parking aid

General information
Various systems are available to help you
when parking or manoeuvring in tight
spaces, depending on the equipment fitted
on your vehicle.
The rear parking aid is an audible assistant
that warns about obstacles located behind
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the vehicle page 168.
During parking, Parking System Plus assists
the driver by visually and audibly warning
them about obstacles detected in front and
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behind the vehicle page 168.
WARNING
● Always pay attention, also when looking
straight ahead, to traffic and the vehicle sur-
roundings. The assistance systems are not a
replacement for driver awareness. When in-
serting or removing the vehicle from a park-
ing space, or when performing similar ma-
noeuvres the driver always assumes the re-
sponsibility.
Adapt your speed and driving style at all
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times to suit visibility, weather, road and traf-
fic conditions.
● The ultrasound sensors have blind spots in
which obstacles and people are not regis-
Driver assistance systems
tered. Pay special attention to children and
animals.
● Always keep visual control of the vehicle
surroundings: use the mirrors for additional
help.
CAUTION
Parking Aid functions may be negatively af-
fected by different factors that may lead to
damage to the vehicle or its immediate sur-
rounds:
● Under certain circumstances, the system
does not detect or display certain objects:
Objects such as chains, trailer draw bars,
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fences, posts and thin trees.
Objects that are located above the sen-
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sors, such as protrusions in a wall.
Objects with certain surfaces or struc-
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tures, such as wire mesh fences or pow-
der snow.
● Certain surfaces of objects and garments
do not reflect the ultrasound sensors' sig-
nals. The system cannot detect, at least cor-
rectly, these objects or people wearing such
clothes.
● Ultrasound sensor signals may be affected
by external sound sources. In certain circum-
stances this may prevent them from detect-
ing people or objects.
Please note that low obstacles detected by
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the system may no longer be registered by
the sensors as the car moves closer, so the
system will not give any further warning. In
certain circumstances, objects such as high
kerbs that could damage the bottom of the
vehicle are not detected either.
If the first warning from the Parking Aid is
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ignored, the vehicle could suffer considerable
damage.
● The knocks or damage on the radiator
grille, bumper, wheel arch and vehicle under-
body can adjust the orientation of the sen-
sors. This can affect the parking aid function.
Have the function checked by a specialised
workshop.
Note
In certain situations, the system can give a
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warning even though there is no obstacle in
the detected area, e.g:
with rough or cobbled floors or ground
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with long grass;
with external ultrasound sources, such as
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cleaning vehicles or other vehicles;
In downpours, intense snow or dense ex-
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haust gases;
if the registration plate (front or rear) is
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not properly affixed to the bumper sur-
face;
or in locations such as the brow of a hill.
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● In order to guarantee good system opera-
tion, keep the ultrasound sensors clean, free
of snow or ice, and do not cover them with
adhesives or other objects.
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