Limitations Of The System - Kia Cerato Owner's Manual

Limitations of the System

The Forward Collision Warning
System may have limits to its ability to
detect distance to the vehicle ahead
due to road and traffic conditions.
The FCW cannot detect vehicles or
objects as vehicles when:
- The camera lens is covered with dirt.
- There is heavy rain or heavy snow.
- Driving on a curve.
- Driving uphill or downhill.
- An object ahead is very narrow
such as motorcycles or bicycles.
- A vehicle suddenly cut in on your
lane.
- The front vehicle suddenly departs
from the lane or it is hidden by other
objects.
- A vehicle passes by at a higher rate
of speed.
- An unusual shape vehicle is ahead
such as a trailer, special access
vehicles or a truck with unique
shaped cargo.
- The rear lamps of the vehicle
ahead is missing, installed on an
unusual place or installed unevenly.
- The front vehicle has a separate
lamp or LED lamp at the rear of the
vehicle.
- Pass through a tunnel where the
difference of intensity of illumina-
tion is high.
- Driving with the sun in front of you.
- The approaching vehicle turns high
beam on.
- The vehicle violently vibrates due to
road conditions.
- The vehicle is tilted from a flat tyre
or being towed.
- The vehicle ahead is not distin-
guishable due to multiple or repeat-
ed shape lamps.
- The vehicle ahead is not distin-
guishable due to objects that can
be mistaken for a vehicle.
- The surrounding environments
such as shadow or markers on a
road, etc. could be mistaken as a
vehicle.
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