Mazda 3 Sedan 2020 Owner's Manual page 359

NOTE
In the following cases, the Forward

Sensing Camera (FSC) cannot detect
target objects correctly, and each
system may be unable to operate
normally.
The height of the vehicle ahead is

low.
You drive your vehicle at the same

speed as the vehicle ahead.
Headlights are not turned on

during the night or when going
through a tunnel.
In the following cases, the Forward

Sensing Camera (FSC) may not be
able to detect target objects
correctly.
Under bad weather condition,

such as rain, fog and snow.
The window washer is being used

or the windshield wipers are not
used when it's raining.
Ice, fog, snow, frost, rainfall, dirt,

or foreign matter such as a plastic
bag is stuck on the windshield.
Trucks with low loading platforms

and vehicles with an extremely low
or high profile.
When driving next to walls with no

patterning (including fences and
longitudinally striped walls).
The taillights of the vehicle ahead

are turned off.
A vehicle is outside the

illumination range of the
headlights.
The vehicle is making a sharp turn,

or ascending or descending a steep
slope.
Entering or exiting a tunnel.

Heavy luggage is loaded causing

the vehicle to tilt.
i-ACTIVSENSE
Strong light is shone at the front of

the vehicle (back light or
high-beam light from on-coming
vehicles).
There are many light emitters on

the vehicle ahead.
When the vehicle ahead is not

equipped with taillights or the
taillights are turned off at
nighttime.
Elongated luggage or cargo is

loaded onto installed roof rails and
covers the Forward Sensing
Camera (FSC).
Exhaust gas from the vehicle in

front, sand, snow, and water vapor
rising from manholes and grating,
and water splashed into the air.
When towing a malfunctioning

vehicle.
The vehicle is driven with tires

having significantly different wear.
The vehicle is driven on down

slopes or bumpy roads.
There are water puddles on the

road.
The surroundings are dark such as

during the night, early evening, or
early morning, or in a tunnel or
indoor parking lot.
The illumination brightness of the

headlights is reduced or the
headlight illumination is weakened
due to dirt or a deviated optical
axis.
The target object enters the blind

spot of the Forward Sensing
Camera (FSC).
A person or object bursts onto the

road from the shoulder or cuts
right in front of you.
You change lanes and approach a

vehicle ahead.
When driving extremely close to

the target object.
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