Toyota RAV4 Owner's Manual page 318

● Guardrails, walls, signs, parked vehi-
cles and similar stationary objects
● Small motorcycles, bicycles, pedestri-
*
ans, etc.
● Vehicles moving away from your vehi-
cle
● Vehicles approaching from the park-
ing spaces next to your vehicle
*
: Depending on conditions, detection of
a vehicle and/or object may occur.
■ Conditions under which the RCTA
function may not function correctly
● The RCTA function may not detect
vehicles correctly in the following situ-
ations:
• When the sensor is misaligned due to
a strong impact to the sensor or its
surrounding 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 approach-
ing with only a small gap between
each vehicle
• When a vehicle is approaching at high
speed
• When parking on a steep incline, such
as hills, a dip in the road, etc.
• When an accessory (such as a bicycle
carrier) is installed to the rear of the
vehicle
• When backing up on a slope with a
sharp change in grade
4-5. Using the driving support systems
*
• When backing out of a shallow angle
parking spot
*
• Immediately after the RCTA function
is turned on
• Immediately after the engine is started
with the RCTA function on
• When towing a trailer
• When the sensors cannot detect a
vehicle due to obstructions
● Instances of the RCTA function
unnecessary detecting a vehicle
and/or object may increase in the fol-
lowing situations:
• When a vehicle passes by the side of
your vehicle
• When the parking space faces a street
and vehicles are being driven on the
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