Kia Carnival Manual page 268

Features of your vehicle
which can limit the effectiveness
of the sensor.
Limitations of Forward/Reverse
Parking Distance Warning
Forward/Reverse Parking Dis -
tance Warning may not operate
normally when:
- Moisture is frozen to the sensor
- Sensor is covered with foreign
material, such as snow or water
(The function will operate nor -
mally when such foreign mate -
rial are removed.)
- The weather is extremely hot
or cold
- The sensor or sensor assembly
is disassembled
- The surface of the sensor is
pressed hard or an impact is
applied with a hard object
- The surface of the sensor is
scratched with a sharp object
- The sensors or its surrounding
area is directly sprayed with
high pressure washer
Forward/Reverse Parking Dis -
tance Warning may malfunction
when:
- Heavy rain or water spray is
present
- Water flows on the surface of
the sensor
- Affected by another vehicle's
sensors
- The sensor is covered with
snow
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Forward/Reverse Parking Distance Warning
- Driving on uneven road, gravel
roads or bushes
- Objects that generates ultra -
sonic waves are near the sensor
- Installing the license plate dif -
ferently from the original loca -
tion
- The vehicle bumper height or
ultrasonic sensor installation
has been modified
- Attaching equipments or acces -
sories around the ultrasonic
sensors
The following objects may not be
detected:
- Narrow objects, such as corners
of square pillar.
- Objects, which tend to absorb
sensor frequency, such as
clothes, spongy material or
snow.
- Objects smaller than 100 cm
(40 inches) in length and nar -
rower than 14 cm (6 inches) in
diameter.
- Pedestrians, animals or objects
that are very close to the ultra -
sonic sensors
Parking Distance Warning Indica -
tors may be displayed differently
from the actual detected location
when the obstacle is located
between the sensors.
Parking Distance Warning may
not occur sequentially depending
on vehicle speed or obstacle
shape.
(PDW)