Kia Sorento 2023 Owner's Manual page 411

Driving your vehicle
If the master warning light appears,
have the vehicle inspected by an autho-
rized Kia dealer.
Safe Exit Assist disabled
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When the rear bumper around the rear
corner radar or sensor is covered with
foreign matters, such as snow or rain, or
installing a trailer or carrier, it can reduce
the detecting performance and tempo-
rarily limit or disable Safe Exit Assist.
If this occurs, the 'Blind-Spot Safety sys-
tem disabled. Radar blocked' warning
message will appear on the cluster.
The function will operate normally when
such foreign matters or trailer, etc. is
removed. Always keep it clean.
If the function does not operate normally
after it is removed, have your vehicle
inspected by an authorized Kia dealer.
NOTICE
僅 Even though the warning message
does not appear on the cluster, Safe
Exit Assist may not properly operate.
僅 Safe Exit Assist may not properly
operate in an area (e.g., open terrain),
where any substance are not detected
after turning ON the engine.
CAUTION
Turn off Safe Exit Assist to install a
trailer, carrier, etc., or remove the trailer,
carrier, etc. to use Safe Exit Assist.
Limitations of Safe Exit Assist
Safe Exit Assist may not operate nor-
mally, or the function may operate unex-
pectedly under the following
circumstances:
僅 Driving through a narrow road where
trees or grass or overgrown
僅 Driving on a wet road surface, such as
a puddle in the road
僅 The speed of the other vehicle is very
fast or slow
NOTICE
For more details on the precautions of
the rear corner radars, refer to "Blind-
Spot Collision-Avoidance Assist (BCA) (if
equipped)" on page 6-82.
WARNING
僅 Safe Exit Assist may not operate nor-
mally if interfered by strong electro-
magnetic waves.
僅 Safe Exit Assist may not operate for
approximately 3 seconds after the
vehicle is started, or the rear corner
radars are initialized.
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