Kia FORTE 2022, Manual, Page: 266 / 514

Driving your vehicle
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Forward Collision–Avoidance Assist (FCA) (Front view camera
only)
When the front windshield where the
front view camera is located, is covered
with foreign material, such as snow or
rain, it can reduce the detecting perfor
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mance and temporarily limit or disable
Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist.
If this occurs, the 'Forward Safety system
disabled. Camera obscured' warning
message will appear (turns off after a
certain time), and the and
warning lights will illuminate on the clus
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ter.
Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist will
operate properly when snow, rain or for
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eign matter is removed. Always keep it
clean.
If Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist
does not operate properly after obstruc
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tion (snow, rain, or foreign material) is
removed, have the vehicle inspected by
an authorized Kia dealer.
WARNING
僅 Even though the warning message or
warning light does not appear on the
cluster, Forward Collision-Avoidance
Assist may not properly operate.
僅 Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist
may not properly operate in an area
(for example, open terrain), where any
objects are not detected after turning
ON the engine.
Limitations of Forward Collision-
Avoidance Assist
Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist may
not operate properly or it may operate
unexpectedly under the following cir
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cumstances:
僅 The detecting sensor or the surround
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ings are contaminated or damaged
僅 The temperature around the front
view camera is high or low due to the
external environment.
僅 The camera lens is contaminated due
to tinted, filmed or coated windshield,
damaged glass, or sticky foreign
material (sticker, bug, etc.) on the
glass
僅 Moisture is not removed or frozen on
the windshield
僅 Washer fluid is continuously sprayed,
or the wiper is on
僅 Driving in heavy rain or snow, or thick
fog
僅 The field of view of the front view
camera is obstructed by sun glare
僅 Street light or light from an oncoming
traffic is reflected on the wet road sur
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face, such as a puddle on the road
僅 An object is placed on the dashboard
僅 Your vehicle is being towed
僅 The surrounding is very bright
僅 The surrounding is very dark, such as
in a tunnel, etc.
僅 The brightness changes suddenly, for
example when entering or exiting a
tunnel
僅 The brightness outside is low, and the
headlamps are not on or are not
bright
僅 Driving through steam, smoke or
shadow
僅 Only part of the vehicle, pedestrian is
detected
僅 The vehicle in front is a bus, heavy
truck, truck with an unusually shaped
cargo, trailer, etc.
僅 The vehicle in front has no tail lights,
tail lights are located unusually, etc.
僅 The brightness outside is low, and the
tail lamps are not on or are not bright