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Driving your vehicle
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Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist (FCA) (Front radar)
ward Collision-Avoidance Assist will
turn off automatically. In this case, the
function cannot be set from the Set
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tings menu and the warning light will
illuminate on the cluster which is nor
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mal. If ESC is turned on by pressing
the ESC OFF button, Forward Colli
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sion-Avoidance Assist will maintain
the last setting.
僅 Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist
does not operate in all situations or
cannot avoid all collisions.
僅 The driver should hold the responsi
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bility to control the vehicle. Do not
solely depend on Forward Collision-
Avoidance Assist. Rather, maintain a
safe braking distance, and if neces
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sary, depress the brake pedal to
reduce driving speed or to stop the
vehicle.
僅 Never deliberately operate Forward
Collision-Avoidance Assist on people,
animal, objects, etc. It may cause seri
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ous injury or death.
僅 Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist
may not operate if the driver
depresses the brake pedal to avoid
collision.
僅 Depending on the road and driving
conditions, Forward Collision-Avoid
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ance Assist may warn the driver late
or may not warn the driver.
僅 During Forward Collision-Avoidance
Assist operation, the vehicle may stop
suddenly injuring passengers and
shifting loose objects. Always have the
seat belt on and keep loose objects
secured.
僅 If any other function’s warning mes
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sage is displayed or audible warning
is generated, Forward Collision-Avoid
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ance Assist warning message may not
be displayed and audible warning
may not be generated.
僅 You may not hear the warning sound
of Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist
if the surrounding is noisy.
僅 Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist
may turn off or may not operate prop
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erly or may operate unnecessarily
depending on the road conditions and
the surroundings.
WARNING
僅 Even if there is a problem with For
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ward Collision-Avoidance Assist, the
vehicle’s basic braking performance
will operate normally.
僅 During emergency braking, braking
control by Forward Collision-Avoid
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ance Assist will automatically cancel
when the driver excessively depresses
the accelerator pedal or sharply steers
the vehicle.
CAUTION
僅 Depending on the condition of the
vehicle in front and the surroundings,
the speed range to operate Forward
Collision-Avoidance Assist may
reduce. Forward Collision-Avoidance
Assist may only warn the driver, or it
may not operate.
NOTICE
In a situation collision is imminent, brak
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ing may be assisted by Forward Colli
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sion-Avoidance Assist when braking is
insufficient by the driver.