Kia Sportage: Limitations of Blind-Spot Collision-Avoidance Assist

Blind-Spot Collision-Avoidance Assist (BCA) may not detect nearby traffic reliably in every situation. It may also issue a warning or provide assistance unexpectedly when visibility, sensor conditions or the surrounding road environment affect detection. Use particular care in the following circumstances:

• Heavy snow, heavy rain or other severe weather is reducing visibility.

• Snow, rain, dirt or other material is covering a detecting sensor.

• The temperature around a detecting sensor is unusually high or low because of the surrounding conditions.

• A nearby vehicle, pillar or wall is obstructing a sensor while you are driving.

• You are driving on a motorway entrance or exit ramp, or passing through a tollgate.

• The road surface or nearby ground contains an unusual amount of metallic material, such as near subway construction.

• Fixed objects are close to the Kia Sportage, including sound barriers, guardrails, central dividers, entry barriers, streetlights, signs, tunnels or walls. This also applies where these structures are arranged in multiple layers.

• You are travelling along a narrow road bordered by overgrown trees or grass.

• You are driving through a large open area with few vehicles or structures, such as a desert, meadow or suburb.

• The road is wet, including where puddles are present.

• Another vehicle is following very closely or passes the Kia Sportage at close range.

• Another vehicle is travelling so fast that it passes your vehicle in a very short time.

• Your vehicle is passing another vehicle.

• Your vehicle is changing lanes.

• Your vehicle starts moving at the same time as a vehicle alongside it and then accelerates.

• A vehicle in the next lane moves two lanes away, or a vehicle two lanes away moves into the adjacent lane.

• A trailer, carrier or similar attachment is fitted near a rear corner radar.

• An object such as a bumper sticker or bicycle rack covers the bumper near a rear corner radar.

• The bumper near a rear corner radar has been struck or damaged, or the radar is out of position.

• Snow chains or wheels of a different size are fitted.

• The vehicle’s height has changed because of a heavy load, abnormal tyre pressure or a similar condition.

• The system encounters an object that may be difficult to detect reliably, including:

  • A motorcycle or bicycle.

  • A low, flat vehicle, such as an unloaded trailer.

  • A large vehicle, such as a bus or truck.

  • A moving object such as a pedestrian, animal, shopping cart or pushchair.

  • A low-profile vehicle, such as a sports car.

BCA braking assistance may also be unavailable in certain situations. Stay alert and be prepared to brake yourself when:

• The vehicle is vibrating heavily while travelling over a bumpy or uneven road, or across a concrete patch.

• The road is slippery because of snow, standing water, ice or similar conditions.

• A tyre is damaged or its inflation pressure is low.

• The braking system has been modified.

• You make an urgent steering manoeuvre.

WARNING

WARNING

Blind-Spot Collision-Avoidance Assist malfunction

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