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4-5. Using the driving support systems
■Conditions under which the RCTA function will not detect a vehicle
The RCTA function is not designed to detect the following types of vehicles
and/or objects:
●Small motorcycles, bicycles, pedestrians, etc.*
●Vehicles approaching from directly behind
●Vehicles that the sensors cannot detect
due to obstructions
●Guardrails, walls, signs, parked vehicles and similar stationary objects*
●Vehicles moving away from your vehicle
●Vehicles approaching from the parking spaces next to your vehicle*
●Vehicles backing up in the parking space next to your vehicle*
*: Depending on the conditions, detection of a vehicle and/or object may
occur.
■Conditions under which the RCTA function may not function correctly
●The RCTA function may not detect vehicles correctly in the following condi-
tions:
• When the sensor is misaligned due to a strong impact to the sensor or its
surrounding area
• When mud, snow, ice, a sticker, etc., is covering the sensor or surround-
ing area on the rear bumper
• During bad weather such as heavy rain, fog, snow, etc.
• When multiple vehicles approach continuously
• Shallow angle parking
• When a vehicle is approaching at high speed
• When parking on a steep incline, such as hills, a dip in the road, etc.
• Immediately after the RCTA function is turned on
• Immediately after the engine is started with the RCTA function on.
●Vehicles that the sensors cannot detect
due to obstructions
• When items such as a bicycle carrier are installed on the rear of the vehi-
cle