When Driving; Vehicles with Blind Spot Monitoring ; Vehicles without Blind Spot Monitoring - Page 223

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When Driving

i-ACTIVSENSE

 Canceling Operation of Blind Spot 

Monitoring (BSM)

The Blind Spot Monitoring (BSM) 

and Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA) 

systems are turned off and the Blind Spot 

Monitoring (BSM) OFF indicator light in 

the instrument cluster turns on.

Vehicles with Blind Spot Monitoring 

(BSM) switch

When the Blind Spot Monitoring 

(BSM) switch is pressed, the Blind Spot 

Monitoring (BSM) and Rear Cross Traffic 

Alert (RCTA) systems are turned off and 

the Blind Spot Monitoring (BSM) OFF 

indicator light in the instrument cluster 

turns on.

If the switch is pressed again, the Blind 

Spot Monitoring (BSM) and Rear Cross 

Traffic Alert (RCTA) systems become 

operable and the Blind Spot Monitoring 

(BSM) OFF indicator light turns off.

NOTE

When the ignition is switched OFF, the 

system status before it was turned off is 

maintained. For example, if the ignition 

is switched OFF while the Blind Spot 

Monitoring (BSM) and Rear Cross Traffic 

Alert (RCTA) systems are operable, the 

Blind Spot Monitoring (BSM) and Rear 

Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA) systems remain 

operable the next time the ignition is 

switched ON.

Vehicles without Blind Spot Monitoring 

(BSM) switch

The Blind Spot Monitoring (BSM) system 

can be set to inoperable.

Refer to Personalization Features on page 

9-12.

When the Blind Spot Monitoring (BSM) 

is set to inoperable, the Blind Spot 

Monitoring (BSM) and Rear Cross Traffic 

Alert (RCTA) systems are turned off and 

the Blind Spot Monitoring (BSM) OFF 

indicator light in the instrument cluster 

turns on.

NOTE

If the engine is stopped while the Blind 

Spot Monitoring (BSM) is turned off, the 

Blind Spot Monitoring (BSM) becomes 

operable the next time the engine is 

started.

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