Kia Cadenza: Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist (FCA) / Detecting sensors (front view camera/front radar)

The sensors are that detecting the distance to vehicles ahead, pedestrian or cyclist.

In bad weather conditions such as heavy rain, heavy snow, and fog, or when sensor is covered by foreign material, dust, tec., the sensors will be degraded and the system will be temporarily disabled.

Always keep the sensor clean.

✽ NOTICE

• Do not install any accessories, such as license plate molding or sticker, on the sensor area. Nor arbitrarily replace the bumper. Those may adversely affect the sensing performance.
• Always keep the sensor/bumper area clean.
• Use only soft cloths to wash the vehicle. Also, do not spray highlypressurized water on the sensor installed on the bumper.
• Be careful not to apply unnecessary force on the frontal sensor area. When the sensor moves out of the correct position due to external force, the system may not normally operate even without the warning light or message. In this case, have your vehicle inspected by an authorized Kia dealer.
• Use only the genuine Kia sensor cover. Do not arbitrarily apply paint on the sensor cover.
• Do not tint the window or install stickers, accessories around the inside mirror where the camera is installed.
• Make sure the frontal camera installation point does not get wet.
• Do not impact or arbitrarily remove any radar/camera components.
• Do not place reflective objects(white paper or mirror etc.) on the crash pad. The system may activate unnecessarily due to reflect of the sunlight.
• Excessive audio volume may disturb the sound of the system warning alarm.
• For more cautions for the camera sensor, refer to the “Lane Keeping Assist (LKA)” in this chapter.

Warning message and warning light

If the sensor or sensor cover is covered by bad weather or foreign objects, dust, etc., FCA operation may temporarily stop. In this case, the warning message appears to warn the driver.

This is not a malfunction with FCA. To operate FCA again, remove the foreign substances.

FCA may not properly operate when the front radar is contaminated or an object such as an open area is not existed after engine start.

WARNING

FCA may not activate without any warning messages according to driving condition, traffic on the road, weather, road condition, etc.