About Reverse Automatic Braking
If your vehicle has this available feature, Reverse Automatic Braking
How Reverse Automatic Braking works
- Reverse Automatic Braking uses rear-looking radar and ultrasonic sensors that can detect objects directly behind the vehicle when in REVERSE.
- It also uses Intelligent Brake Assist, which can provide a boost to your braking when a Reverse Automatic Emergency Braking situation is detected.
What happens during Reverse Automatic Braking
- When you’re moving in REVERSE at low speeds and in a potential collision situation with a detected object directly behind your vehicle, you’ll hear a beep from the rear speakers. You’ll also see an alert appear on your Rear Vision Camera display.
- If the feature detects you’re in imminent danger of colliding with a detected object, you’ll hear repeated beeps from the rear speakers. You’ll also see a red triangle appear on your Rear Vision Camera display.
- If your vehicle has the Safety Alert Seat, you'll feel 5 seat pulses, depending on your alert settings.
- If you don’t respond quickly or the situation happens suddenly, the Reverse Automatic Braking feature is designed to automatically apply hard emergency braking.
What to do after Reverse Automatic Braking
- You can override automatic braking at any time by pressing the accelerator or by braking. If you don’t press the brake pedal soon after the stop, the feature may activate the Electric Parking Brake. You'll see a “P” icon in your driver display if this happens. You can release it by pressing the Electric Parking Brake button while holding the brakes.
- Before releasing the brakes or overriding automatic braking, you should check the Rear Vision Camera display and check the area around the vehicle to make sure it is safe to proceed.
Turning Reverse Automatic Braking off
- This feature can be turned on and off using the Parking Assist switch or by pressing the Parking Assist icon on your center display, depending on your vehicle.
- You can also turn the feature off through the Settings menu. It will either be in the Park Assist settings or under Reverse Automatic Braking, depending on your vehicle.
- If you turn Reverse Automatic Braking off, the feature will stay off till you turn it back on, even if you restart your vehicle.
- Reverse Automatic Braking will turn off automatically if it detects a trailer attached to the rear of your vehicle. If you attach a bike or other object to the rear of your vehicle, you should turn the feature off. These objects can engage automatic braking and prevent you from backing up. If you turn your vehicle off and back on again while the object is attached, you must disable the feature again before you can continue driving.
Irregular objects can affect performance
Reverse Automatic Braking may have difficulty detecting the following objects:
- Vehicles that are low to the road surface or have a small or irregular shape.
- A truck or trailer that has no cargo in the cargo bed.
- Vehicles with cargo extending from the back end.
- Objects attached to the rear of a vehicle detected behind your vehicle.
Weather conditions can affect performance
- Conditions that are associated with low visibility, such as fog, rain, snow or road spray, may limit the performance of the system.
- Water droplets from rain or snow that remain on the radar sensors may also limit the system’s ability to detect objects.
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To find out if your vehicle has this feature, contact your dealer or refer to your vehicle’s equipment list. Please check your Owner’s Manual for more information about features.