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About Front and Rear Park Assist

If your vehicle has this available feature, Front and Rear Park Assist provides alerts of nearby detected vehicles and objects in front of or behind your vehicle to help you park and avoid collisions.

What does front and rear park assist do?

1. Front and Rear Park Assist uses ultrasonic sensors located on the front and rear bumpers to detect objects.

2. The sensors are designed to detect objects up to 6 feet behind the vehicle and up to 4 feet in front of the vehicle.

3. When the system detects an object, you’ll hear some low-pitched beeps.

4. The closer you get to a detected object, the faster the beeps.

a. If your vehicle has the Safety Alert Seat, you’ll feel pulses on both sides of the seat (depending on your selected Alert Type menu option).

b. The closer you get to a detected object, you’ll feel more Safety Alert Seat pulses.

5. As you approach a detected object behind you, you’ll see caution triangles on the Rear Vision Camera Display.

a. They’ll go from yellow to red the closer you get.

6. You’ll also see a Park Assist graphic in the driver display with bars that show how close you are to the detected object.

a. As the object gets closer, more bars light up and the bars change color from yellow to red.

b. On some vehicles, the Park Assist display will also have a guideline showing you the path of your vehicle.

7. If an object is within 2 feet of the rear bumper, you’ll hear 5 repeating beeps.

a. If your vehicle has the Safety Alert Seat, you’ll feel 5 pulses on both sides of the seat.

8. If an object is within 1 foot of the front or rear bumper, you’ll hear a continuous beep for 3 seconds and get the alerts described above.

If your vehicle has the Safety Alert Seat, you’ll feel 5 pulses on both sides of the seat

How to turn front and rear park assist off

Front and Rear Park Assist can be turned on and off by pushing the Park Assist system control (marked with a “P” symbol).
If your vehicle has a Park Assist setting in the Settings menu, you can also turn the feature off from there. In these vehicles, pressing the physical or virtual Park Assist button will turn the feature off until you turn your vehicle back on.

Safety or driver assistance features are no substitute for the driver’s responsibility to operate the vehicle in a safe manner. The driver should remain attentive to traffic, surroundings and road conditions at all times. Visibility, weather, and road conditions may affect feature performance. Read the vehicle Owner’s Manual for more important feature limitations and information.

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About Automatic Parking Assist

How to use Automatic Parking Assist

Q&As

Will Front and Rear Park Assist prevent me from striking pedestrians, including small children?

Front and Rear Park Assist is not designed to detect children or adults. You should always check for the presence of small children or pedestrians behind and in front of your vehicle before shifting into FORWARD or REVERSE.

Will Front and Rear Park Assist stop my vehicle if I get too close to an object?

No. Front and Rear Park Assist won’t stop or slow down your vehicle. It doesn’t engage your vehicle’s accelerator or braking. It is an alert system only.

Will Front and Rear Park Assist automatically park my vehicle?

No. It’s not designed to park a vehicle, but it can help you judge distance from another vehicle when you’re pulling forward or backing into a parking space. You may experience Front and Rear Park Assist alerts during Automatic Parking Assist operation (if equipped). This is part of normal operation.

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To find out if your vehicle has this feature, contact your dealer or refer to your vehicle equipment list. Please check your Owner’s manual for more information about features.