Toyota CH-R: Safe exit assist operation

■ Objects that can be detected by the safe exit assist

When the safe exit assist detects the following vehicles or bicycles behind your vehicle using a rear side radar sensor, the occupants of the vehicle are informed through an outside rear view mirror indicator, door Illumination (red), buzzer, multi-information display, and voice notification.

1. A Vehicle or bicycle which has a high possibility of colliding with a door (other than the back door) when opened

■ The safe exit assist detection areas

The areas that vehicles can be detected in are outlined below.

1. Approximately 45 m (145 ft.) rearward from the front door*

*: The faster a vehicle or bicycle is approaching, the distance at which an outside rear view mirror indicator and door Illumination (red) will illuminate or blink will become further.

■The safe exit assist is operational when

The safe exit assist is operational when all of the following conditions are met:

• When the hybrid system is ON, less than 3 minutes have elapsed since the hybrid system was off, or less than 3 minutes have elapsed since a door was opened and someone has entered the vehicle (the time which operation is possible may be extended if a door is opened and closed)
• Safe exit assist is on
• The vehicle is stopped.
• The shift position is in a position other than R.

■The safe exit assist will detect a vehicle when

The safe exit assist will detect a vehicle present in the detection area in the following situations: When the vehicle is stopped and a vehicle or bicycle, which is traveling parallel to the vehicle, is approaching within the area that a door opens (other than the back door)

■Conditions under which the system will not detect a vehicle

• Safe exit assist does not detect the following objects, vehicles, and bicycles:
  • Vehicles or bicycles which are approaching slowly
  • Vehicles or bicycles which are determined to have a low possibility of colliding with a door (other than the back door) when opened
  • Vehicles or bicycles which are approaching from directly behind
  • Vehicles or bicycles which are approaching from the front
  • Guardrails, walls, signs, parked vehicles, and other stationary objects
  • Pedestrians, animals, etc.*

*: Depending on the conditions, detection of a vehicle and/or object may occur.

• In situations such as the following, safe exit assist will not operate:
  • When 3 minutes or more have elapsed since the hybrid system off (the time which operation is possible may be extended if a door is opened and closed)
  • When your vehicle is not completely stopped

■Conditions under which the system may not function correctly

• The safe exit assist may not detect vehicles correctly in the following situations:
  • 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 surrounding area on the rear bumper
  • When driving on a road surface that is wet with standing water during bad weather, such as heavy rain, snow, or fog
  • When a vehicle or bicycle approaches from behind a nearby parked vehicle
  • When an approaching vehicle or bicycle suddenly changes direction
  • Immediately after a vehicle or bicycle starts moving
  • When the back door is open
  • When a bicycle carrier, ramp, or other accessory is installed to the back of the vehicle
  • When a parked vehicle, wall, sign, person or other stationary object is behind the vehicle
  • When the vehicle is stopped at an angle to the road
  • When a vehicle is traveling near an approaching vehicle or bicycle
  • When an approaching vehicle or bicycle is traveling along a stationary object, such a wall or sign
  • When a vehicle or bicycle is approaching at high speed
  • When towing with the vehicle
  • When stopped on a steep slope
  • When stopped on a curve or at the exit of a curve
• Instances of the Safe Exit Assist unnecessarily detecting a vehicle and/or object may increase in the following situations:
  • When the sensor is misaligned due to a strong impact to the sensor or its surrounding area
  • When a vehicle or bicycle approaches from behind your vehicle at an angle
  • When the vehicle is stopped at an angle to the road
  • When a vehicle or bicycle approaches from behind a parked vehicle at an angle
  • When a parked vehicle, wall, sign, person or other stationary object is behind the vehicle
  • When an approaching vehicle or bicycle suddenly changes direction
  • When an approaching vehicle or bicycle is traveling along a stationary object, such a wall or sign
  • When the back door is open
  • When a bicycle carrier, ramp, or other accessory is installed to the back of the vehicle
  • When a vehicle or bicycle is approaching at high speed
  • When towing with the vehicle
  • When stopped on a steep slope
  • When stopped on a curve or at the exit of a curve

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