Honda Sensing®
Honda Sensing® is a driver support system which employs the use of two distinctly different kinds of sensors: a radar sensor located in the lower bumper and a front sensor camera mounted to the interior side of the windshield, behind the rearview mirror.
Honda Sensing® has following functions.
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Press to activate standby mode for ACC with Low Speed Follow, and LKAS. Or press to cancel these systems.
Press to activate or cancel the LKAS.
Press RES/+ button to resume the ACC with Low Speed Follow or increase the vehicle speed.
Press −/SET button to set the ACC with Low Speed Follow or decrease the vehicle speed.
Press the 
(interval) button to change the ACC with Low Speed Follow following- interval.
Press to cancel ACC with Low Speed Follow.
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■ Driver Information Interface Content
You can see the current state of ACC with Low Speed Follow, and LKAS.
a Indicates that ACC with Low Speed Follow, and LKAS are ready to be activated.
b Indicates that LKAS is activated and whether or not traffic lane lines are detected.
c Indicates whether or not a vehicle is detected ahead.
d Shows the set vehicle speed.
e Shows the set vehicle interval.
uuHonda Sensing® uCollision Mitigation Braking SystemTM (CMBSTM)
Can assist you when there is a possibility of your vehicle colliding with a vehicle or a pedestrian detected in front of yours. The CMBSTM is designed to alert you when the potential for a collision is determined, as well as to reduce your vehicle speed to help minimize collision severity when a collision is deemed unavoidable.
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uuHonda Sensing® uCollision Mitigation Braking SystemTM (CMBSTM)
You can change the distance (Long/Normal/Short) between vehicles at which the system’s earliest collision alert will come on through driver information interface or audio/information screen setting options.
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uuHonda Sensing® uCollision Mitigation Braking SystemTM (CMBSTM)
■ Collision Alert Stages The system has three alert stages for a possible collision. However, depending on circumstances, the CMBSTM may not go through all of the stages before initiating the last stage.
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Distance between vehicles |
CMBSTM |
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The radar sensor detects a vehicle |
Audible & Visual WARNINGS |
Braking |
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Stage one |
Normal Vehicle Long Short Ahead
Your Vehicle |
There is a risk of a collision with the vehicle ahead of you. |
When in Long, visual and audible alerts come on at a longer distance from a vehicle ahead than in Normal setting, and in Short, at a shorter distance than in Normal. |
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Stage two |
Your Vehicle Vehicle Ahead |
The risk of a collision has increased, time to respond is reduced. |
Visual and audible alerts. |
Lightly applied |
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Stage three |
Your Vehicle Vehicle Ahead
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The CMBSTM determines that a collision is unavoidable. |
Forcefully applied |
uuHonda Sensing® uCollision Mitigation Braking SystemTM (CMBSTM)
Press and hold the button until the beeper sounds to switch the system on or off.
When the CMBSTM is off:
The CMBSTM is turned on every time you start the engine, even if you turned it off the last time you drove the vehicle.
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uuHonda Sensing® uCollision Mitigation Braking SystemTM (CMBSTM)
The system may automatically shut off and the CMBSTM indicator will come on under certain conditions. Some examples of these conditions are listed below. Other conditions may reduce some of the CMBSTM functions.
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• Driving in bad weather (rain, fog, snow, etc.).
• Sudden changes in ambient light, such as an entrance or exit of a tunnel.
• There is little contrast between objects and the background.
• Driving into low sunlight (e.g., at dawn or dusk).
• Strong light is reflected onto the roadway.
• Driving in the shadows of trees, buildings, etc.
• Roadway objects or structures are misinterpreted as vehicles and pedestrians.
• Reflections on the interior of the windshield.
• A vehicle or a pedestrian is not clearly lit by the headlights while driving at night or in a dark lighting conditon such as in a tunnel.
• Driving on a snowy or wet roadway (obscured lane marking, vehicle tracks, reflected lights, road spray).
• Driving on curvy, winding, or undulating roads.
• The road is hilly or the vehicle is approaching the crest of a hill.
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• Headlight lenses are dirty or the headlights are not properly adjusted.
• The outside of the windshield is blocked by dirt, mud, leaves, wet snow, etc.
• The inside of the windshield is fogged.
• An abnormal tire or wheel condition (wrong size, varied size or construction, improperly inflated, compact spare tire, etc.).
• When tire chains are installed.
• The vehicle is tilted due to a heavy load or suspension modifications.
• The camera temperature gets too high.
• Driving with the parking brake applied.
• When the radar sensor in the lower bumper gets dirty.
• Driving at night or in a dark condition such as a tunnel with the headlights turned off.
• A vehicle or pedestrian suddenly crosses in front of you.
• The distance between your vehicle and the vehicle or pedestrian ahead of you is too short.
• A vehicle cuts in front of you at a slow speed, and it brakes suddenly.
• When you accelerate rapidly and approach the vehicle or pedestrian ahead of you at high speed.
• The vehicle ahead of you is a motorcycle, bicycle, mobility scooter or other small vehicle.
• When there are animals in front of your vehicle.
• When you drive on a curved, winding or undulating road that makes it difficult for the sensor to properly detect a vehicle in front of you.
• The speed difference between your vehicle and a vehicle or pedestrian in front of you is significantly large.
• An oncoming vehicle suddenly comes in front of you.
• Another vehicle suddenly comes in front of you at an intersection, etc.
• Your vehicle abruptly crosses over in front of an oncoming vehicle.
• When driving through a narrow iron bridge.
• When the lead vehicle suddenly slows down.
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uuHonda Sensing® uCollision Mitigation Braking SystemTM (CMBSTM)
Limitations applicable to pedestrian detection only
6.6 feet (2 meters) in height.
The CMBSTM may automatically shut itself off and the CMBSTM indicator comes and stays on when:
Once the conditions that caused the CMBSTM to shut off improve or are addressed (e.g., cleaning), the system comes back on.
uuHonda Sensing® uCollision Mitigation Braking SystemTM (CMBSTM)
■ With Little Chance of a Collision The CMBSTM may activate even when you are aware of a vehicle ahead of you, or when there is no vehicle ahead. Some examples of this are:
Your vehicle approaches another vehicle ahead of you and you change lanes to pass.
Your vehicle approaches or passes another vehicle that is making a left or right turn.
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When driving through curves, your vehicle comes to a point where an oncoming vehicle is right in front of you.
You drive under a low or narrow bridge at high speed.
You drive over speed bumps, steel road plates, etc., or your vehicle approaches train tracks or roadside objects (such as a traffic sign and guard rail) on a curve or, when parking, stationary vehicles and walls.
uuHonda Sensing® uAdaptive Cruise Control (ACC) with Low Speed Follow
Helps maintain a constant vehicle speed and a set following-interval behind a vehicle detected ahead of yours and, if the detected vehicle comes to a stop, can decelerate and stop your vehicle, without you having to keep your foot on the brake or the accelerator.
When ACC with Low Speed Follow slows your vehicle by applying the brakes, your vehicle’s brake lights will illuminate.
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uuHonda Sensing® uAdaptive Cruise Control (ACC) with Low Speed Follow
■ To Set the Vehicle Speed
When driving at about 25 mph (40 km/h) or above: Take your foot off the pedal and press the –/SET button when you reach the desired speed. The moment you release the button, the set speed is fixed, and ACC with Low Speed Follow begins. When driving slower than about 25 mph (40 km/h): If the vehicle is moving and the brake pedal is not depressed, pressing the button fixes the set speed to about 25 mph (40 km/h) regardless of current vehicle speed. If the vehicle is stationary, you can set the vehicle speed even with the brake pedal depressed.
When ACC with Low Speed Follow starts operating, the vehicle icon, interval bars and set speed appear on the driver information interface.
When you use ACC with Low Speed Follow, Straight Driving Assist (a feature of the Electric Power Steering system) is activated.
By enabling the steering system to automatically compensate for natural steering pull, Straight Driving Assist makes it easier for you to keep your vehicle in a straight line.
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uuHonda Sensing® uAdaptive Cruise Control (ACC) with Low Speed Follow
ACC with Low Speed Follow monitors if a vehicle ahead of you enters the ACC with Low Speed Follow range. If a vehicle is detected doing so, the ACC with Low Speed Follow system maintains or decelerates your vehicle’s set speed in order to keep the vehicle’s set following-interval from the vehicle ahead.
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When a vehicle whose speed is slower than your set speed is detected in front of you, your vehicle starts to slow down.
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uuHonda Sensing® uAdaptive Cruise Control (ACC) with Low Speed Follow
Your vehicle maintains the set speed without having to keep your foot on the brake or accelerator pedal.
If there previously was a vehicle detected ahead that kept your vehicle from traveling at the set speed, ACC with Low Speed Follow accelerates your vehicle to the set speed, and then maintains it.
You can temporarily increase the vehicle speed. In this case, there is no audible or visual alert even if a vehicle is in the ACC with Low Speed Follow range.
ACC with Low Speed Follow stays on unless you cancel it. Once you release the accelerator pedal, the system resumes an appropriate speed for keeping the following-interval while a vehicle ahead is within the ACC with Low Speed Follow range.
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uuHonda Sensing® uAdaptive Cruise Control (ACC) with Low Speed Follow
Your vehicle also stops, automatically. The Stopped message appears on the driver information interface.
When the vehicle ahead of you starts again, the vehicle icon on the driver information interface blinks. If you press the RES/+ or
–/SET button, or depress the accelerator pedal, ACC with Low Speed Follow operates again within the prior set speed.
If no vehicle is ahead of you before you resume driving, depress the accelerator pedal and ACC with Low Speed Follow will operate again within the prior set speed.
uuHonda Sensing® uAdaptive Cruise Control (ACC) with Low Speed Follow
■ ACC with Low Speed Follow Conditions and Limitations The system may automatically shut off and the ACC indicator will come on under certain conditions. Some examples of these conditions are listed below. Other
conditions may reduce some of the ACC with Low Speed Follow functions.
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• Driving in bad weather (rain, fog, snow, etc.).
• Driving on a snowy or wet roadway (obscured lane marking, vehicle tracks, reflected lights, road spray, high contrast).
• The outside of the windshield is blocked by dirt, mud, leaves, wet snow, etc.
• An abnormal tire or wheel condition (Wrong size, varied size or construction, improperly inflated, compact spare tire, etc.).
• The camera temperature gets too high.
• The parking brake is applied.
• When the lower bumper is dirty.
• The vehicle is tilted due to a heavy load or suspension modifications.
• When tire chains are installed.
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• A vehicle suddenly crosses in front of you.
• The interval between your vehicle and the vehicle ahead of you is too short.
• A vehicle cuts in front of you at a slow speed, and it brakes suddenly.
• When you accelerate rapidly and approach the vehicle ahead of you at high speed.
• The vehicle ahead of you is a motorcycle, bicycle, mobility scooter, or other small vehicle.
• When there are animals in front of your vehicle.
• When you drive on a curved or winding or undulating road that makes it difficult for the sensor to properly detect a vehicle in front of you.
• The speed difference between your vehicle and a vehicle in front of you is significantly large.
• An oncoming vehicle suddenly comes in front of you.
• Your vehicle abruptly crosses over in front of an oncoming vehicle.
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• When driving through a narrow iron bridge.
• When the vehicle ahead of you brakes suddenly.
• When the vehicle ahead of you has a unique shape.
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• When your vehicle or the vehicle ahead of you is driving on one edge of the lane.
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uuHonda Sensing® uAdaptive Cruise Control (ACC) with Low Speed Follow
■ To Adjust the Vehicle Speed Increase or decrease the vehicle speed using the RES/+ or –/SET button on the steering wheel.
• Each time you press the RES/+ or –/SET button, the vehicle speed is increased or decreased by about 1 mph or 1 km/h accordingly.
• If you keep pressing the RES/+ or –/SET button, the vehicle speed increases or decreases by about 5 mph or 5 km/h accordingly.
uuHonda Sensing® uAdaptive Cruise Control (ACC) with Low Speed Follow
Press the 
(interval) button to change the ACC with Low Speed Follow following- interval.
Each time you press the button, the following- interval (the interval behind a vehicle detected ahead of you) setting cycles through extra long, long, middle, and short following- intervals.
Determine the most appropriate following- interval setting based on your specific driving conditions. Be sure to adhere to any following-interval requirements set by local regulation.
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The higher your vehicle’s following-speed is, the longer the short, middle, long or extra long following-interval becomes. See the following examples for your reference.
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50 mph (80 km/h) |
65 mph (104 km/h) |
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Short |
81.0 feet 24.7 meters 1.1 sec |
103.3 feet 31.5 meters 1.1 sec |
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Middle |
112.2 feet 34.2 meters 1.5 sec |
142.4 feet 43.4 meters 1.5 sec |
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Long |
153.5 feet 46.8 meters 2.1 sec |
199.4 feet 60.8 meters 2.1 sec |
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Extra Long |
208.3 feet 63.5 meters 2.9 sec |
273.6 feet 83.4 meters 2.9 sec |
When your vehicle stops automatically because a vehicle detected ahead of you has stopped, the interval between the two vehicles will vary based on the ACC with Low Speed Follow interval setting.
uuHonda Sensing® uAdaptive Cruise Control (ACC) with Low Speed Follow
To cancel ACC with Low Speed Follow, do any of the following:
u ACC with Low Speed Follow indicator goes off.
u When the Low Speed Follow function has stopped the vehicle, you cannot cancel ACC with Low Speed Follow by depressing the brake pedal.
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uuHonda Sensing® uAdaptive Cruise Control (ACC) with Low Speed Follow
The beeper sounds and a message appears on the driver information interface when ACC with Low Speed Follow is automatically canceled. Any of these conditions may cause the ACC with Low Speed Follow to automatically cancel:
• Bad weather (rain, fog, snow, etc.)
• When the radar sensor in the lower bumper gets dirty.
• The vehicle ahead of you cannot be detected.
• An abnormal tire condition is detected, or the tires are skidding.
• Driving on a mountainous road, or driving off road for extended periods.
• Abrupt steering wheel movement.
• When the ABS, VSA® or CMBSTM is activated.
• When the ABS or VSA® system indicator comes on.
• When the vehicle is stopped on a very steep slope.
• When you manually apply the parking brake.
• When the detected vehicle within the ACC with Low Speed Follow range is too close to your vehicle.
• The camera behind the rearview mirror, or the area around the camera, including the windshield, gets dirty.
• When the Maximum Load Limit is exceeded.
• When passing through an enclosed space, such as tunnel.
The ACC with Low Speed Follow automatic cancellation can be also triggered by the following causes. In these cases, the parking brake will be automatically applied.
• The driver’s seat belt is unfastened when the vehicle is stationary.
• The vehicle stops for more than 10 minutes.
• The engine is turned off.
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Press and hold the 
(interval) button for one second. Cruise Mode Selected appears on the driver information interface for two seconds, and then the mode switches to Cruise.
To switch back to ACC with Low Speed Follow, press and hold the 
button again for one second. ACC Mode Selected appears on the driver information interface for two seconds.
Desired speed in a range above roughly 25 mph (40 km/h) ~.
■ To Set the Vehicle Speed Take your foot off the pedal and press the –/SET button when you reach the desired speed.
The moment you release the –/SET button, the set speed is fixed, and cruise control
begins. The CRUISE CONTROL indicator comes on.
When you use cruise control, Straight Driving Assist (a feature of the Electric Power Steering system) is activated.
By enabling the steering system to automatically compensate for natural steering pull, Straight Driving Assist makes it easier for you to keep your vehicle in a straight line.
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• Each time you press the RES/+ or –/SET button, the vehicle speed is increased or decreased by about 1 mph or 1.6 km/h accordingly.
• If you keep the RES/+ or –/SET button pressed, the vehicle speed increases or decreases until you release it. This speed is then set.
To cancel cruise control, do any of the following:
• Press the CANCEL button.
• Press the MAIN button.
• Depress the brake pedal.
The CRUISE CONTROL indicator goes off.
uuHonda Sensing®uLane Keeping Assist System (LKAS)
Provides steering input to help keep the vehicle in the middle of a detected lane and provides tactile and visual alerts if the vehicle is detected drifting out of its lane.
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uuHonda Sensing® uLane Keeping Assist System (LKAS)
■ Lane Keep Support Function Provides assistance to keep the vehicle in the center of the lane. When the vehicle nears a white or yellow line, steering force of the electric power steering will become
stronger.
■ Lane Departure Warning Function When the vehicle enters the warning area, the LKAS alerts you with slight steering wheel vibration as well as a warning display.
uuHonda Sensing®uLane Keeping Assist System (LKAS)
■ When the System can be Used
The system can be used when the following conditions are met.
• The lane in which you are driving has detectable lane markers on both sides, and your vehicle is in the center of the lane.
• The vehicle is traveling between about 45 and 90 mph (72 and 145 km/h).
• You are driving on a straight or slightly curved road.
• The turn signals are off.
• The brake pedal is not depressed.
• The wipers are not in high speed operation.
u The LKAS indicator comes on in the driver information interface.
The system is ready to use.
u Lane outlines appear on the driver information interface.
The system is activated.
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uuHonda Sensing® uLane Keeping Assist System (LKAS)
u The dotted outer lines change to solid ones once the system starts operating after detecting the left and right lane markings.
To cancel the LKAS:
Press the MAIN or LKAS button.
The LKAS is turned off every time you stop the engine, even if you turned it on the last time you drove the vehicle.
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u Turning the wipers off or setting it to LO
resumes the LKAS.
Models with automatic intermittent wipers
u The LKAS resumes when the wipers stop or operate at low speed.
All models
u Increasing the vehicle speed to about 45 mph (72 km/h) or more resumes the LKAS.
u The LKAS resumes and starts detecting the lane lines again once you release the brake pedal.
• The system fails to detect lane lines.
• The steering wheel is quickly turned.
• You fail to steer the vehicle.
• Driving through a sharp curve.
• Driving at a speed in excess of approximately 90 mph (145 km/h). Once these conditions no longer exist, the LKAS automatically resumes.
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• The camera temperature gets extremely high or low.
• The camera behind the rearview mirror, or the area around the camera, including the windshield, gets dirty.
• The ABS or VSA® systems engage.
A beeper sounds if the LKAS is automatically canceled.
■ LKAS Conditions and Limitations The system may not detect lane markings and therefore may not keep the vehicle in the middle of a lane under certain conditions, including the following:
• Driving in bad weather (rain, fog, snow, etc.).
• Sudden changes between light and dark, such as an entrance or exit of a tunnel.
• There is little contrast between lane lines and the roadway surface.
• Driving into low sunlight (e.g., at dawn or dusk).
• Strong light is reflected onto the roadway.
• Driving in the shadows of trees, buildings, etc.
• Shadows of adjacent objects are parallel to lane markings.
• Roadway objects or structures are misinterpreted as lane markers.
• Reflections on the interior of the front windshield.
• Driving at night or in a dark condition such as a tunnel.
uuHonda Sensing®uLane Keeping Assist System (LKAS)
• Driving on a snowy or wet roadway (obscured lane marking, vehicle tracks, reflected lights, road spray, high contrast).
• Driving on a road with temporary lane markings.
• Faint, multiple, or varied lane markings are visible on the roadway due to road repairs or old lane markings.
• The roadway has merging, split, or crossing lines (e.g., such as at an intersection or crosswalk).
• The lane markings are extremely narrow, wide, or changing.
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• The vehicle in front of you is driving near the lane lines.
• The road is hilly or the vehicle is approaching the crest of a hill.
• Driving on rough or unpaved roads, or over bumpy surfaces.
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uuHonda Sensing® uLane Keeping Assist System (LKAS)
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Lane void of lines at junction
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uuHonda Sensing®uRoad Departure Mitigation (RDM) System
Alerts and helps to assist you when the system detects a possibility of your vehicle unintentionally crossing over detected lane markings and/or leaving the roadway altogether.
The front camera behind the rearview mirror monitors left and right lane markings (in white or yellow). If your vehicle is getting too close to detected lane markings without a turn signal activated, the system, in addition to a visual alert, applies steering torque and alerts you with rapid vibrations on the steering wheel, to help you remain within the detected lane.
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As a visual alert, the Lane Departure message appears on the driver information interface.
If the system determines that its steering input is insufficient to keep your vehicle on the roadway, it may apply braking.
u Braking is applied only when the lane markings are solid continuous lines.
The system cancels assisting operations when you turn the steering wheel to avoid crossing over detected lane markings.
If the system operates several times without detecting driver response, the system beeps to alert you.
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uuHonda Sensing® uRoad Departure Mitigation (RDM) System
■ How the System Activates The system becomes ready to start searching for lane markings when all the following conditions are met:
Press the RDM button to turn the system on and off.
u The indicator in the button comes on and the message appears on the driver information interface when the system is on.
* Not available on all models
uuHonda Sensing®uRoad Departure Mitigation (RDM) System
■ RDM Conditions and Limitations The system may not properly detect lane markings and the position of your vehicle under certain conditions. Some examples of these conditions are listed below.
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uuHonda Sensing®uFront Sensor Camera
The camera, used in systems such as LKAS, RDM, ACC with Low Speed Follow, and CMBSTM, is designed to detect an object that triggers any of the systems to operate its functions.
This camera is located behind the rearview mirror.
To help reduce the likelihood that high interior temperatures will cause the camera’s sensing system to shut off, when parking, find a shady area or face the front of the vehicle away from the sun. If you use a reflective sun shade, do not allow it to cover the camera housing.
Covering the camera can concentrate heat on it.
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uuHonda Sensing®uRadar Sensor
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The radar sensor is in the lower bumper.
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