Rear door alert
The Rear Door Alert system functions un- der certain conditions to indicate there may be an object or passenger in the rear seat(s). Check the seat(s) before exiting the vehicle. The Rear Door Alert system is initially dis- abled. The driver can enable the system using the vehicle information display. For additional information, see “Vehicle infor- mation display–7 inch (18 cm) Type A” (P. 2-22) or “Vehicle information display—12.3 inch (31 cm) Type B” (P. 2-46). When the system is enabled: • The system is activated when a rear door
is opened and closed within 10 minutes of the vehicle being driven. When the driver door is closed and the system is acti- vated, a visual message appears in the vehicle information display. For additional information, see “Rear Door Alert is acti- vated” (P. 2-64).
• If a rear door is opened and closed but the vehicle is not driven within approxi- mately 10 minutes, the system will not be activated. A rear door must be opened and closed and the car driven within 10 minutes for the system to activate.
When the Rear Door Alert system is acti- vated: • When the driver puts the vehicle in the P
(Park) position, a notification message appears in the vehicle information dis- play with the options to “Dismiss Mes- sage” or “Disable Alert” if desired. • Select “Disable Alert” to temporarily
disable for that stop. • No selection or ‘Dismiss Message” will
keep the alert enabled for that stop. • If the alert is enabled when a driver exits
the vehicle, a message will appear in the vehicle information display that states “Check Back Seat For All Articles.” If “Horn & Alert” setting is selected: • An audible horn sound will occur after
a short time unless a rear door is opened and closed within a short time to deactivate the alert.
• If the doors are locked before the alert is deactivated by opening a rear door, the horn will sound.
• If the liftgate is opened before a rear door is opened, the horn will be de- layed until after the liftgate is closed.
NOTE: If “Alert Only” setting is selected, the message alert will still be shown in the vehicle information display but the horn will not sound.
WARNING
• If the driver selects “Disable Alert”, no audible alert will be provided regard- less of rear door open/close status.
• There may be times when there is an object or passenger in the rear seat(s) but the audible alert does not sound. For example, this may occur if rear seat passengers enter or exit the vehicle during a trip.
• The system does not directly detect objects or passengers in the rear seat(s). Instead, it can detect when a rear door is opened and closed, indi- cating that there may be something in the rear seat(s).
NOTE: There may be times when the horn sounds but there are no objects or pas- sengers in the rear seat(s).
For additional information, see “Rear Door Alert is activated” (P. 2-64).
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