Hyundai Tucson: Driver Assistance System / Before Using Driver Assistance System. Driver Assistance System Settings. Warning Volume

WARNING

Always maintain a safe distance from the vehicles ahead and adjust your vehicle speed to the road conditions. Driver Assistance system may not operate in all situations and cannot avoid all collisions.

To prevent serious injury or death:

• Control your vehicle at all times. In some cases, the Driver Assistance system may provide unanticipated braking or steering.
• Never attempt to activate any Driver Assistance system by intentionally driving toward people, animals, objects, or other vehicles.
• The steering, braking, and acceleration inputs from you may override the responses from driver assistance system.
• Do not use Driver Assistance system when towing a trailer or using a hitch mounted carrier.
• Do not use Driver Assistance system if you believe the sensors or the systems may not be functioning properly.

Information

Driver Assistance system’s functions can be updated by infotainment software update. Descriptions of each function may differ from the owners' manual once updated. Refer to the user's manual provided in the infotainment system and the quick reference guide.

Limitations of Driver Assistance System

Nearby vehicles, road conditions, or other factors may delay the response from Driver Assistance system or cause these systems not to function, including:

• Lane-restricted driving situations (tollbooths, construction zones, etc.)
• Curves, hills, or other road features that may detect vehicles in adjacent lanes or not detect vehicles ahead in the roadway
• If other vehicles, pedestrians, or cyclists are not detected
• Driving in inclement weather, such as heavy rain, snow or icy conditions
• Interference from strong electromagnetic waves
• Streets with railroad tracks or other embedded metal objects
• If anything is blocking or covering a sensor
• If any camera, radar, or sensor is damaged

Driver Assistance System Settings. Warning Volume

Warning Timing

With the ignition switch ON, go to User Settings > Driver Assistance > Warning Timing (for cluster type) or Setup > Vehicle > Driver Assistance > Warning Timing (for infotainment system type) from the Settings menu to change the initial warning activation time. Warning Timing is set to Normal at the factory.

If you change the Warning Timing, the warning time for Forward Collision– Avoidance Assist, Blind-Spot Collision- Avoidance Assist, Driver Attention Warning, and Rear Cross-Traffic Collision-Avoidance Assist are changed.

WARNING

• Even though Normal is selected for Warning Timing if the vehicle ahead of you suddenly stops, the initial warning activation time may not seem late.
• Select Late for Warning Timing when traffic is light and your vehicle speed is slow.

Information

When the engine is restarted, the Warning Timing maintains its last setting.

Warning Volume

With the ignition switch ON, the Warning Volume can be adjusted from the Settings menu in the instrument cluster or infotainment system.

Select:

• User Settings > Driver Assistance > Warning Volume (for cluster type)
• Setup > Vehicle > Driver Assistance > Warning Sound and Haptic > Warning Volume (for infotainment system type)

If Driving Safety Priority is selected from the Settings menu in the infotainment system, your vehicle lowers all other audio volumes when the Driver Assistance system warning sounds.

Information

• When the engine is restarted, the Warning Volume maintains its last setting.
• Driving Safety Priority setting is applied to warning sounds for Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist, Lane Keeping Assist, Blind-Spot Collision- Avoidance Assist, Safe Exit Warning, Smart Cruise Control, and hands-off warning.