Lincoln-MKT-Owner-Manual

Driving Aids

System Lights, Messages and Audible Alerts

The system detects approaching vehicles from up to 45 ft (14 m) away, though coverage decreases when the sensors are blocked. Reversing slowly helps increase the coverage area and effectiveness. The following are other situations that may limit the Cross Traffic Alert performance: • Stationary or slow moving vehicles. • Pedestrians or objects in the roadway. • Oncoming vehicles in the same lame. • Severe weather conditions. • Debris build-up near or around the sensor(s). • Small distance to the vehicle ahead. • Adjacently parking vehicles or objects obstructing the sensors. • Approaching vehicles passing at speeds greater than 15 mph (24 km/h). • Driving in reverse faster than 3 mph (5 km/h). • Backing out of an angled parking spot.

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The system uses radar sensors that are located behind the bumper fascia on each side of your vehicle. Do not allowmud, snow or bumper stickers to obstruct these areas, this can cause degraded system performance. See Blind Spot Information System (page 223). If the Blind Spot Information System is blocked, Cross Traffic Alert is also blocked. A corresponding message appears in the information display as soon as you shift the transmission into reverse (R). System Limitations Cross Traffic Alert has its limitations; situations such as severe weather conditions or debris build-up on the sensor area may limit vehicle detection.

E142442 The Cross Traffic Alert illuminates an amber alert indicator in the outside mirror on the side of your vehicle the approaching vehicle is coming from. Cross Traffic Alert also sounds an audible alert and a message appears in the information display indicating a vehicle is coming from the right or left. Cross Traffic Alert works with the reverse sensing system that sounds its own series of tones. See Rear Parking Aid (page 197).

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MKT (TP4) , enUSA, Edition date: 201703, First Printing