About Blind Zone Steering Assist

If equipped, Blind Zone Steering Assist works with these available features:

• Lane Keep Assist with Lane Departure Warning
• Lane Change Alert with Side Blind Zone Alert

 
These features must be on for Blind Zone Steering Assist to work.

 
When those features can detect lane lines and your vehicle is in a FORWARD gear, Blind Zone Steering Assist will activate and be ready to help alert you and provide brief steering input.

Check your Owner’s Manual to confirm at which speed your vehicle’s Blind Zone Steering Assist feature will activate. For example, on some vehicles, it only works at speeds above 31 mph [50 kph].

Blind Zone Steering Assist will only turn the wheel when you’re going above certain speeds but may provide alerts at lower speeds.

• If Blind Zone Steering Assist detects you may be entering a lane in which a detected vehicle is in your vehicle’s side blind zone, you’ll see a blinking amber Lane Change Alert icon in your outside rearview mirrors.
• When this happens, you’ll get a brief “push back” steering wheel turn to help prompt you to take action to avoid a potential lane change collision. Additionally, 6 low-pitched beeps or 6 Safety Alert Seat pulses will occur from the direction of the lane change (if equipped, depending on your alert settings). If the system detects that you are not reacting to avoid a potential collision, you may hear these warnings repeat.
• If the system detects you may not be steering the vehicle, you may see a TAKE STEERING message alert.
• If Blind Zone Steering Alert is on and the feature is unable to detect lane lines, the Lane Keep Assist icon will turn white.

• Blind Zone Steering Assist, like Lane Keep Assist with Lane Departure Warning, is designed to work in clear weather conditions. You should disable these features in slippery or low-traction conditions.
• On new vehicles, Blind Zone Steering Assist works in Track, Terrain, Off-Road, and Snow/Ice mode. On older vehicles, the feature is not available when your vehicle is in Track, Terrain, Snow/Ice, Off-Road or CrabWalk modes (if equipped).
• Though this feature provides momentary steering wheel input, it does not continuously steer the vehicle. The system does not provide warnings when it detects you are actively steering, braking or accelerating.
• You should always check your mirrors, glance over your shoulder and use your turn signal before changing lanes.

• You can turn this feature on and off using the Settings menu on your center display. You can turn Blind Zone Steering Assist off separately from Lane Keep Assist and/or Lane Change Alert.

Some vehicles are equipped with Blind Zone Steering Assist with trailering. Blind Zone Steering Assist with trailering can alert you and provide a brief, firm turn of the steering wheel when a potential crash is detected with a moving vehicle in a side blind zone that is extended to trailer lengths.

Safety or driver assistance features are no substitute for the driver’s responsibility to operate the vehicle in a safe manner. The driver should remain attentive to traffic, surroundings and road conditions at all times. Visibility, weather, and road conditions may affect feature performance. Read the vehicle owner’s manual for more important feature limitations and information.