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KIA Sportage 2017 rare Sensor Question

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#1 ·
Hello,

I just purchased a KIA sportage 2017 and i would like to know if users of the same car type have the same feeling/issue as i do.

When i am backing up i have to be going really really slow for the backing sensor to beep at 1 meter from the obstacle/wall/car etc. If I go a bit faster i will miss the 1 meter beep and go directly to the your crashing your car now beep. I went to KIA in my country (Cyprus) and they advised me to take the car to their mechanics. The mechanic there told me that this is the correct responsiveness of the sensor and that i have to be backing up really really slow (slower than a turtle). If this is the case then i guess it is going to be a horror show when you try to park in reverse at a mall.

Can users of the new KIA sportage 2017 confirm what i am describing? I only had experience with a parking sensor at my fathers car and comparing to that, the sensor sensitivity is far more reliable that what i am experiencing with KIA sportage 2017.

Also, when i took the car to the KIA mechanic in Cyprus he did not enter the car to test the sensitivity. He just put the car in reverse and went behind the car just to prove me that the sensor works. I know that the sensor works i just want establish that this is the correct way for the sensor to operate.

Thank you all for taking the time to read my post. I hope this is the correct place to post this.
KR,
Marios
 
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#2 ·
Why does the mall make you back up really fast? The sensor responds to the distance from the object being detected. If you get near the distance quickly, the beep will be constant.

What is it that you are expecting? That when you are a half meter and closing that it should beep as if you were a meter away?
 
#3 ·
What is slow? Give the exact speed. Is it 3 km/h or 15 km/h.

Sensors are not designed to replace the driver. They purpose is to "see small obstacles that are not visible to you", for example kids playing behind your car or other small object directly behind your car.

1 meter is very little distance. Keep in mind the system has a some sort of a delay... it is a radar, but it takes a fraction of a second to process the "sound warning".
 
#4 ·
Hello,

Thank you for your responses. @SoothingDave The mall example was to define a crowded area where people are waiting and parking and you have to be backing up in a logical speed. @PLP i dont know the speed because it is so slow the digital display is 0-1km/h. The problem I am trying to describe is that during the time you park the sensor is not sensitive enough and you need to be taking it step by step and not at a constant speed. And i am not talking about a small obstacle i am talking about a high wall or car and not something small like a pavement. I talked with a friend that has the same model and he can confirm what i described and i am wondering if others have the same problem
 
#7 ·
I typically back into my driveway at a pretty good clip (backing up to the garage). I really don't pay much attention to the beeping until I get close to the garage door (as viewed in the rear view camera). Once I get close enough to the door (between the yellow and red lines on the camera) I then listen for the beeping at which point I stop (fairly close to the red line).
 
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#8 ·
Little off topic, but the last two mornings I've gotten the yellow yield sign with the explanation point
inside first thing in the morning when I start up in the garage. These are located where the front & rear
sensors normal are. Thought it may be because I remote start the SX from the house but the sensors
should do nothing while the SX is in park. I will read up on this in the manual when I get home.
 
#9 ·
I see.

Well, I do not have sensors in my Forte, but in FIAT we do.
At any speed it works. I can be going 1 mph or 5 mph (which is fast) and sensor will work.
However, if you have 1 m distance remaining, the gap closes very quickly. I am not sure how far the obstaacle is being detected, but I would say about 2 meters it starts signalling with a constant beep at about 0.5 m.

I am a bit confused with the 1 m obstacle example here, because if you were going say 5 km/h, 1 m distance is covered in about 0.7 second leaving not much time for the sensor to really respond.
I am not sure how the system works in your car, but I would presume it has 3 stages. Slow beep, quick beep, and constant beep - the closer the more annoying noise. With that - obstacle should be detected at distance of at least 2 m making you to slow down.
 
#10 ·
@PLP Thank you for the reply. What you are describing is what i have experienced with my fathers car and that is not the case with my car. I don't have the 2m window. the sensor is activated at 1m and as you describe it does not provide the time you need. And if you go a bit fast you miss the 3 stages like you assume and you go to constant beep which means 15 points from crashing.

@ddhartma Thank you for your reply but i dont have the camera to assist
 
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