Acoustic Vehicle Alerting

Overview 

The acoustic vehicle alerting system consists of the acoustic vehicle alerting control unit, the acoustic vehicle alerting system OFF

switch*, and the acoustic vehicle alerting speaker. During low speeds, the normal operating sounds of the vehicle are low and may

not be heard by surrounding pedestrians. Under certain conditions, the acoustic vehicle alerting system emits an acoustic sound to

inform pedestrians and others of its approach.If a system failure occurs, a warning is displayed in the multi-information display (MID).

*: With acoustic vehicle alerting system OFF switch

Sound Operation 

The acoustic vehicle alerting system only functions under these conditions:

• Vehicle in the READY TO DRIVE mode.
• Other than P position/mode.
• Vehicle speed above 0.3 mph (0.5 km/h).

If these conditions are not met, the system will not emit a sound. The pitch of the alert sound varies with the vehicle's speed.

The sound stops when the vehicle speed exceeds about 16 mph (25 km/h), or when the vehicle stops.

The sound resumes when the vehicle speed falls below about 14 mph (22 km/h).