Rear Cross Path Mode

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2017 Jeep Cherokee. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

Unless disabled in the customer programmable features settings received through the Radio, the BSM system provides a feature called RCP mode. The RCP mode is active only when the transmission gear selector (manual or automatic) is in the Reverse (R ) position. The RCP mode is intended to aid the driver when backing out of parking spaces where vision of vehicles crossing laterally through the rear path of the host vehicle may be blocked. The host vehicle must proceed slowly and cautiously out of the parking space until the rear end of the vehicle is exposed. The BSM radar sensors will then have a clear view of the crossing traffic and, if an oncoming vehicle (object of interest) is detected, will generate visual and audible alerts to the operator of the host vehicle.

The BSM system monitors the rear detection zones on both sides of the vehicle for objects that are moving toward the side of the vehicle with speeds of from 1 to 3 kmh (1 to 2 mph) up to 35 kmh (22 mph), such as typically encountered in parking lot situations. In vehicles equipped with the BSM option, the RCP mode is enabled from the factory as a default. The RCP mode can be manually disabled and enabled by the vehicle operator using the customer programmable features option of the Radio.

The RCP mode normally uses the same BSM system settings. However, the RCP mode will always include the audible alert feature, even if it was disabled for the BSM mode using the IPC setup routine. The audible alert can not be deactivated for the RCP mode. The RCP mode visual alert is illuminated only in the display located on the same side of the vehicle where the object of interest is detected. Likewise, the RCP mode repeating short audible alert is issued only through the audio system speakers located on the same side of the vehicle where the object of interest is detected.