AVAILABLE TRAILERING CAMERA VIEWS AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE FEATURES

Depending on your vehicle’s equipment, it may offer some of the following safety and driver assistance technologies designed to make your trailering experience easier.

Some vehicles are equipped with available Trailer Side Blind Zone Alert. Trailer Side Blind Zone Alert is a trailering feature that provides visual side-mirror alerts when a moving vehicle is detected in a side blind zone that is extended to trailer lengths.

If your vehicle has Trailer Side Blind Zone Alert, you’ll see an amber icon light up in your left-/right-side outside rearview mirror when it detects a moving vehicle in your trailer’s blind spot. You’ll also see an option to turn the feature on or off in the Settings menu of your center display when you have a trailer attached.

To turn Trailer Side Blind Zone Alert on, activate Lane Change Alert in your vehicle Settings menu with a trailer attached.

Note: There are some vehicles that don’t let you enter trailer dimensions that have this feature. Trailer Side Blind Zone Alert will use a set of default values on these vehicles. 

On some vehicles, when you turn with a trailer connected in a FORWARD gear, the Trailer Tow Mirror View will shift to show you more of your trailer while you complete the maneuver. You need to have your trailer’s dimensions entered in your trailer profile for this and other trailer turning features to work. This feature does not work on fifth-wheel trailers.

When you activate your turn signal, Turn Signal View will display the side of your vehicle and trailer. You’ll also see a red box on the camera display designed to give you an idea of how long your trailer is. The box is designed to be long enough to help you make sure you have enough room to change lanes. This box is only visible when your trailer is straight.

You can customize or turn off the Turn Signal View and the Trailer Length Indicator box through your vehicle’s Settings menu or In-Vehicle Trailering App.

On some newer vehicles, you will see a Trailer Angle Indicator icon in the upper-right corner of your screen when in Rear Trailer View while rear trailer guidelines are active.

This icon is designed to help show you when your trailer may be in danger of jackknifing.
Jackknife Alert has two levels of alerting. When your vehicle first swings into the amber area on the Trailer Angle Indicator, you will see a yellow icon appear on your center display. You will also hear chimes or feel Safety Alert Seat vibrations, depending on your vehicle’s equipment and your selected alert type preferences.If you do not resolve the potential jackknifing situation and continue the maneuver, you’ll get a second alert. You’ll see a red icon on the center display and hear chimes or feel Safety Alert Seat vibrations. When this alert occurs, you will also see your center display show the Rear Camera View and, if equipped, a Top-Down View.

You can disable Jackknife Alert in your vehicle’s Settings menu or in the In-Vehicle Trailering App, depending on your vehicle. These features are not available on bed hitch trailers.

• Your vehicle may be equipped with a variety of camera views. The amount and type of available camera views will vary with your vehicle’s equipment and its type.
• For example, pickup trucks may have Cargo Bed View, but SUVs won’t because they don’t have a truck bed.
• Transparent Trailer views require an accessory trailer camera and a compatible trailer. Other views need to be turned on in the Settings menu and/or require you to set up a trailer profile.
• You can tap the Camera icon on the Home screen of the center display to access the available views.
• Within the app, the menu bar lets you toggle between available camera views. This menu bar’s appearance will vary depending on your vehicle type and equipment.
• The arrows on the side of the navigation bar provide access to additional views.
• Some views will stay on the screen while you’re driving, but some will time out.
• Additionally, some views will appear automatically when you take certain actions with a trailer connected, such as activating the turn signal.
  • Note: You must enable turn signal activation for the side view cameras in the vehicle’s Settings menu or the In-Vehicle Trailering App

Depending on the vehicle’s equipment, available camera views may include the following views^†. Check your vehicle’s equipment list for the full list of views equipped on your vehicle.

Allows you to virtually “see through” a compatible conventional trailer. Requires available accessory camera, compatible trailer and setup via the In-Vehicle Trailering App.

Provides a close-up view of the receiver hitch for alignment when connecting to a trailer.

Note: On some vehicles, when you shift into PARK when in Hitch View, your vehicle will automatically apply the electric parking brake to help prevent your vehicle from rolling. 

Displays a front view with available guidelines to assist with parking and tight maneuvers.

Displays a rear view with available guidelines to assist with parking and tight maneuvers.

Gives a top-down birds-eye view with available guidelines of the truck’s surroundings.

Provides a top-down view with available guidelines of the hood, bumper and front tires for tight maneuvers in parking lots or along curbs. Some vehicles offer forward trailer guidelines that can help you see the current forward path of your trailer.

Shows the clearance between the truck bed and nearby objects with available guidelines.

Shows the position of the front tires when parking and during tight maneuvers.

Shows rear-facing side of the truck.

Allows you to see inside the cargo bed to help with fifth-wheel or gooseneck hitching and to check cargo. When using Cargo Bed View, tap the trailer guideline button for a single dynamic guideline that can help you align your hitch. On some vehicles, separate guidelines are available for both your vehicle and for your trailer when your vehicle is in REVERSE.

On some vehicles when in Cargo Bed View, you’ll see a “+” icon on your infotainment screen inWireframe Page Informational Article Page Copy the upper-left corner or lower-left corner. Tap the icon to zoom in on your hitch, which can be useful in fifth-wheeler/gooseneck situations. Guidelines will disappear when you zoom in.

Note: Not available on full-size SUVs.

Uses an available accessory camera to show vehicles or objects behind the trailer.

On some newer vehicles, you can activate trailer guidelines by pressing the guideline button on the right side of the camera button row. You will see two sets of guidelines — a blue set of guidelines that tracks the current location of your trailer and a yellow set that outlines the predicted path of your trailer.

Trailer Angle Indicator will be activated when using this view (see “Jackknife Alert and Trailer Angle Indicator” above for more information).

Rear trailer guidelines and the Trailer Angle Indicator are not available on bed hitch trailers.

Allows the driver to monitor trailer contents or cargo using an available accessory camera in the trailer. Requires available accessory camera.

Note: This view is mirrored, meaning it displays backwards, like a mirror would. For this reason, it is recommended that you mount the camera facing rearward.

Provides a rearward split view of the left and right sides of the vehicle and trailer with an overlay view of the area behind the trailer. Requires available accessory camera.

The available Transparent Trailer feature lets you “see through” your trailer with the rear camera equipped on your vehicle and an accessory camera placed on the back of your compatible trailer (if you have a properly equipped vehicle).

The system pieces together those camera views to provide a view of the area behind your trailer.

Rear Trailer View is a similar feature that lets you see behind your trailer and activate two sets of guidelines that can help you line up your trailer (if you have a properly equipped vehicle).

To use Transparent Trailer, you need:
 

• A conventional hitch box-type trailer no longer than 32 feet or a fifth-wheel or gooseneck box-type trailer of any length.
• An available auxiliary accessory trailer camera installed on the back of your trailer and connected to your vehicle.
• To set up and calibrate the system through the In-Vehicle Trailering App.
   

Rear Trailer View needs the accessory camera. To see Rear Trailer View guidelines, you need to complete the in-vehicle calibration.

Your Owner’s Manual, the Trailer Towing Supplement and the In-Vehicle Trailering App are the best resources for setting up these features.

In general, the setup process looks like this:

• Install the accessory camera on your trailer and connect it to your vehicle.
• Enter the trailer’s dimensions into the trailer profile through your center display.
• Calibrate the view with the process shown on the display.
  
  

Be sure to read your Owner’s Manual and Trailer Towing Supplement for important feature limitations and information.

• After you enter your trailer dimensions, calibration will begin automatically, but you can monitor the progress by tapping the Camera app icon on your center display Home screen.
• Tap the Transparent Trailer View icon.
• A progress bar will be displayed on the screen
• To calibrate, drive forward in a straight path under 31 mph until the progress bar is complete.
  • If you have to turn or speed up, the calibration process will pause and then automatically resume once you straighten out and slow down.
• The calibration will run in the background until it’s complete.