Drivers are just realizing there's a ‘magic key button’ making vehicle ‘park itself’

SELF-DRIVING technology helps drivers with behind-the-wheel tasks like braking and acceleration — but one automaker has found a way to offer driverless capabilities without you being in the vehicle.

Owners and lessees of Hyundai’s 2022 Sonata Limited, Santa Fe Limited and Caligraphy, and Tuscon Limited models can use their car’s key to activate remote smart parking assist.

RSPA is a feature that allows you to use your vehicle’s key to move your car back and forth in and out of a parking spot, says Hyundai of Sioux City.

You would begin using RSPA by pulling your vehicle in front of a desired space before placing it in park.

Next, you’d press the RSPA button on your vehicle’s center console to reveal instructions on the Hyundai’s digital gauge cluster.

These instructions ask you to exit your car and stand in a safe spot within 13 feet of the vehicle.

Lastly, you’d hold down your smart key’s move forward or backward button.

One of these buttons features a car with a directional arrow pointing forward and the other backward for distinction.

A compatible Hyundai will begin moving with slight hesitation but continually pick up pace as you hold one of its directional button, MotorTrend reports.

The vehicle will travel up to 23 feet in either direction when you hold down its key fob’s move forward or backward buttons.

But you don’t have to worry about hitting an obstacle using RSPA since compatible vehicles have sensors that automatically stop moving your car when no more room’s detected.

Hyundai unveiled its smart park feature in February 2020 during a National Football League Super Bowl commercial with Hollywood A-listers Chris Evans and John Krasinski.

The feature was initially limited to the manufacturer’s Sonata Limited model.