2025 Trax ACTIV - Overactive "Park Assist" function + settings reset every time car turns off

Hi all!

I'm wondering if any other 2025 Trax owners have run into issues like this. My initial issue with the Park Assist safety feature is that every time I pull out of my driveway, the Park Assist beeps at me like crazy and makes me slam on the brakes thinking it's the rear cross traffic alert - but then I realize there's no traffic and it's either detecting a tree next to my driveway (well over 6 feet to the side and not in the trajectory I'm reversing) or the mailbox/lamp post across the street (well over 20 feet away when the beep starts to go off).

I thought I solved the problem when I turned off the rear park alert feature in settings, when that's off I don't get the annoying beeps! And I never back into parking spaces so it's a feature I can easily live without. HOWEVER the car will never save my settings. Every time the car is turned off and on again it turns the Park Assist back on.

I called the dealership and they had me bring it over for a quick look but they didn't end up having anything they could figure out without having to leave it there for a full diagnostic, which I didn't have time for at the moment. They suggested maybe it was intended that the setting won't stay off since it's a safety feature, but that seems unlikely to me because if they don't want you to turn it off, why are there settings options to turn it off at all?

Just figured I'd see if anyone else has had similar issues or been able to find a fix for this!