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Kal-El Member Since: 08 Aug 2012 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 204 |
Never had a moments trouble with the sensors on the car until I got home tonight. A nice thick fog bank had descended and as soon as I put it into reverse, the sensors went nuts. One loud continuous tone was heard.
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22nd Oct 2012 7:08 pm |
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chicken george Member Since: 05 Dec 2007 Location: N. Yorks Posts: 13289 |
normally caused by big blobs of water on sensors, rain or fog, try a bit of polish on them to repel water, there is not an easy cure At work
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22nd Oct 2012 7:19 pm |
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rchrdleigh Member Since: 18 Aug 2007 Location: Somewhere in the East of England Posts: 1601 |
In the early days parking sensors were prone to go off if they were wet and the moisture in the air associated with fog may have been enough to set them off. Alternatively you may have picked up mud or something else on one of the sensors which could set it off.
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22nd Oct 2012 7:22 pm |
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Kal-El Member Since: 08 Aug 2012 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 204 |
Thanks chaps
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22nd Oct 2012 7:48 pm |
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LRswe Member Since: 08 Apr 2012 Location: Sweden Posts: 360 |
ooh, can they be turned off? I hate that paranoia when driving offroad that I am about to wreck my back end when its only a blade of grass! |
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23rd Oct 2012 9:31 pm |
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Kal-El Member Since: 08 Aug 2012 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 204 |
They can on the XS and HSE due to having front sensors and there being a button to activate or deactivate the front one's as and when needed. This has the added bonus of switching them off whilst reversing. My uncle has a GS model and there is no button that I could see on the dash but perhaps the layout is different and I missed it.... 60 plate SD4 XS, Stornoway Grey, Arm rest pack http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly--gT1RJdk |
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23rd Oct 2012 9:36 pm |
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