is there any way to switch on/off the rear parking sensors in a GS model?
or are they on all of the time?

Ross 07 Fl2 GS
88 Galv chassis Landy 110 double cab

The sensors are automatically switched off when a connection is made to the 12N socket ie when towing a trailer or when plugging ijn a bike carrier light board otherwise I don't think there is a way of disabling them

On second thoughts all you would need to do is buy a spare 12N plug without wiring it up, then if you plug it in the sensors would be disabled

why no sensors? are they times when you want to reverse into small children and or flowerpots? At work
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chicken george wrote:

why no sensors? are they times when you want to reverse into small children and or flowerpots?

because i cant get mine to work! just got a towbar fitted on friday by LR so i assume they've done something wrong  07 Fl2 GS
88 Galv chassis Landy 110 double cab

I think Land Rover has to apply a software update when you have a tow bar fitted to tell the system to disable the park sensors when hooked up to a trailer

J T wrote:

I think Land Rover has to apply a software update when you have a tow bar fitted to tell the system to disable the park sensors when in reverse.

avtur wrote:

J T wrote:

I think Land Rover has to apply a software update when you have a tow bar fitted to tell the system to disable the park sensors when in reverse.

Yes there is a software update to be applied, but you'd have thought that by having it fitted by LR they should have got it right, and tested it.

Don't think there is a way for the driver to turn off the reversing alarm. Is it possible to plug into another trailer or a lighting board to confirm that the problem is the same?

sounds like its back to the dealer I'm afraid.

thanks guys... will keep you posted...  07 Fl2 GS
88 Galv chassis Landy 110 double cab

went to the stealers today... one and a half hours later, they came back saying they couldnt fix it and that i need a 'trailer module'. The sensors thought i had a trailer hitched up therefore they were not working.
they are ordering one up and will call me when its in to get me to go back and leave my car with them.

funny thing is that i was reversing into my driveway tonight and it warned me when in was getting too close to my wee lotus!
So now it works!! i'll need to phone them in the morning now and ask them if they switched it on permanently or not? ie. if i connect a trailer, will the sensors go crazy?

im confused  07 Fl2 GS
88 Galv chassis Landy 110 double cab

I would say you let the dealers get on with their order and meantime you see what happens with your sensors.
Maybe put someting nondamaging (cardboard box ?) and reverse a couple of times.  FREELANDER 2 TD4 SE (XS UK) IZMIR BLUE SIDE STEPS COLD PACK BI-XENON TINTED WINDOWS - AND PROUD OF HER

got the towbar fixed on friday...

the dealer's 'girl behind the desk' let slip that the 'trailer module' was actually a simple relay that wasnt ordered as part of the towbar kit originally.

thats good going considering it only cost me fecking 500 quid for the towbar and 4 hours out of my life trying to get it fixed!  07 Fl2 GS
88 Galv chassis Landy 110 double cab