Parking sensor not always coming on

Daas · 01-05-2015, 12:36 AM

At times when I am parking the car, the front sensors don't beep and I have to manually hit the button near the shifter to activate them. Is there a way to have them come on every time? It seems intermittent.

feng · 01-05-2015, 12:44 AM

If you're not in parking mode (cameras on (either top down or reversing) I'm pretty sure the sensors are disabled.

Fronzdan · 01-05-2015, 12:46 AM

The front doesn't come on automatically. You have to turn them on to work. The only time mine will work automatically is if I leave them on when I shut off the engine and then start the car again before everything shuts down. The rear sensors will always automatically come on.

tboooe · 01-05-2015, 08:43 AM

I wish there was a way to code the fronts to turn on automatically at low speed. I hear there used to be this feature in older models.

smithf80 · 01-05-2015, 09:43 AM

Of course the front's won't come on automatically lol. How does the car know when you are parking vs when you are, say, just stuck in traffic moving very slow (tboooe)

tboooe · 01-05-2015, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by smithe90

Of course the front's won't come on automatically lol. How does the car know when you are parking vs when you are, say, just stuck in traffic moving very slow (tboooe)

Hey I can see this being a useful feature in that situation too so I dont follow too closely!

smithf80 · 01-05-2015, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by tboooe

Hey I can see this being a useful feature in that situation too so I dont follow too closely!

feng · 01-05-2015, 09:50 PM

there are a lot of cars that do turn on automatically at low speeds. I'm not sure what you mean by the fronts don't come on automatically? If i put the car in reverse, the front sensors are on? Or that may be because it's already in top down view?

Daas · 01-05-2015, 11:03 PM

I had an Infiniti with front parking sensors that came on at low speed. It also had a sensitivity adjustment. There was no need to activate it. I guess that's what I was asking for.

Fronzdan · 01-05-2015, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by feng

there are a lot of cars that do turn on automatically at low speeds. I'm not sure what you mean by the fronts don't come on automatically? If i put the car in reverse, the front sensors are on? Or that may be because it's already in top down view?

If you put the car in reverse the PDC automatically comes on. But if you don't put it in reverse, and pull your car forward to a wall, it will not come on unless you hit the switch.

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feng Lieutenant 128 Rep 504 Posts Drives: 2014 F31 328i M-Sport AW Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Brisbane iTrader: (0)	If you're not in parking mode (cameras on (either top down or reversing) I'm pretty sure the sensors are disabled.
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Fronzdan Lieutenant Colonel 304 Rep 1,739 Posts Drives: '24 M240 xDrive Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: MA iTrader: (0)	The front doesn't come on automatically. You have to turn them on to work. The only time mine will work automatically is if I leave them on when I shut off the engine and then start the car again before everything shuts down. The rear sensors will always automatically come on.
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Daas Second Lieutenant 55 Rep 268 Posts Drives: A British car Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: USA iTrader: (0)	I had an Infiniti with front parking sensors that came on at low speed. It also had a sensitivity adjustment. There was no need to activate it. I guess that's what I was asking for.
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