Got a problem on way home from work. The driver side rear corner of the car shows a red arc which normally means you are parking near something. It only happens when driving along. I have tried cleaning the parking sensors but it is still doing it. Has anyone got any ideas or do I just have a bad sensor? It’s always there now. Thanks.
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Proximity sensor playing up
- Thread starter Tigermad
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Hi. Yes cleaned all the sensors and the service menu shows the sensors all green. It doesn’t actually show anything wrong until the car is moving though and I guess you can’t leave the service menu on for that can you?
page3
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You can leave the service menu on while driving. It’s what the mobile tech did to help diagnose a similar issue with mine.
In my case it turned out to be a spider living behind the numberplate spinning a web across the sensor. Each time I cleaned it, unbeknownst to me the little sod would pop back out and rebuild its home.
In my case it turned out to be a spider living behind the numberplate spinning a web across the sensor. Each time I cleaned it, unbeknownst to me the little sod would pop back out and rebuild its home.
You probably can but I’d only do it somewhere very safe.
I’ve see the proximity sensors a lot when I’m driving and I’m not sure on the move they’re the USS but something generated from the cameras, simply because I get indications from hedgerows etc which are further away than you’d expect to trigger the sensor. I’m completely guessing albeit possible my an educated guess, but maybe take a look at the cameras and see if any of them have an issue, I’d have thought the offside front indicator camera that’s looking backwards
Couldn’t drive in service mode. It’s limited to 7mph so didn’t get up to the speed to show the sensor. After letting it sleep over night it’s still the same. It’s a pain because I have a service request open while they get me a new tail light due to water ingress. It won’t let me open a new ticket so I have had to send a message on this service request about this sensor issue.
If you open the previous service request - there is a place you can add any additional complaints. It is couple of clicks away. You can add your new concern in that. Both will be actioned by the SC.
Bantam
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I had this a few weeks back, solid red arc always on while driving. Cleaning the sensor made no difference, so I did a two button reset and it fixed it for me.
Ive done 3 resets now and has made no difference unfortunately. Booked in for next week
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