Hi guys my sensors just stopped making any noise, is there a fuse or anything that i can check? i backed into a fence post the other day becasue i am so used to hearing that noise

 

matl, with the help of a second person, what you will need to do is to put the car into Reverse and then walk behind the car, placing you ear next to each of the 4 backup sensors. If the sensor is functioning properly, you should hear a high pitch squeal. Replace the sensor that is not squealing. If all 4 are not making any noise, then odds are you have a bad module and it needs replaced (make sure to verify that the fuse powering the module is good and the wiring is not damaged between the module and the sensors).

I am assuming you are getting a long 3 second tone when the car is placed into Reverse indicating that there is a problem with the system. A new sensor is like $90 delivered to your door via Ken@britishparts.com and installing a new sensor will take a few minutes to do. If you need more help, just hollar.

 

thank you Thermo for the help i will have someone help me with that asap i dont get any tone when putting it into reverse though? I do want to check the fuse also, do you have any idea where it is? unfortunately i dont have the owners manual. thanks again.

 

Matl, once I get all of my stuff from the mover's back, I will pull out my JTIS CD and see where the fuse is. From the sounds of things, you have blown the fuse. If you have a bad sensor, it will still give you a 3 second tone to let you know that it has sensed a failure and will not be beeping to give you an idea of how close you are to an object.

 

I had the same problem except that my reverse lights were not working either. My problem was the reverse light switch... however I have a manual transmission.

 

oh that would be awesome if it were just the fuse... but now that you mention it i did feel like my reverse lights were not putting off much light, maybe theyre not working? Were is the reverse light switch located? thanks

 

the reverse light switch is located above the transmission I believe. You can probably post a question asking where the reverse light switch is... some of these other guys can give you a more specific answer. I took my car to my local mechanic and I directed him to where I was told it was.

 

I thoght mine stopped working, but since I have the satnav, I checked the system setup and found that when I turned off the voice navigation recently on a long trip, I had also turned off the sound on the park assist system. After restoring the sound levels everything worked again. Just dumb luck!