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2kry4 Dec 13, 2011 07:39 PM

Blind Spot Monitor Error
 
All of a sudden today I get a blind spot monitor not available error msg...and its the driver side...anyone had this issue yet???

CP1 Dec 13, 2011 08:15 PM

Not me.

1Fine1 Dec 13, 2011 09:46 PM

Nope, not me either!

Need4Spd Dec 14, 2011 12:40 AM

Me neither. If you adjust your mirrors right, the monitor is redundant anyway.

How To: Adjust Your Mirrors to Avoid Blind Spots - Feature - Car and Driver

http://media.caranddriver.com/images...s-original.jpg

2kry4 Dec 14, 2011 04:40 AM

LOL! I know thanks for that tutorial on blind spots! No, I've never really ever paid any attention to the monitor light but now I just keep getting the annoying error message on the dash! Hmmm...might just be a fuse or something or someone walked by and banged on my mirror with a big ass purse or something...lol I know how us females are...

shikk Dec 14, 2011 08:43 AM

I will say it's difficult to judge lane changing distance having your mirrors pointed straight into the normal blind spot per C&D's suggestion. I have mine set that way but I use the monitor as a guide for "timing" when I'm passing or when someone passes me. I ride a motorcycle so out of habit I always shoulder check as well. The Jag has a big ass ;). That said, the manual says it's supposed to ignore cars that I'M passsing but I found it does not work that way.

OP, are your side mirrors clean where the camera/sensor is? You might be right re: the purse scenario lol.

2kry4 Dec 15, 2011 05:58 AM


Originally Posted by shikk (Post 440549)
I will say it's difficult to judge lane changing distance having your mirrors pointed straight into the normal blind spot per C&D's suggestion. I have mine set that way but I use the monitor as a guide for "timing" when I'm passing or when someone passes me. I ride a motorcycle so out of habit I always shoulder check as well. The Jag has a big ass ;). That said, the manual says it's supposed to ignore cars that I'M passsing but I found it does not work that way.

OP, are your side mirrors clean where the camera/sensor is? You might be right re: the purse scenario lol.


Actually, it appears to be working again. My sensor shows someone in my blind spot when I'm passing or when a vehicle comes up on me as well. I too ride a motorcycle so, I'm always cautious and checking to make sure no one is near the vicinity of my bike's or Jag's ass! LOL

Wife's Tech Dec 15, 2011 07:01 AM

Thanks for the link Need4... I always have my mirror adjusted in the traditional way and will try the C&D way next time I'm out... To me, depending on sensors while overtaking another car it asking for trouble and is merely a tool... eyes on the other car will always be my way of confirming what's there. I also have this habit from riding a bike... where there's way more at stake than an accident report... lol

BigDaddyJTown Jan 21, 2016 02:02 PM

Blind Spot Monitor works like crap
 
I have had the problem for a couple of months. Unfortunately it did not show up until after the manufacturer warranty expired. I now have the extended warranty but when I went to PATRICK JAGUAR OF NAPERVILLE (Illinois) I was told that the battery was causing the monitor to fail, they then quoted me a price of $375 for a replacement battery which was not covered by any warranty. I declined and purchased one for $169. Regardless, now with the new battery the blind spot monitor is still failing. However the notice is not continuous, it comes on some times but not always.

I am not happy with the service department at Jaguar of Naperville about this.

boiler Jan 21, 2016 07:54 PM


Originally Posted by BigDaddyJTown (Post 1386593)
I have had the problem for a couple of months. Unfortunately it did not show up until after the manufacturer warranty expired. I now have the extended warranty but when I went to PATRICK JAGUAR OF NAPERVILLE (Illinois) I was told that the battery was causing the monitor to fail, they then quoted me a price of $375 for a replacement battery which was not covered by any warranty. I declined and purchased one for $169. Regardless, now with the new battery the blind spot monitor is still failing. However the notice is not continuous, it comes on some times but not always.

I am not happy with the service department at Jaguar of Naperville about this.

I had the same issue a few months ago at first I thought it was the battery but got no other fault messages. I took it in and they replaced the module under my CPO warranty.

OzXFR Jan 21, 2016 10:06 PM


Originally Posted by Need4Spd (Post 440418)

Thanks for that! I have had many arguments over the years about blind spots and the correct way to adjust the exterior rear view mirrors, and no one but no one has ever agreed with my premise that if you adjust the mirrors correctly there are no blind spots. I have always (the last 40 years) adjusted my exterior mirrors the "correct" way as shown in this article, but I suspect I'm about one in a thousand in Oz, maybe one in ten thousand. One little game I play is when I pull up behind another driver such as at a red light, and I look in their driver's side rear view mirror. If I can see their face then my thought is "muppet, no idea of the correct mirror setting, make sure I don't sit in their blind spot", and unfortunately that is pretty much every driver I have ever seen!

molotov369 Jan 23, 2016 06:19 AM

Had this when doing a track in crappy weather. It just needed a clean, I think the manual mentions this but I needed to clean it anyway.

I've had the same thing with the ACC/Forward Alert too, bloody leaves and spider web.

Simon

Bigg Will Jan 25, 2016 01:40 AM

Mine faults only right after I wash the car, dry it all is well. no issues with rain?

DPK Jan 25, 2016 07:34 AM

Make sure the little bumper sensors are clean they will give false errors if covered with scum or road grime.

tangjasonjaguar May 15, 2016 02:52 PM

I acquired my car in March 2016 and the Blind Spot Monitor Not Avail. warning came on daily for 2 weeks even though I cleaned the car. However as the weather warmed up (of possibly as weather became dried) the warning has not appeared since.

I suspect humidity (it was snowing and raining heavily when the warning light came on) and cleaniless had to do with it. I even purchased a Blind Spot Monitor module on eBay ready to replace the faulty right module.

moe Jan 17, 2017 08:11 AM

Where are the bind spot modules located?

MarkN Jan 17, 2017 08:38 AM

I get this warning now and again - but it usually goes off after car restart and I notice it in bad weather....snow, slush and even rain and fog.

moe Jan 17, 2017 09:00 AM

Mine is not going away at all. Does any one know where the modules are located? I would like to replace them.

wesmc Jun 22, 2019 03:01 PM

Ditto...mine are on and I have no idea where the module or sensors are located


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