Hi, all. I'm trying to get familiar with my car.

When I start the car, the computer readout says something like "front parking sensors off" or something to that effect.

Looking in the manual, it sounds like if my car had front parking sensors, I would have a button near the sunroof and lamp controls, but I don't have that button.

I'd like to turn the front parking assist on if I have it (tight fit into our garage). Does anyone know (1) how I can tell if I have this feature (and in general, how do I tell what options I have) and (2) if I do, how do I activate it?

Thanks.

 

You know those sensor looking things on the rear bumper? You'd also have those in the front if you had front park assist.

 

Hi, take a look at the front of the car and see if the 4 small round sensors are fitted into the bumper, my button to turn them off is sited in the overhead console to the left of the rear window blind switch just in front of the sunglass pocket

 

hi, I have the 2004 xj8 3.5 se got the button overhead, but cant seem to activate it,, any ideas would be welcome,
I am led to understand all the XJ8s are rear fitted as standard ?????

 

Hi, I have rear sensors and wondered if it's possible to install front sensors (and how much)??

 

On the X350's the front and/or rear park assist sensors are active by default unless you push the overhead button to disable them.
As mentioned, it's pretty easy to determine if your car is fitted with park assist on the front or rear or both by looking for the 4 round sensors along the bumper. In the US, I believe front sensors were a less common option.
While I'm sure anything is possible, it's usually not cost effective to be adding features after the fact that the car did not come with. You would have to check to see if the wiring exists behind the bumper and goes back to the module (which I think is in the trunk). You might require the dealer to configure the car computers to "see" the new sensors. In short, it's probably a whole lot cheaper and simpler to hang a tennis ball from the ceiling to give you a reference where to stop.

 

Thanks, I like the tennis ball method.