How to stop service rear park assist warning light?
How to stop service rear park assist warning light?
When putting the sensors back onto the bumper, don’t forget to use a healthy dose of dielectric grease in order to seal the rubber portions of the electrical connections. The only way to stop the “Service Rear Park Assist” warning light from illuminating on the dash—until the new sensors can be installed—is to remove it.
How does Park Assist work on a car?
The system provides “distance-to-object” and object location alerts to help the driver park and avoid crashing into nearby objects during low-speed maneuvering by using 4 ultrasonic sensors mounted on the front bumper and 4 ultrasonic sensors mounted on the rear bumper. The sensors have the following ranges:
When to replace a Rear Parking Assist Sensor?
Silicone insulator surrounding sensor maybe missing, cut, or twisted. Replace sensor insulator ring if damaged. One or more of the sensors may be scratched, the paint maybe chipped or excessive paint on sensor that is greater than 6 mils thickness. Replace sensor. Refer to Rear Parking Assist Alarm Sensor Replacement procedure.
Why is the park assist not working on my Mercedes?
Wife has CLK500 Convertible Hi Scraping. You’d have to check behind your new front bumper for signs of tell tale wiring from the sensors fitted to the old front bumper. The lights on the dash you notice are the Parktronic displays for the front sensors.
When do I need to calibrate my Park Assist Sensor?
Park assist sensors are used to control front parking assist, rear parking assist, and active parking assist. Calibration or aiming may need to be done after removal of the bumper cover, removal of the sensor, or an impact on or near the sensor.
The system provides “distance-to-object” and object location alerts to help the driver park and avoid crashing into nearby objects during low-speed maneuvering by using 4 ultrasonic sensors mounted on the front bumper and 4 ultrasonic sensors mounted on the rear bumper. The sensors have the following ranges:
What is the error code on my parking sensor?
The error code most commonly associated with the sensors is B1296-12 (PTS Sensor 9-Circuit Short to Battery). Replacing the defective shorted sensor should solve that problem. Your dealer can read the trouble codes stored in your parking sensors control unit to determine if a shorted-out sensor is the culprit, or something else.
When putting the sensors back onto the bumper, don’t forget to use a healthy dose of dielectric grease in order to seal the rubber portions of the electrical connections. The only way to stop the “Service Rear Park Assist” warning light from illuminating on the dash—until the new sensors can be installed—is to remove it.
