Replacing rear parking sensors - How to
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Hi all,
this is just a quick heads up, please accept my apologies IF it's been covered before....I've looked and can't see where it has.
I needed a new rear parking sensors on my 58 plate XJ X358
The bumper was not removed!
It was a case of removing the rear lights, or in this case the passenger side rear....it was the left outer and left inner that were playing up.
This allowed limited access to both units ( clearly helps if you know what you're doing as no visibility, all done by feel only )
Both units were removed and replaced in a very short time period.
Hope it helps someone!
Thanks
Jim
this is just a quick heads up, please accept my apologies IF it's been covered before....I've looked and can't see where it has.
I needed a new rear parking sensors on my 58 plate XJ X358
The bumper was not removed!
It was a case of removing the rear lights, or in this case the passenger side rear....it was the left outer and left inner that were playing up.
This allowed limited access to both units ( clearly helps if you know what you're doing as no visibility, all done by feel only )
Both units were removed and replaced in a very short time period.
Hope it helps someone!
Thanks
Jim
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Hi Jim,
I have a problem with my rear parking sensors, it makes a long beep when the reverse gear is engaged, but never worked since i bought the car. I have inspected the wiring and found the far left burnt out and disconnected, so reconnected it, but it still doesn't work. Any clues as to how to detect a non working sensor.
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I have a problem with my rear parking sensors, it makes a long beep when the reverse gear is engaged, but never worked since i bought the car. I have inspected the wiring and found the far left burnt out and disconnected, so reconnected it, but it still doesn't work. Any clues as to how to detect a non working sensor.
Thanks.
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Good working sensors should produce a very faint tick tick tick tick sound
Non working sensors do not
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The sensors are held in a delicate looking clip presumably glued to the inside of the bumper.
I removed the bumper to replace mine but then I had to hack off a clip at the bottom of the
wheel liner which was attached to the bumper.
Great design-a metal fastening in an area prone to corrosion holding two bits
of plastic together.
Sorry but I can't tell you any more about the clip-it was years ago when I did mine but
it was just a matter of unclipping it not unscrewing.
Details of bumper removal in JTIS if you want to go down that route.
I removed the bumper to replace mine but then I had to hack off a clip at the bottom of the
wheel liner which was attached to the bumper.
Great design-a metal fastening in an area prone to corrosion holding two bits
of plastic together.
Sorry but I can't tell you any more about the clip-it was years ago when I did mine but
it was just a matter of unclipping it not unscrewing.
Details of bumper removal in JTIS if you want to go down that route.
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