Weird parking sensor behavior

[Torquem]

This may be totally normal, but it strikes me as odd. My parking sensor button turns itself off all the time. It has almost boned me a couple times pulling up to curbs. Is this something I have to manually turn on every time I am approaching a parking spot? I figured the system would just stay on unless I turned it off myself. I will turn on the system and within minutes it will be off.

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[XtremeMaC]

I cannot definitively remember the setting now, but I know there was Parking sensor activation in one of the vehicle settings. It came automatically on for me if I recall correctly.
Do you actually see something in the dash that say it's off?

 

[Torquem]

It is the button on the console. It has a green light and it will not be lit up. I approach a curb and it never turns on. I have to hit the button to turn on parking sensors.

 

[Torquem]

Also, "automatic parking sensors activation" is selected in menu

 

[s219]

The park distance sensors normally react to objects about shin to knee height. So as you pull close to another car bumper, etc, they should turn on. They won’t react to curbs. That would be a situation to tap the button preemptively to turn on the cameras and sensors if your car is so equipped. At least on my BMWs, the park distance sensors and the parking assist system (with surround cameras) are two different things.

 

[Torquem]

Interesting. Thanks for the info!

 

[Dooo]

Interesting. Thanks for the info!

When you first turn your car on, is the green light on the center console where the parking sensor button is?

 

[Torquem]

That is the green light I was referecing. I'll have to check and see if it is lit up every time I start up the car.

 

[TwistyRoad]

This may be totally normal, but it strikes me as odd. My parking sensor button turns itself off all the time. It has almost boned me a couple times pulling up to curbs. Is this something I have to manually turn on every time I am approaching a parking spot? I figured the system would just stay on unless I turned it off myself. I will turn on the system and within minutes it will be off.

Mine does the same thing! I thought it was odd, too!

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