parking sensors not working good

[spencer489]

when pulling out of my grage my parking sensors go off like i am about to hit somthing but i am not. the first few times i checked to make shur i would not hit anythang. i was just wondering what you guys think and if any of you have this problem.

[2SS 2011]

Same happens to myself.. The way the sensors detect objects is like a V projection field. The sensors think the sides of the garage door rails are behind it causing it to go nuts.. think of the sensor like a rear headlight.. it projects out to the sides like a v

[HDRDTD]

Keep in mind the sensors not only detect directly to the rear, but to the side a bit as well.
When I back out of my driveway, If I get a bit close to the fence on the left side or the house on the right side, It'll let me know right quick even though there is nothing directly behind me.

[2SS 2011]

Originally Posted by HDRDTD

Keep in mind the sensors not only detect directly to the rear, but to the side a bit as well.
When I back out of my driveway, If I get a bit close to the fence on the left side or the house on the right side, It'll let me know right quick even though there is nothing directly behind me.

[spencer489]

Originally Posted by 2SS 2011

Same happens to myself.. The way the sensors detect objects is like a V projection field. The sensors think the sides of the garage door rails are behind it causing it to go nuts.. think of the sensor like a rear headlight.. it projects out to the sides like a v

thats kinda what i was thinking

[2SS 2011]

Yep.. You should be good to go.. Funny story.. I was in a parking spot with noone on either side of me.. I go to back in and my parking sensors go nuts.. i go wtf? I look to my right there was a girl who was on the phone on the sidewalk.. well to the side of the car.. HOT too.. I said nice work Sensors LOL.. started talking to her and we dated for like a month LOL

[spencer489]

Originally Posted by 2SS 2011

Yep.. You should be good to go.. Funny story.. I was in a parking spot with noone on either side of me.. I go to back in and my parking sensors go nuts.. i go wtf? I look to my right there was a girl who was on the phone on the sidewalk.. well to the side of the car.. HOT too.. I said nice work Sensors LOL.. started talking to her and we dated for like a month LOL

i think yours has a little bumbble bee helping you get a date

[2SS 2011]

LOLOL I joked and said that to myself a few times !

[cab2g]

the sensors detecting things on an angle will come in handy if you are going in reverse with your wheels turned.

[ZachSGMSS]

If your garage is anything like mine it probably emits some kind of laser or some other kind of beam that will turn on the light on the door or stop the door from going down if something crosses its path. Even if I park in the middle of my garage the sensors will go off so what I think is happening is the sensors are detecting the beam somehow and thinks its a solid object. Works the way its supposed to anywhere else so it doesn't bother me.

[joeysSS]

Mine picks up trees next to the driveway as I back out. I've just gotten used to it but I don't rely on them.

[liquidsmoke]

i wouldn't rely on them solely, but they do in fact work and i wouldnt ignore them either.

mine goes off like crazy when i back out my garage also, and normally i ignore it. Then one day, there actually was a car behind me. I kept looking at the driver side mirror at the side of the garage opening cuz i pretty close to it. Ended up tapping my moms car who came over to visit.
no damage was done, i was moving under 3mph and was wondering why the sensors were still going off after i cleared the garage. Never saw the car behind me either.

if you take a look at your sensors, you can see they are pointed at different angles. You can prob adjust them if u take the bumper off.