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Old 06-26-15, 04:16 PM
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Default Front parking sensors

I plan on lowering my car in a couple months and was wondering if anyone knows if the sensors will pick up parking blocks.
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Originally Posted by ZeroG
From your Owner's Manual:


Page 257




Page 259



From your Navigation Manual:


Page 305

Hope this helps!

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None of the above provides how high an object need to be for it to trip the sensors...just how far away from an object.
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Buy a Curb Alert that will solve your distance to an object. Have it on the front of my Corvette, works great!
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My does before and after lowering
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Originally Posted by Pearlrider
My does before and after lowering
No offense but it does what Park Assist essentially looks ahead not down. The OP want to know if the Park Assist will detect curbs or parking stones. It will not.

This is what I think will work for him. Curb Alert
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My RC350 detects curbs, parking blocks, bicycles, small children and my beer frig.
And as a side note. My 2013 Ford Escape also detects parking blocks sitting several feet higher than my RC350.
What does "It will not" refer to?

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Why not just put some "curb feelers" on it? They should still be available from somewhere.
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Just wondering because my car is not lowered yet and I still drive over parking blocks just a little and they don't get detected by the sensor. Last thing I wanna do is accidentally run into a parking block when I am lowered.
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Originally Posted by iceweasel
Just wondering because my car is not lowered yet and I still drive over parking blocks just a little and they don't get detected by the sensor. Last thing I wanna do is accidentally run into a parking block when I am lowered.
The sensors are pointed forward, but not down. If you lower you car, then theoretically the parking sensor will be lower and might now detect the parking blocks. I've come so close numerous times to hitting those parking blocks. I've tested how low it will detect and it is not far, hence trying to figure out how far to pull in.
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