Parking Sensor Missing?
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Parking Sensor Missing?
I own an '06 GS300 RWD and believed I had the parking distance indicators on my car, but when I press the parking sensor button on the side panel, it does not work. I looked on the navi pages for any help, but failed to find anything.
Please let me know if I'm overlooking something or there are some GS models out there without the parking sensors.
Please let me know if I'm overlooking something or there are some GS models out there without the parking sensors.
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look at your front and rear bumper, do you see round circle tabs on them? those are parking sensors
if you press the P on the side panel by the steering wheel, it should turn on / off the parking sensors. if they are on, you should see a green "P" on the dash, i think it's inside the left "gauge" (out of the 3).
look at your front and rear bumper, do you see round circle tabs on them? those are parking sensors
if you press the P on the side panel by the steering wheel, it should turn on / off the parking sensors. if they are on, you should see a green "P" on the dash, i think it's inside the left "gauge" (out of the 3).
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welcome to clublexus
look at your front and rear bumper, do you see round circle tabs on them? those are parking sensors
if you press the P on the side panel by the steering wheel, it should turn on / off the parking sensors. if they are on, you should see a green "P" on the dash, i think it's inside the left "gauge" (out of the 3).
look at your front and rear bumper, do you see round circle tabs on them? those are parking sensors
if you press the P on the side panel by the steering wheel, it should turn on / off the parking sensors. if they are on, you should see a green "P" on the dash, i think it's inside the left "gauge" (out of the 3).
I looked and there are two square holes, which are probably for the tow hooks or something of that nature. I pressed the P button, but nothing happens. So... maybe I don't have them?
take picture of your front/rear bumper, we can confirm. but seems like you don't have sensors
i am also surprised if your car doesn't have parking sensors but the button is there
i am also surprised if your car doesn't have parking sensors but the button is there
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Two things may have happened to your car in the past:
1) The bumpers were replaced, though it's odd that both front and rears would be replaced it was perhaps at some point caught in an accident where it hit somebody from behind and then someone behind them hit them. At that time, they went the cheap no-insurance route of replacing bumpers but skipping the expensive sensors.
2) For some reason somebody replaced the instrument panel with that button with a used part that has the button but the car never came with the sensors.
Either way it looks like something fishy in the car's history.
1) The bumpers were replaced, though it's odd that both front and rears would be replaced it was perhaps at some point caught in an accident where it hit somebody from behind and then someone behind them hit them. At that time, they went the cheap no-insurance route of replacing bumpers but skipping the expensive sensors.
2) For some reason somebody replaced the instrument panel with that button with a used part that has the button but the car never came with the sensors.
Either way it looks like something fishy in the car's history.
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i also have a 2006 rwd gs300 and i have the button but no parking sensor too! i think it is just the way they come , but i was also wondering what are those two square boxes on the front and back bumpers?
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Those knockouts are on every car. Take the cover off and look inside, they're covers for tow hooks for when you drive your car into a ditch and it needs to get winched out.
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Thank you Jesus/God/Allah/Buddah for this forum
without this forum dealerships would be making more money than they are for simple things such as this. since I've been a member here my GS300 hasn't been anywhere near a Lexus dealership
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