Reverse sensors
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Reverse sensors
Towards the end of the winter, the reverse sensors on my '03 F250 started going crazy. I'd get beep-beeps when reversing when I knew nothing was there. I figured that I had salt or something on the sensors, and periodically wiped them off. It was intermittant enough that I didn't notice a pattern, but I definately didn't trust them!
Fast forward about 2 months, and they stopped working completely. Now, I start the truck and the idiot light on the button says "off", and they don't work at all. If I press the button to turn them on, the first time I put it in reverse it turns back off.
Any ideas of where to look?
Thanks!
Kevin
Canton, MI
Fast forward about 2 months, and they stopped working completely. Now, I start the truck and the idiot light on the button says "off", and they don't work at all. If I press the button to turn them on, the first time I put it in reverse it turns back off.
Any ideas of where to look?
Thanks!
Kevin
Canton, MI
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From: Brew City, USA New Berlin
Towards the end of the winter, the reverse sensors on my '03 F250 started going crazy. I'd get beep-beeps when reversing when I knew nothing was there. I figured that I had salt or something on the sensors, and periodically wiped them off. It was intermittant enough that I didn't notice a pattern, but I definately didn't trust them!
I suspect that sometimes when the temp/humidity is just right they MIGHT even be affected by the exhaust blowing back there. I'm just guessing though.
Any kind of condensation will make them read incorrectly. In the winter, you may be seeing some condensation from going from cold to warm, or from the heat of the exhaust either causing condensation or just the plain old 'fog' of the exhaust triggering an idicator.
If they act up when the weather is clear and warm, then I'd say you have a problem.
Other things you might check... Trailer hitch might be catching a reading.
Also when my tailgate is down, they go nuts.
Last edited by Milwaukee,WI; Mar 31, 2006 at 11:51 AM.
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