07 Expy rear parking sensor. . .
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07 Expy rear parking sensor. . .
Does anyone know what the range of the parking sensors are? Does the outside temp effect the effectiveness of them? As my luck has been for the last couple of days The sensors did not go off when backing into a parking spot and now I have a torn and ripped bumper 
At first I thought the sensor was turned off , but that was not the case this time. Has anyone come across similar problems?
At first I thought the sensor was turned off , but that was not the case this time. Has anyone come across similar problems?
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I have it in my 08 Expy and don't notice any change in the cold. The only thing is it seems to sometimes pickup the exhaust condensation when very cold and gives a faulse positive. For the range it seems quite far when the slow beep starts. I wish the solid beep was a little closer. My seems to go solid with about 2 feet left.
Did yours beep at all when this happened, or didn't go solid beep? I suspect there is probably a detailed waiver from Ford regarding failure of the system, no?
Did yours beep at all when this happened, or didn't go solid beep? I suspect there is probably a detailed waiver from Ford regarding failure of the system, no?
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I have it in my 08 Expy and don't notice any change in the cold. The only thing is it seems to sometimes pickup the exhaust condensation when very cold and gives a faulse positive. For the range it seems quite far when the slow beep starts. I wish the solid beep was a little closer. My seems to go solid with about 2 feet left.
Did yours beep at all when this happened, or didn't go solid beep? I suspect there is probably a detailed waver from Ford regarding failure of the system, no?
Did yours beep at all when this happened, or didn't go solid beep? I suspect there is probably a detailed waver from Ford regarding failure of the system, no?
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Hmm unless the 07's have a different system then 08. Mine is as well behind the bumper but I don't notice any limit in sensitivity. If anything it's over sensative. Seems to pickup cars driving down the street as i'm backing out of my driveway. which is 10' away.
I even left a snow shovel leaning up against the back and it too set the system off. I'd be curious to know if the system actually failed and if Ford would at least check it out. Seems very odd to me that it didn't beep since your bumper actually hit something. I could see if it was something smaller and when under the bumper.
I even left a snow shovel leaning up against the back and it too set the system off. I'd be curious to know if the system actually failed and if Ford would at least check it out. Seems very odd to me that it didn't beep since your bumper actually hit something. I could see if it was something smaller and when under the bumper.
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I suspect your sideview mirrors are faulty. Suggest you have the dealer check them. We shouldn't drive such dam large vehicles if we have no sense of their size. Try a festiva or something. 
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Appears to be a malfunction.
Been below zero here and the sensors work fine on my truck. Picks up snow drifts, curbs, etc. so there's no size problem with mine. Spots the bikes on the rack, though, so I have to be real careful backing with them on the back; and it's (of course) totally useless when backing a trailer!
-- Chuck
Been below zero here and the sensors work fine on my truck. Picks up snow drifts, curbs, etc. so there's no size problem with mine. Spots the bikes on the rack, though, so I have to be real careful backing with them on the back; and it's (of course) totally useless when backing a trailer!
-- Chuck
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After meeting with the dealer that all our fleet trucks are serviced at. They discovered a short in the wires in the parking sensors and will be replacing them. As for the bumper my dealer will be replacing it for gratis
Thanks all for your comments!
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That bumper is not inexpensive. The failure of the sensor directly led to the damage to the bumper cover. The failure of a oil pump leads to a burned bearing and the dealer fixes the pump. I would also expect the dealer to repair the bearing. The dealer is not doing you a favor. He is doing it for cause. "After meeting with the dealer that all our fleet trucks are serviced at." Pretty good reason to keep you happy. 
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That bumper is not inexpensive. The failure of the sensor directly led to the damage to the bumper cover. The failure of a oil pump leads to a burned bearing and the dealer fixes the pump. I would also expect the dealer to repair the bearing. The dealer is not doing you a favor. He is doing it for cause. "After meeting with the dealer that all our fleet trucks are serviced at." Pretty good reason to keep you happy.
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I'm happy for you CarbonClear!!! I have an Expy 06 and I can say the backup sensors are verry sensitive for the distance and the range left to right works well even when a car in a parking lot pass behind me BUT if we mixe verry cold (between -15 to -37 celcius) with snow and humidity the freak out a bit ya even if there is nothing there... nothing we can see! ice!!! Yep I found that a day, there was a bit of ice but enough to make them freaking out!
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