Front Parking Sensors Believe in Ghosts!

[EdP]

Seems to be the case. BMW or Lexus end up talking to a company like Valeo and tell them "we need a parking sensor with specs x,y,z", then one day you pull up behind one, frequencies clash and boom--false alert. Freaky when it happens, but so far it hasn't triggered AEB.

If you top far enough that you can see the tires of the car in front of you the distance is enough to not set them off. Safer too if you got rear ended.

 

[stark_intern]

If you top far enough that you can see the tires of the car in front of you the distance is enough to not set them off. Safer too if you got rear ended.

Most excellent tip.

 

[perpetualmotions]

I pretty much only get it with Fords. Sometimes I'll get it from a BMW if I remember correctly, but almost all newer Fords set it off.
I seem to be lucky in that it does it from a reasonable distance too. Going to just stay away from Fords at lights

 

[stark_intern]

Going to just stay away from Fords at lights

* quietly seethes in Mustang GT *