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16 years ago
Parking sensors driving me bonkers
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16 years ago
I also have a GS430 with the sensors . One of them started going off all the time. I thought there was something wrong with it so I took the car to the dealer and complained about it. The service writer told me that dirt accumulates in the groove around the sensor and to clean it off. Worked like a charm!
You may have an accumulation of dirt on all your sensors that hasn't been cleaned since the car was new. There is a button in the switch box that will let you turn this feature off (at least there is in my car, a 2006).
David
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16 years ago
Turn the sensors off until you are about to park the car. Try cleaning them, as there may be some dirt on them. Snow/ice will also set them off with no obstruction within range.
The minmimum is 2/32 of an inch (about 1.5 mm). All US-sold tires (tyres for you all in UK land ) have "wear bars" molded into the tread to indicate this miniumum legal tread depth. By the time you get down to that little tread, some drivers will already have hydroplaned off the road in the wet. :-(