Parking sensors

[Rob Buchan]

I have front and rear parking sensors and when I engage reverse gear the sensors become active as you would expect. But if I drive forward into a parking spot the sensors remain inactive. There is a button on the dash I can use to activate the sensors but this not the most convenient. My son has a golf and when he creeps into a space his sensors are active. Is my setup faulty or are all transporters set up like this? Is there a tweak that can make them active below a certain speed?

 

[Lord Mfwic]

I have front and rear parking sensors and when I engage reverse gear the sensors become active as you would expect. But if I drive forward into a parking spot the sensors remain inactive. There is a button on the dash I can use to activate the sensors but this not the most convenient. My son has a golf and when he creeps into a space his sensors are active. Is my setup faulty or are all transporters set up like this? Is there a tweak that can make them active below a certain speed?

Mines the same. I Also have a Range Rover and thats the same.

 

[StudleyGlass]

That is how mine work as well. Not as posh as a golf.

 

[andys]

Yes I think it's pretty much standard, BMW, Audi and Mercs that I've had have always been the same. The only exception was the last of the old shaped XJs I had where the fronts came on in slow traffic and the constant beeping at anything it saw nearby was actually pretty annoying. I think the system of coming on in reverse but needing a manual trigger for front is the right way of doing it

 

[StudleyGlass]

I find the noise in the cab from them far to loud so i turned them right down + set the radio to mute when parking. I find that much better for me anyway.

 

[Pauly]

Same here

 

[Rob Buchan]

I asked my son about queuing in traffic and he says only very occasionally do they beep. So as well as a speed trigger there may be a distance trigger.

 

[andys]

I asked my son about queuing in traffic and he says only very occasionally do they beep. So as well as a speed trigger there may be a distance trigger.

There wouldn't be much point to them if they didn't have a distance trigger

 

[Rob Buchan]

Haha, very true.

 

[former member]

If you just drive towards something, they need activating.
But if you've recently reversed, they stay active for a while; not sure how long.

Otherwise if you were driving down a narrow lane, they'd be beeping constantly.

 

[Rob Buchan]

I guess VW must put superior tech into Golfs.

 

[Sjacko20]

My wife noticed this after expecting them to beep when she parked as both her Volvo and my golf front sensors come on automatically. Does anyone know if this is this likely to be a VCDS option that can be coded?

 

[Depron Donkey]

Just reading this, how do you increase the volume of the PDC sounders and also mute the radio when parking?

 

[mmi]

Just reading this, how do you increase the volume of the PDC sounders and also mute the radio when parking?

Radio mute --> Selecting Reverse And The Heater Fan Changed Speed

 

[Pauly]

All the volumes are in the settings on the headunit
The volume knob will adjust the sound of whatever is active at the time ie PDC/radio/phone/nav

 

[Depron Donkey]

I have set the mute on the head unit now thank you gents. Can the volume of the sounders be increased, the radio volume just goes up if you adjust the volume knob while the PDC is active?

 

[rover220]

yes but you need vcds

 

[Depron Donkey]

yes but you need vcds

Thanks @rover220 , I have VCDS, have you the coding?

 

[Pauly]

All the volumes are in the settings on the headunit
The volume knob will adjust the sound of whatever is active at the time ie PDC/radio/phone/nav

Yeah sorry I don’t know why I wrote PDC there
The headunit volume only controls sounds coming out the speakers, the PDC has a separate small speaker wires directly into the PDC control module

 

[rover220]

go into the park sensor module, you can change deactivation speeds aswell as tweak volumes and pitch etc for front and rear independently