I have a T6 2018 with parking sensors and park pilot not working. After having a look underneath, I’m sure that they were factory fitted. The vehicle has only done 6k miles ( previous owner fell ill shortly after purchase and sadly passed away so hence hardly any use). I’m sure that nothing would have broken down within this usage but the vehicle was not used for over 12 months waiting for probate/ will to be sorted so quite possibly the battery may have drained until bought by myself last April. Would this have any effect regarding coding. Any thoughts appreciated.
Hi, sorry for the bump up but would appreciate any guidance as to where to look at. Had a look today and they are definitely factory fitted, took some of the headlining board down at the back and seen the vw sicker on the wiring loom going to the front.
Then looked at connections underneath passenger double seat and all seems fine. Not sure where to look next for any issue. Where does the factory fit sensors pick up the feed from. Any input appreciated, cheers.
Do you have a switch on the dash to switch off the parking sensors? If not, they won't be factory fit sensors.
You only get the switch if you have full sensors front and rear
Vehicles with rear only dont get the switch
Good point, I'll just stick to eating my lunch instead of putting wrong info out there
That’s right Pauly, only got rear sensors, and definitely factory fit from looking underneath at the sensors and the wiring loom in the roof at the back. They have never worked since I picked up the can but, as per circumstance above, wouldn’t think anything has broken since the van had only done 3900 miles. Do you think it could be a coding issue maybe, particularly as it had stood for a period unused ?
Been there got the T shirt
Currently investigating park assist failure on FiLs Audi A5 (with dash button). Fault code says its the beeper which is a £10 part necessitating 4 hours of stripping out rear seats and boot trim panels to fit it!
I think you need to check for fault codes.
I think you need to check for fault codes.
No tow bar. There is no evidence of a reverse system when reverse is selected, radio just plays as normal. As I mentioned before, I wonder if factory resetting the head unit deletes any coded options such as the reverse system / park pilot ??
I will try to do a scan with my cheap obd scanner but may require a more detailed scan.
I will try to do a scan with my cheap obd scanner but may require a more detailed scan.
Ok. I believe tow bar system is linked in to parking sensors as I had an issue with park pilot system. Mine was a blown circuit board within towbar system, fixed that which sorted park pilot
Thanks for the input chaps, have scanned with my cheapo obd scanner and no faults detected (didn’t expect it to check for reverse sensor circuit tbh). If the problem was moisture in one of the sensors would that mean that nothing would happen when reverse is selected, either screen change or noise ? Had a listen and no ticking or noise from any of the sensors when in reverse. Probably have to go to someone who can recode if necessary. I’ll unplug the sensors and give them a good blow through and maybe test for any voltage while I’m there.
It's kinda complicated
TLDR: in your van front buzzer is used and it's located next to the PDC module under dash on the left side of the connection hub. It's accessed straight up from drivers footwell - the panel above pedals has to be removed.
Complicated version:
- Since October 2018, there's no separate front / rear buzzers, front buzzer is used for both
- Vehicles with rear parking aid only don't have a rear buzzer, front buzzer is used instead
- Multivan / Caravelle / California: rear buzzer at lower part of left D-pillar
- Other vans: rear buzzer at upper part of left B-pillar
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Well you were right, a right pita accessing and removing screws and plug. It’s out now, tested and seems dead so got one coming tomorrow. I’ll update if it fixes the system. It did say on the professional garage scanner laptop which my neighbour brought home that it was a known/ common issue. Thanks all for your help. Fingers crossed.It's kinda complicated
TLDR: in your van front buzzer is used and it's located next to the PDC module under dash on the left side of the connection hub. It's accessed straight up from drivers footwell - the panel above pedals has to be removed.
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Complicated version:
- Since October 2018, there's no separate front / rear buzzers, front buzzer is used for both
- Vehicles with rear parking aid only don't have a rear buzzer, front buzzer is used instead
- Multivan / Caravelle / California: rear buzzer at lower part of left D-pillar
- Other vans: rear buzzer at upper part of left B-pillar
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