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Old Apr 10, 2018 | 02:53 PM
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2013 S 550 MB painted my front and rear bumpers too many scratches .... car came back with distonics not working.... the paint job covered all sensors, cant even see where they were... they stated not there fault. Any others out there have issues with the sensors not working thanks b bedard
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Old Apr 10, 2018 | 04:32 PM
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Take it back and make some noise. The paint on the sensors have to be very thin otherwise its stops them working.

The sensors can be removed, but if the paint is so thick then you might damage the paint whilst removing them.
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Old Apr 10, 2018 | 04:59 PM
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I think you mean "Parktronic"? But yeah, take it back.
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