Park Assist Issues
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w219 CLS 320- Distronic and Keyless
Park Assist Issues
Hi,
I have a 2007 320 LWB.
I have distronic and park assist, however I’m having some issues.
I’ve never had a blue P show up on the dashboard. 3/5 attempts, park assist unavailable shows up on dashboard and the sensors beep, and then show red.
when I use the parallel setting on the comand, it says steering wheel turned too far and the guidance stops.
what is likely the issue? I don’t have actual sensors, I think it’s the radar built in using distronic.
I have a 2007 320 LWB.
I have distronic and park assist, however I’m having some issues.
I’ve never had a blue P show up on the dashboard. 3/5 attempts, park assist unavailable shows up on dashboard and the sensors beep, and then show red.
when I use the parallel setting on the comand, it says steering wheel turned too far and the guidance stops.
what is likely the issue? I don’t have actual sensors, I think it’s the radar built in using distronic.
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Hi,
I have a 2007 320 LWB.
I have distronic and park assist, however I’m having some issues.
I’ve never had a blue P show up on the dashboard. 3/5 attempts, park assist unavailable shows up on dashboard and the sensors beep, and then show red.
when I use the parallel setting on the comand, it says steering wheel turned too far and the guidance stops.
what is likely the issue? I don’t have actual sensors, I think it’s the radar built in using distronic.
I have a 2007 320 LWB.
I have distronic and park assist, however I’m having some issues.
I’ve never had a blue P show up on the dashboard. 3/5 attempts, park assist unavailable shows up on dashboard and the sensors beep, and then show red.
when I use the parallel setting on the comand, it says steering wheel turned too far and the guidance stops.
what is likely the issue? I don’t have actual sensors, I think it’s the radar built in using distronic.
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The descriptions and videos you see that mention the blue "P" symbol are, I believe, for a later version of Park Assist (or Parktronic) and don't apply to your car. What they used in 2007 was very immature technology. The camera is great, but their attempt at "guided" parking - not great.
#3
parallel parking on mine you always get the turned it too far message.... they seem to think the space is twice as long as any you'll actually find available, so you try to get it in the space and it says well you went a bit wild …. it can be calibrated but that's more during fitment.... they shouldn't got out of sync unless some components is changed or such
#4
the world moved on in technology terms... my sister has "real" park assist on a 2013 Ford Focus and its brilliant.... it turns the wheel for you and it fits in tiny spaces and ends up 4" from the kerb perfectly....
#7
is it the right manual.... No P on mine what page of the book?
much later I guess 220 PARKTRONIC SYSTEM (PTS)
mine has 229 PARK ASSIST
later cars get option 230 PARKING GUIDANCE
I have an extra with the camera that gives coloured moving lines - you manually swap between reverse (good) and parallel (useless) parking. Not sure if this is 229 or if that that's the parking sensors???
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much later I guess 220 PARKTRONIC SYSTEM (PTS)
mine has 229 PARK ASSIST
later cars get option 230 PARKING GUIDANCE
I have an extra with the camera that gives coloured moving lines - you manually swap between reverse (good) and parallel (useless) parking. Not sure if this is 229 or if that that's the parking sensors???
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is it the right manual.... No P on mine what page of the book?
much later I guess 220 PARKTRONIC SYSTEM (PTS)
mine has 229 PARK ASSIST
later cars get option 230 PARKING GUIDANCE
I have an extra with the camera that gives coloured moving lines - you manually swap between reverse (good) and parallel (useless) parking. Not sure if this is 229 or if that that's the parking sensors???
.
much later I guess 220 PARKTRONIC SYSTEM (PTS)
mine has 229 PARK ASSIST
later cars get option 230 PARKING GUIDANCE
I have an extra with the camera that gives coloured moving lines - you manually swap between reverse (good) and parallel (useless) parking. Not sure if this is 229 or if that that's the parking sensors???
.
#9
I have 5 radars with disctronic plus, 4 in the bumpers and one in the grille
I don't have blind spot
I have rear camera
with an option extra parking help - which brings active guide lines
I don't have option 230 nor did another with the same features I have
I don't have blind spot
I have rear camera
with an option extra parking help - which brings active guide lines
I don't have option 230 nor did another with the same features I have
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You need 8 radar units to have option 230, 4 in the front, 4 in the back.
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Mine is a 2007 S600 with option code 229, "Park Assist" and 233, Distronic Plus. There are four radar sensors behind the front bumper cover, one dead center behind the grille, backup camera. I haven't had the rear bumper cover off, but the EPC shows two "City Assist System" sensors. They are the same part number as the four radar sensors behind the front bumper. The car most definitely does not have blind spot monitoring. The "Park Assist" feature gives you a front parking distance display, and guide lines superimposed on the backup camera to aid in parallel parking or backing into a spot -- supposedly. I've never found that convoluted system the slightest bit useful, it demands that you follow an exact process or it throws up its little German hands and says, "Ich gebe auf! Sie sind auf eigene Faust, Freund."
#12
its works perfectly to park the correct way, reversing in to a space. But USA frown on that way of driving (in the movies its cos plod like to drive round and check the rear number plates - so illegal to reverse in)
for parallel parking its needs a very long space that doesn't exist where I live and is thus useless
for parallel parking its needs a very long space that doesn't exist where I live and is thus useless
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Utter nonsense. There is nothing preventing anyone in the US from backing into a parking spot; it's just not commonly done in most parts of the country. It may shock you to learn that not everything you see in movies is completely accurate.
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traffic engineering analyst for the city, filled in the rest of the information. He said, first of all, parking structures and parking lots should all be posted with “no-backing-in” signs. With this ruling, police will be able to check if rear license plates are registered and legal.
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traffic engineering analyst for the city, filled in the rest of the information. He said, first of all, parking structures and parking lots should all be posted with “no-backing-in” signs. With this ruling, police will be able to check if rear license plates are registered and legal.
- Traffic engineers do not make laws.
- There are over 19,000 towns and cities in the US, with several hundred large enough to justify having traffic engineers. Whatever one might say, the others are (rightly) free to ignore.
- Many states require license plates on the front of vehicles as well as the rear.
- No cop is going to waste time driving through parking lots looking for expired plates. For one thing, parking lots are, by and large, private property, and there is no law against having a car with expired plates parked on private property - or, in most cases, even in a city owned lot. You'd have to be driving or parking it on a public road to be in violation of the law. Plus, they generally have better things to do.
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- Traffic engineers do not make laws.
- There are over 19,000 towns and cities in the US, with several hundred large enough to justify having traffic engineers. Whatever one might say, the others are (rightly) free to ignore.
- Many states require license plates on the front of vehicles as well as the rear.
- No cop is going to waste time driving through parking lots looking for expired plates. For one thing, parking lots are, by and large, private property, and there is no law against having a car with expired plates parked on private property - or, in most cases, even in a city owned lot. You'd have to be driving or parking it on a public road to be in violation of the law. Plus, they generally have better things to do.