Front PDC sensor activation?

moldcad · 10-26-2014, 11:07 AM

There is a button in the F10 to activate them, if one didn't use reverse first which activates both rear and front ones (interestingly, VAG has chosen a different strategy and my Golf R's front sensors get activated whenever I approach an obstacle with a speed low enough for the car to "think" I'm maneouvering).

But I always wondered how it works in M235i - never saw one with the P button... Would they engage in a similar way to my R's ones?

beenthere1 · 10-26-2014, 11:34 AM

I have the "P" button that activates the backup camera and the sensors.

moldcad · 10-26-2014, 11:47 AM

I stand corrected then...

Cal · 10-26-2014, 02:39 PM

Yes, there is a P button to activate this manually. Like your Golf R, the Mercedes system automatically activates them when moving slowly forward and approaching an object. They are just lights on top of the middle dashboard with beeping sound unlike the cool sensor display in iDrive in the BMWs. It would be great if this could be coded in to the BMWs (to automatically turn on PDC when approaching an object at slow speed.)

10-26-2014, 11:07 AM	#1
moldcad Major 262 Rep 1,091 Posts Drives: M235i Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Poland iTrader: (0)	Front PDC sensor activation? There is a button in the F10 to activate them, if one didn't use reverse first which activates both rear and front ones (interestingly, VAG has chosen a different strategy and my Golf R's front sensors get activated whenever I approach an obstacle with a speed low enough for the car to "think" I'm maneouvering). But I always wondered how it works in M235i - never saw one with the P button... Would they engage in a similar way to my R's ones? __________________ previous: 2003 E46 330i SMG just sold: 2013 F10 528i xDrive my AWD beater: 2015 Golf R mk7 DSG my RWD pirate & long-distance cruiser: 2015 M235i AT8, LSD
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beenthere1 Private 28 Rep 98 Posts Drives: m340i xdrive, x3 m40i Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Phila iTrader: (0)	I have the "P" button that activates the backup camera and the sensors.
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moldcad Major 262 Rep 1,091 Posts Drives: M235i Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Poland iTrader: (0)	I stand corrected then... __________________ previous: 2003 E46 330i SMG just sold: 2013 F10 528i xDrive my AWD beater: 2015 Golf R mk7 DSG my RWD pirate & long-distance cruiser: 2015 M235i AT8, LSD
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Cal Second Lieutenant 31 Rep 214 Posts Drives: BMWs, NSX. Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: CA iTrader: (0)	Yes, there is a P button to activate this manually. Like your Golf R, the Mercedes system automatically activates them when moving slowly forward and approaching an object. They are just lights on top of the middle dashboard with beeping sound unlike the cool sensor display in iDrive in the BMWs. It would be great if this could be coded in to the BMWs (to automatically turn on PDC when approaching an object at slow speed.)
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