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Mine has also started doing this. Do you need to remove the front bumper to replace the front sensors?

I had a bit of a go trying to pry them out with my fingers but no luck.

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Originally Posted by X5Andrew

...I had to take each sensor and move it to the front as i tested them. When I took the bad sensor and plugged it to the front, the beep came from the front.

And Bingo was his name ' O...

Nice work, Andrew. :thumbup:

Were your phantom false positive beeps intermittent, or did it happen every time PDC was engaged?

It happened every time PDC was activated.

My friend says he has a list of years at work for me on what years mix with what year. I will post it when he sends it over :)

Ok here is the info on what sensors can interchange.

Also, I am getting a few PM's on how to remove them from the outside of the vehicle. I have used a Door Panel Clip removing too. It has been raining here but as soon as it clears up I will take pics and do a formal write-up on how to find and fix PDC :)

Here is the chart for now. You should be able to buy them from an auto wrecker for around $20 - $30 Beats the $112 from the stealer.

http://www.shinerbock.com/sensor.jpg

keep us updated man thank you!!

any new info andrew?

Good work, I wanted to try that but was not sure if it would work. My dealer is gonna get me for one sensor I guess. It's there right now.

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Originally Posted by X5Andrew

OK have some kinda cool news here. I will try to write it up later to try and trouble shoot.

Here goes.

If the beep is from the rear it IS one of the rear sensors.

I took one of the good front (only the two center sensors will work, the side sensors have a different connector/ it has a 90 degree bend)

So I took one of the front sensors and took one of the back sensors and swapped them out. Same result, beep from the back. I then moved to the other three sensor one by one until I found the bad one. Which was far right passenger side.

I had to take each sensor and move it to the front as i tested them. When I took the bad sensor and plugged it to the front, the beep came from the front.

And Bingo was his name ' O

There ya go,

Takes a bit of doing but it can be done. If you decide to try and take them out from the outside, be very careful. They are a biatch to get out without breaking. Much better to get them from the inside.

One other thing. I have found out they use the same sensors on the 5 series and the 7 series.

Not sure on year swapping or what year is good from what to what... still working on that.

Like I said, I will try to take pics and do a write-up if anyone thinks it is worth it.

CPO will not cover the sensor even if it's due to sensor failure and not parking damage.

i still wanna know a way of removing the sensor from the outside.

And also i have learned that, the PDC sensors should make some sort of noise like a clicking sound if u put ur ear to it.
but i dont hear that noise out of any of my sensors.. i listend to my dads range rover to see what noise it makes, and i deff hear it on the range rover..so i know what im supossed to listen for

So if NONE of my sensors make a noise.. and my PDC goes into a constant beeping mode and the light flashes..how should i go about DYI'ing it

I have been tryin to get out and get some pics of how to remove the sensors. It has been raining here like crazy and it seems like every time I try to get out and do some pics I get pulled in 4 different directions. I will get a detailed how to done shortly.

I am not sure on the clicking sounds.... I will give it a listen and try mine.

As far as the front sensors, I got the center one out without removing the bumber... the sensors on the sides I know are different. The have a 90 degree bend in the connection so I stayed clear of those.

I should have something written up by this weekend :)