ShadowsPapa
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Got my wife her Rudolph tire cover - installed it yesterday (she wanted to drive it in exchange for me driving mine on Monday since Monday will involve some rock roads)
Install was just as expected like any well-fitted tire cover - snug on the tire, not loose, not too tight either (that company wanted to know the exact tire size from the sidewall)
I wish the camera hole was a tad different because you can just see the lower part of the cover's hole in the backup cam view but it doesn't really obstruct anything at all.
However, first trip out with it yesterday the park sense button started flashing and she got a message park sense disabled, clean sensors.
They are clean - the thing was washed not long ago and hasn't really seen dirt to speak off, rear bumper is very clean. There's nothing on the bumper or the bumper sensors.
After the first stop, when we started out again, park sense worked perfectly, exactly like normal.
Then another stop for a few minutes, took off again - button flashed, error message on cluster park sense disabled etc etc.
Checked again - the bumper is totally clear.
My question - is the JLU park sense sensor array ONLY in the bumper? Is it only sensors there and no place else?
Does that backup camera have anything at all to do with park sense? (can't really see how - it doesn't matter on the JT with park sense)
Anyone else seen this after installing a silly tire cover?
Total coincidence??
I had thought about cutting a piece of plastic to slip behind the camera bit to hold the cover back (or forward) from the camera view as an experiment but I can't see how the camera matters.
I thought I would try here first as many JT owners either have a JL/JLU or came from one and it's a friendlier bunch here other than maybe one or two
(J/K)
BTW - this 4xe recently had a full transmission transplant so who knows what all had to come apart or got messed with............ but I can't see a harness running along the frame all the way to the rear bumper being involved in anything at all. Just thought I'd throw that out there as some people here know the Wrangler inside and out and up-side-down and sideways.
Admission - full disclosure - I've never even had the spare tire off her Jeep - never had that camera bit, never even unlocked that lock thing below the camera lens so I'm at 0 (zero) knowledge on the Wrangler backup cam.
Install was just as expected like any well-fitted tire cover - snug on the tire, not loose, not too tight either (that company wanted to know the exact tire size from the sidewall)
I wish the camera hole was a tad different because you can just see the lower part of the cover's hole in the backup cam view but it doesn't really obstruct anything at all.
However, first trip out with it yesterday the park sense button started flashing and she got a message park sense disabled, clean sensors.
They are clean - the thing was washed not long ago and hasn't really seen dirt to speak off, rear bumper is very clean. There's nothing on the bumper or the bumper sensors.
After the first stop, when we started out again, park sense worked perfectly, exactly like normal.
Then another stop for a few minutes, took off again - button flashed, error message on cluster park sense disabled etc etc.
Checked again - the bumper is totally clear.
My question - is the JLU park sense sensor array ONLY in the bumper? Is it only sensors there and no place else?
Does that backup camera have anything at all to do with park sense? (can't really see how - it doesn't matter on the JT with park sense)
Anyone else seen this after installing a silly tire cover?
Total coincidence??
I had thought about cutting a piece of plastic to slip behind the camera bit to hold the cover back (or forward) from the camera view as an experiment but I can't see how the camera matters.
I thought I would try here first as many JT owners either have a JL/JLU or came from one and it's a friendlier bunch here other than maybe one or two
(J/K)BTW - this 4xe recently had a full transmission transplant so who knows what all had to come apart or got messed with............ but I can't see a harness running along the frame all the way to the rear bumper being involved in anything at all. Just thought I'd throw that out there as some people here know the Wrangler inside and out and up-side-down and sideways.
Admission - full disclosure - I've never even had the spare tire off her Jeep - never had that camera bit, never even unlocked that lock thing below the camera lens so I'm at 0 (zero) knowledge on the Wrangler backup cam.
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