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Old 20th October 2013, 07:40 AM
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Hi All,

I've got a faulty parking sensor (front mid-left) and I've bought 2 different sensors for it (new) and no luck on either fixing the issue which feels to me like its something else. Each time I clear vagcom the fault comes back instantly. Any ideas on how I can progress?

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Old 20th October 2013, 10:44 AM
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Maybe see if you can borrow a reverse control module and try it.. They're easy to get to, just in front of the media rack in the boot.
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Old 21st October 2013, 07:32 AM
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Never seen a faulty controller on just one sensor, albeit possible I suppose...

On the RS6 I had a similar sounding issue where I replaced the sensor with no success. Eventually turned out to be a broken wire in the PDC loom. Odd thing was there was no localised damage, it was just broken somewhere inside the bit of wire in the bumper.

I guess in short, my advice would be to get a test meter from the pins in the boot where the PDC controller is to the connector at the front where the sensor goes. If a common wire has failed, its probably quite easy to piggy back off off the sensor next door. In the RS6 case, the wire was only brokem about 6 inches away from the sensor so I was able to repair the wire......

Sorry, I genuinely beleived it was just a sensor, as it is 99.9% of the time....
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Never seen a faulty controller on just one sensor, albeit possible I suppose...

On the RS6 I had a similar sounding issue where I replaced the sensor with no success. Eventually turned out to be a broken wire in the PDC loom. Odd thing was there was no localised damage, it was just broken somewhere inside the bit of wire in the bumper.

I guess in short, my advice would be to get a test meter from the pins in the boot where the PDC controller is to the connector at the front where the sensor goes. If a common wire has failed, its probably quite easy to piggy back off off the sensor next door. In the RS6 case, the wire was only brokem about 6 inches away from the sensor so I was able to repair the wire......

Sorry, I genuinely beleived it was just a sensor, as it is 99.9% of the time....
Hey Ian - thanks for the advice (i was thinking similar) and no big deal!

As the front end was resprayed at some point, i have a feeling that it has damaged a wire somewhere and that it is near the front by the bumper.

I just called Carl @ A8Parts and am on the waiting list for a PDC wiring loom that goes from the radiator area into the bumper just in case but will do some more digging.

Thanks again,

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Hi,

Just a quick update...i managed to fix this today.

After some continuity testing, it ended up being as Ian suggests...a crack in a wire in the bumpers' PDC loom - mine also didn't have any visible damage similar to his RS6.

I ended up soldering a new wire connection between the PDC sensor connector and the main loom connector. Sealed the loom all up again, and jobs a goodun'!

Hope it helps someone else...

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