My first E53 X5, Little help with parking sensors?

[Pilko]

Hi Everyone 🙂

Bought my first X5, Le mans blue 2005. High mileage but drives like its new really.

Have an issue with the parking sensors though. When selecting reverse, or pressing the parking sensor button, i get a audible beep for a few seconds and the button flashes green. Looking around online this indicates a fault in the system, had a listen to the sensors and the 4 rear ones all make the clicking noise. The 4 at the front dont, should they? Could all 4 sensors be faulty at once?

Will probably have to have codes read at some point , but just seeing if theres any quick and easy fix for it.

 

Thanks!

[Greydog]

Morning Shaun

Welcome to the Forum

The PDC system unfortunately only needs 1 sensor wonky to throw out the lot as you have discovered. The front sensors tend to live a harder life due to road spray being driven into them. The sensors are not difficult to change though on the front corners you do have to release the front bumper the corner sensors are different (angled) to the centre ones. When I did the job on my E53 4.6is I bit the bullet and changed all 4 that was 10 years ago still all good.

As for high miles my 4.6is is on 164k and a friends 3.0d 2003 290k so with a little TLC they are tough cars, invest in a copy of BMW 1.4.0 it will allow Dealer level access and Diagnostics (about £25) 

ENJOY 

Dave