So I get home with a load of groceries and back the G into the garage. I want to leave room for unpacking so I back in before the the rear sensors start bleating red. I lower the garage door and go in the house. I go back a few hours laters and actually see how close the garage door was to hitting the front of car the (YIKES!) so I turn the car on and put it in reverse. When I do that I start to here a beep (I know the rear sensors) but I look at the camera and at one point when I get out of reverse I see a message saying "Check Front of Car" or "Check Front". I was completely freaked out. Needless to say I tried getting the car close again to snap a pic of the message and lost my nerve before. Anybody ever see the message?

 

Honestly can't say I have..... Don't have a garage but none the less have found cars inches away from my bumper in parking lost before.

 

Nope, not for front of car, and I parked in world's tiniest garage for a year.

 

Pics or it didn't happen.

This thread is worthless without pics!

 

I had that come up before, but was backed into a parking spot with nothing on front of me. I assumed just a glitch.

 

I've seen check surroundings for safety but never anything specific to the front.

 

I suspect that at startup, the front sonar (for cruise control) does a power up self check.
I also suspect that with something that close to the sonar device in the bumper, it fails the self check.

Just a WAG.

 

That seems more likely. I was backed into my garage with about half an inch clearance between the front bumper and the door.

 

Wouldn't front sonar only be included with the Tech Package?

Not sure but I've never got that message. Also, my garage door won't come down if I'm too close because the sensor beam for the door hits my front lip...so I've got that going for me...

Sean

 

Tonight I am going to back the car in tight and lay the garbage cans in front of the bumper to try and get the message back up so I can snap a pic.

 

isnt the front sonar for the cruise control distance management? Shouldnt be any sensors there for parking. Strange.

 

Who cares, these new sensors are retarded anyway, how about you actually look when driving

 

Front proximity sensor is nice so you don't accidentally park too close to another vehicle when pulling into parking spaces.

The tech package with intelligent cruise control is pretty neat. I have it in my 2011. Set the speed and the only input you need to provide is steering. The car automatically brakes and accelerates for you. You can also select the distance you would like.

Its nice in traffic as long as speeds don't drop below 20mph. The cruise control will disengage when speed drops below 20mph

 

I see you're in Dallas. You must have the patience of a saint. I have used the ICC once in traffic. Once. The minimum distance is such that drivers will repeatedly jump in between you and the car which was in front of you, causing the ICC to brake to the appropriate distance, allowing for another driver to repeat the process, and eventually leading to an aneurysm. No thanks. I reserve my ICC for road trips only. It's fantastic on trips through West Texas with speed limits up to 85mph.

 

Lol you can actually set the cruise control distance. There's 3 bars. When you see 3 bars that means the maximum distance is set. If i had to guess, i would say 3 bars is about 150 feet distance betweeen you and the car ahead.

2 bars is 100 feet.

1 bar is 50 feet.

I'm not 100% sure if that's exact but that's what it appears to be.