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Not technical I am afraid.

We have just bought brand new car and had towbar fitted by the dealer.

In our old vehicle when you had the caravan attached the indicators made loud different sound.

This one doesn't, although the indicators are working.

Should it make different sound?

Whether this has anything to do with it, or nothing to do with it, we also had parking sensors fitted and they don't seem to be working correctly.  When we reverse down the alley next to our garage after a while the bleeper sounds continuously which should only happen if we are about to touch the wall at the rear.

We will of course hopefully get all this sorted out with the guarantee but just wondered what anyone thought.

Hi guys

took it back to the company that fitted it, they plugged it into their test box and it worked, and has been working ever since. Can only think a relay was sticking somewhere. Their test box had a bigger current drew that the lights.

Steve

Quote: Originally posted by daisydaisy on 30/4/2009

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Not technical I am afraid.

We have just bought brand new car and had towbar fitted by the dealer.

In our old vehicle when you had the caravan attached the indicators made loud different sound.

This one doesn't, although the indicators are working.

Should it make different sound?

Whether this has anything to do with it, or nothing to do with it, we also had parking sensors fitted and they don't seem to be working correctly.  When we reverse down the alley next to our garage after a while the bleeper sounds continuously which should only happen if we are about to touch the wall at the rear.

We will of course hopefully get all this sorted out with the guarantee but just wondered what anyone thought.

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The parking sensors can also monitor the corners so if the alley is narrow, the sideways looking part of the sensors will detect the wall(s) along side you too.

Re the beeper, it is the same on our new car, there is no legal requirement for the indicators to bleep as long as they fast flash if a bulb fails.  I tested this with my car by removing the bulb from my cycle board and connecting the board.  When I tried using the indicator with the bulb removed, the warning light on the dashboard flashes much faster than normal to warn of a bulb failure.

Thanks for that Zafiral

I have just booked the car in for them to check the sensors and have enquired about the indicator sounds.  Still as you say it is not a legal requirement.

With the the sensors, we have discovered out of the 4, one of them doesn't detect anything at all.  The other 3 if you stand right behind them they bleep but not the nearside extreme one so this must be wrong.

Daisydaisy, I'd check the indicators with a bulb missing just to be sure, but you definitely need your sensors sorting.

Perhaps while it is in, ask them to put a switch in line with the sensors just inside the boot so you can deactivate them when you have the caravan attached.

We tow our van with both the Renault Clio and the Renault Scenic.

The Scenic has bleepers, the Clio has not.