Thread: Rear Wheel Carrier and Parking Sensors

Originally Posted by BMKal

I don't have a Mitch Hith, but I do have a single wheel carrier and long range tank - my reversing sensors work perfectly.

G'day,
Can you tell me which wheel carrier you have? Also model and year of Discovery.
Am just having LRA tank and Dolium wheel carrier fitted to my 2.7 D4 and was warned by fitters that the sensors might be a problem.

Thanks

Jools

Originally Posted by discojools

G'day,
Can you tell me which wheel carrier you have? Also model and year of Discovery.
Am just having LRA tank and Dolium wheel carrier fitted to my 2.7 D4 and was warned by fitters that the sensors might be a problem.

Thanks

Jools

It's an Outback Accessories wheel carrier - available through Opposite Lock over your way I believe. Made in WA and mine was supplied & installed by Lifestyle 4WD in Perth. The "tail light" that will come standard with it will be different to the one in the pic though (just a standard el-cheapo square trailer light) - I fitted the round LED one myself.

I've never had any issues with the reverse sensors since the day the wheel carrier was installed, whether with or without the wheel cover fitted. The only thing is that you have to allow for the wheel protruding out the back of the vehicle. Before the wheel carrier - if I reversed up to a solid wall, the reversing beeper went to a solid beep when I had about 8 inches clearance between the bumper and wall. Now - the bumper is still 8 inches from the wall, but the spare tyre is just about touching the wall when the warning goes to a solid beep. Not hard to get used to.



Just a tip if you get one of these though - get them to drill a hole through the plate at the base of the pivot post and through the bumper, and run the wiring for the tail light straight down through that hole - much tidier than where it goes on mine.

Disco is 2012 2.7 TDV6.

Cheers ......... BM

Have Dolium (Frontrunner) wheel carrier fitted now and no probs with rear sensors..very lucky!

Have Dolium RWC and Mitch hitch. Gave up on the rear sensors and diabled them, just too hard.

May try and fit a reversing camera instead at some stage.

It'll be the Mitch hitch then! Or your sensors are different to mine..Probably the hitch..Do they still play up with tongue removed?

Originally Posted by discojools

It'll be the Mitch hitch then! Or your sensors are different to mine..Probably the hitch..Do they still play up with tongue removed?

Not for me......had wheel carrier on first and had no joy with getting the sensors to work.
OL did warn me. They tried all the rotations and no success.
Mitch hitch went on later and made no difference. If I open wheel carrier Mitch hitch does not set them off. Wheel carrier only causing the problem on my D4

Brett.....

I had mine turned off, don't have any beeping now



Baz.

I picked up my car today from OL with the Outback Accessories carrier. Didn't need to use reverse and wasn't too concerned about the sensors at that point - I knew the issues and would look at them later.

Well, later rolled around and I found when I started the car, and also when selecting reverse as message is displayed say surround cameras are not available. (Presume its a catchall message as I have no camera, just the reverse sensors). The locking mechanism covers one of the sensor positions completely, so they had unplugged that sensor and tossed in the back of the car.

So....are the four sensors wired in series, where if one sensor is disconnected totally, that knocks all 4 out of action? Or would it be something I need to trace to turn the remaining three on?
If all 4 need to be connected, if I reconnect it and just cover it with the plastic covers as suggested elsewhere, then tuck it up in the bumper, do you reckon it might be adequate? Any other way to fool the system with one missing if in series (ie remove plug and solder wires together)
thanks
Andrew