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Disable Front Park Sensors

Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2017 11:05 am
by nigezark
Hi all,

I fitted an Iron Man bull bar on my 2017 Ranger and since then have had nothing but trouble with the front park sensors which I'm guessing is because they do not like the way they are mounted in the steel bar. They are super sensitive and just seem to go off randomly esp. when its wet. Iron Man are not much help and neither are Ford and after trying various "fixes" I really just want to turn them off permanently.
Ford tell me this can't be done, but I'm guessing someone will know how to do this?!

Thanks in advance.

Re: Disable Front Park Sensors

Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2017 5:22 pm
by Sports
Have a read through this thread and the asbuilt spreadsheet should get you sorted.
viewtopic.php?f=12&t=7

Re: Disable Front Park Sensors

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 5:51 am
by saeb
You should be able to change 736-01-01 from x8xx-xxxx-xx to x4xx-xxxx-xx to still have the rears work.

Also read Forscan how to viewtopic.php?f=12&t=14

Re: Disable Front Park Sensors

Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 7:54 am
by nigezark
Thanks for that!
A bit new to this but have just ordered the OBDLink and will give it a go.
Those sensors are driving me mad!
Will post with the result.

Re: Disable Front Park Sensors

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 6:02 pm
by nigezark
Brilliant!!!
The adapter arrived form eBay today for $125 so dived in and followed your excellent guides.
Very easy to follow and your advice worked like a charm, so now no front park sensors, no seat belt dings and no door ajar bongs.
Happy days!
Can't thank you enough for your help. I'll have a dig around now and see what else I can learn.

The only other thing that really drives me mad on this vehicle is the shift pattern when towing. It seems to hold on to gears for ages before changing up. Change up manually and vehicle performs better and does not rev the nuts out of itself. Maybe I'll post in the Drivetrain forum.