.Si. Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 think i have a dodgey rear pdc sensor..3 click..one does intermitantly and faintly causing the beep sound to be constant when going into reverse question is..can these be swapped out without removing the bumper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg320d Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 You saloon/coupe/cab? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Si. Posted February 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 You saloon/coupe/cab? oops..forgot about that. its a facelift saloon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg320d Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Easy mate, pop the mouldings out careful of the wiring and swap it over! .Si. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Si. Posted February 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 like the sound of that cheers fella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyb78 Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 How do you know which sensor is causing problems? Mine has started giving me a solid beeeeeeep now when I select reverse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Si. Posted February 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 How do you know which sensor is causing problems? Mine has started giving me a solid beeeeeeep now when I select reverse. turn the ignition on so you dash lights come up..but dont start the car.. put it in reverse..then go round the back of the car..an put your ear to each sensor. you will hear it clicking..if no click..it no work..lol..then thats the duff one dannyb78 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Yep! For the saloon you remove the side trim pieces to get to the rear piece. Nice and easy! Took me 15mins (working slowly) to replace my 2 last faulty sensors a few years ago. .Si. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Si. Posted February 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Yep! For the saloon you remove the side trim pieces to get to the rear piece. Nice and easy! Took me 15mins (working slowly) to replace my 2 last faulty sensors a few years ago. happy days.. theres a few on ebay at the moment..so hope to get a spare sorted soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rh888 Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Is it just as simple on a facelift coupe? I have the same issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDevil Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Coupes are differnet Depends if yours is se or sport.Se are at bottom of bumper easy to change but if its a Sport you need to remove the rear bumper to get them off and they are colour coded I have a duff one on my sport but am waiting till summer to sort it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sag2 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 I had to remove my rear bumper to do mine on my saloon,replaced sensor and a week after other one went next to it.got it down to half hour in the end so no ya bad job. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 I had to remove my rear bumper to do mine on my saloon,replaced sensor and a week after other one went next to it.got it down to half hour in the end so no ya bad job. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk But they're actually housed in the black rub strips? Why on earth did you have to remove the bumper? There should be no need to remove the bumper on a saloon unless there's a wiring issue.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tymm Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 I replaced 1 of mine but now nothing works, it is better than before with the annoying beep, any ideas how to get it working again??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sag2 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 I had to remove my rear bumper to do mine on my saloon,replaced sensor and a week after other one went next to it.got it down to half hour in the end so no ya bad job. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk But they're actually housed in the black rub strips? Why on earth did you have to remove the bumper? There should be no need to remove the bumper on a saloon unless there's a wiring issue.. Hi mate,When I first had to change the sensor I was told on here to remove bumper on the m sport model as was only way to do it.wont be doing that next time mate cheers for info bud,it's amazing how much info you can get from the best forum going. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Ah ok.. Be careful when you ask questions and get responses.. Always give as much info on the car as possible. Removing the bumper is the coupe, sport way of doing it as they're attached directly so in all likeliness an owner of that car is the one who told you to do that.. At least you figured it out for next time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rh888 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Mine is the M sport coupe. Is there a 'nack' to changing the sensor without dropping the bumper?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim27 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 I need to do this too on my facelift M Sport coupe. Been avoiding it as it looks like a PITA for what should be a relatively simple task. Did BMW subcontract the PCD/MSport bumper design to Renault, by any chance...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
