front parking assist is junk.

[Donstar]

12 minutes ago, JCunningham said:

Front parking assist adds nothing to the value of the vehicle. 

We're both right on this point!   It doesn't add value to you and that is why you're trying to eliminate this feature.  I would not consider a used vehicle that has options DIY eliminated unless it was priced less than a comparable stock version.  You may end up finding that fixing the sensors will be less problematic than getting rid of them!  Good luck with your project.

[StinkyCheese]

Wait, there are fuses to disable rear parking sensors?  Now I need to pull out my manual and see if I missed this option on my '09.  I swear I looked before and couldn't find fuses for those annoying things.  Randomly decide to turn themselves back on.

[JCunningham]

Ya having something not working devalues but having the feature adds no book value. I talking about unplugging a harness. It can just be plugging back in. If I black it out and put a bumper on it that does not have the sensors it would be aliminating the feature and unless someone looked at the rpo codes they would not even know the truck had it. Or do all LTZ trucks have it?. Eaither way if i traded it in it wouldn't change the book price. Being blacked out would increase the personal value more then the deleted front sensors. 

 

[Lsgun1]

Book value is a bad way to determine anything but a very baseline. What you want and other people want is very different. If you say xxx truck had park assist up front and xxxxxx truck didn't and everything else was identical why wouldn't I buy front park assist? It's an easier sell. You have an issue and instead of whining about it online you should figure it out. You said you bought it used so maybe it was crashed and you don't know a body shop screwed up the repair. Do something about it or sell the truck.

[JCunningham]

That's why I'm asking about it here

[JCunningham]

The fuse goes to other stuff too so that's not an option. I was hoping someone on here heard of a tsb with a common problem and fix. I quess that's not going to happen. Something must be wrong with mine but must not a common problem. I'll look into it but unless there is a reprogram I'm not paying to get it fixed I'll just unplug it. 

[DeePa]

If you unplug the front sensors, you will get an error message and rear sensors will be disabled. 

[JCunningham]

figures thanks

[JimCost2014]

22 hours ago, JCunningham said:

figures thanks

Found this in another thread, more fun stuff to try:

The front and rear sensors are taken offline by removing the OBS DET 15 amp fuse in the right hand dash fusepanel. The key must be off and the driver's door open, to ensure sleep status during fuse removal. Unfortunately, this will disable both front and rear, as they are in the same module.
Trucks with rear only sensors are disabled the same way.

[JCunningham]

ha ya i didnt even look at that fuse box thanks

[g2full]

I'm thinking you have a sensor going crazy. Wife's pilot would do that occasionally, but I was never concerned with fixing it.