[harrisja]

I was driving in the snow over the Oregon Cascades last weekend - and the sensors on the front bumper apparently got covered and started sounding alarms/etc on the screen in the middle of the spedometer. Is there a way to disable these dings/dongs while I'm driving. I was trying to have the drivetrain monitor up to show me how the AWD was doing.
Even after disabling the collision avoidance system and parking assist - it still warned about the sensors. This was stupidly annoying.

 

[wscan]

Try turning off lane departure also. This generally only happens with wet snow that sticks to the front of the car.

 

[Chubbysumo]

Try turning off lane departure also. This generally only happens with wet snow that sticks to the front of the car.

or the rear corners by the plastic trim pieces, that is where the RCTA/BSM sensors are, and those get piled with snow.

I was driving in the snow over the Oregon Cascades last weekend - and the sensors on the front bumper apparently got covered and started sounding alarms/etc on the screen in the middle of the spedometer. Is there a way to disable these dings/dongs while I'm driving. I was trying to have the drivetrain monitor up to show me how the AWD was doing.
Even after disabling the collision avoidance system and parking assist - it still warned about the sensors. This was stupidly annoying.

sadly, you cannot turn the dinging off. if you turn off RCTA, front collision, BSM, and don't turn on cruise control, it will minimize the dinging, but it uses the sensors anyways, and if they blocked up, it will keep telling you to pull over and clear them off. i live in MN, and have driven thru many snowstorms with it dinging at me all day. im not stopping every 20 miles to clean the sensor ball off in the front, nor the RCTA/BSM sensors in the back corners.

 

[OnTheRoadAgain]

That's why I prefer Subaru eyesight on my Ascent. Their camera don't beep at me all day long it is smart enough to turn it off when it came see the road. Also since the cameras are inside the vehicle it will never ever get caked up , as long as you have good wipers and change them out annually to keep them fresh

It's unfortunate Toyota has taken that safety route. I saw a review about the 2022 tundra and it uses the same safety suite and it beeps for every little thing. That would drive me nuts

 

[Sienna9816]

IIRC, turning off parking sensors makes the annoying beeps go away. It was a while ago so I don't exactly remember what I did to get rid of the beeps.

 

[harrisja]

IIRC, turning off parking sensors makes the annoying beeps go away. It was a while ago so I don't exactly remember what I did to get rid of the beeps.

thanks....the dinging is so distracting and annoying. ...esp when I should be paying attention to the snowy road, not the stupid display on the van!