DISTANCE CONTROL OFF

[Gator Hunter]

A couple of days ago I was driving from central Florida to the Outer Banks of North Carolina to do some tuna fishing. I was on I95 most of the way and at one point I realized my Lane Tracing Assist wasn't working. I would push the button on my steering wheel and the icon would display, in white, but when I hit cruise control it didn't engage and turn green, indicating it was working. I also noticed the automatic slowing down in cruise control, for a vehicle in front, was not working. I hit all the buttons and couldn't get it to function. I turned the engine off and on a couple of times but that didn't clear the problem. I got out my owner's manual and couldn't find anything. I did notice I got a DISTINCE CONTROL OFF message when I engaged the cruise control. A friend jokingly said maybe a butterfly committed suicide on the radar sensor on the front bumper. I wiped some dirt and stuff off the sensor and WOW, it started working again. I don't know if it was my clearing the sensor, or one of the many computers decided to fix itself, but I thought I'd share this with the group.

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[RokeHi]

Thanks Gator. Good to know.

 

[Goriders]

Same thing happens in the winter when the sensors cake up with ice and snow.

 

[Gator Hunter]

I'm sure you're right. I hadn't thought about that since I live in Florida.

 

[maxx075]

I'm sure you're right. I hadn't thought about that since I live in Florida.

Surprised the love bugs haven't done it yet lol. Seem to be worse this year so far than the last couple years.

 

[Gator Hunter]

Good point, fortunately they haven't come out yet.

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