Sunday, November 09, 2014

How to disable the rear parking sensor on a Holden Captiva

There is a small magnetic read switch in the electrical connector for the trailer connector. There is also a small magnet in the dust cover for the connector, if the dust cover flap is down the rear parking sensor (Parking Assist) will be disabled as the car assumes you have a trailer hooked up.

So either pull the dust cover down, hook up a trailer or remove the magnet.

I only found this out when the parking assist stopped working and I had to troubleshoot the issue by finding that my magnet had fallen out when I was removing the trailer coupling

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7 comments :

  1. Nice work! I've hooked up trailers a million times and never noticed that tiny magnet before.

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  2. Can you by the magnet at all mine fell out also

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    1. Try finding few magnets from various kid toys or one that you might have on the fridge. You may be able to hack a suitable replacement together, after all its just a standard magnet. or Contact Holden and see if they have one (they'll probably sell you a kit and charge a fortune).

      If the dust cover still works you may be able to jam a random magnet into it.

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  3. If you can find a magnet that fits in the holder than any should do. or contact holden they may have a replacement part.

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  4. Hi I have just got a 2009 lx Captiva where abouts is the magnet located mine is not working and I would like to see if that's the cause thanks

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    1. If you have a Tow bar fitted then the magnet is in the tow bar electrical connector flip down lid (assuming you have a factory towbar)

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  5. Thanks i ended up figuring it out, pinched a magnet off my dad's fridge and got it working, without your post I wouldn't have known to check that though, and poss would of been charged a fortune to get it fixed, have ordered a magnet off eBay and hope it fits 😊

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