Backup Sensors Stopped Working ('10 Limited)

Americas High Five

Americas High Five

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Hello All,

My backup sensors stopped working on my '10 4Runner Limited. I know the SR5's have the button to enable/disable but to my knowledge the Limited doesnt have that same feature.

I checked the owners manual to find the fuse(maybe its blown) but no mention of the backup sensors in there.

Any ideas why they would stop working?
 
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Did they just completely die out of the blue, or have you been noticing intermittent issues? I would first make sure the sensors are clean, and maybe try to stick your head under the bumper to see if the wires are all intact?

I did have one of mine go out due to constant sun exposure I think, I guess that corner of my old car got the most sun during the day when parked and it burnt it out I guess.
 
'10 Limited has backup camera, not sensors. I'm pretty sure that only SR5 has factory backup sensors.
 
They stopped working out of the blue a few weeks back. I bought it as Certified Pre-Owned and came pre-installed with the back-up sensors (I am assuming the work was done by toyota as it was a 1 owner lease vehicle??) and it does have the backup camera.

I did check behind the bumper to ensure the wires werent damaged at all and everything looked fine (as far as i could tell).

eddiebox - did a single sensor failure cause the entire system to stop working?
 
That's wild - my '11 Limited did not have backup sensors available as an option. I didn't think the '10 did either.
 
Americas High Five said:
They stopped working out of the blue a few weeks back. I bought it as Certified Pre-Owned and came pre-installed with the back-up sensors (I am assuming the work was done by toyota as it was a 1 owner lease vehicle??) and it does have the backup camera.

I did check behind the bumper to ensure the wires werent damaged at all and everything looked fine (as far as i could tell).

eddiebox - did a single sensor failure cause the entire system to stop working?
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Nope, only the effected sensor stopped working, everything else was fine, and it was a gradual failure...sounds like you've got a different problem since it just all decided to stop working.
 
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Really? I'll post pics when I get home tonight.
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Out of curiosity, do you have a back up camera in the mirror or on the nav screen? I never really looked into the different options in detail, but I always thought the sensors are linked to if you have a nav screen or not. ie. the SR5 without any backup camera or just a mirror backup camera will have the sensors; and the LE with the mirror backup camera would have the sensors, but the LE with the navi option will not have the sensor. I think the TE just does not get sensors ever because the rear bumper cover is different, and well real rugged men don't need no stinkin sensors :p

EDIT: Just checked the 2013 4runner brochure and it seems like the rear sensors are not an option on the LE at all from the factory. Now I really wonder if you guys all have aftermarket ones that are installed by the dealer? Post pictures!
 
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eddiebx said:
Out of curiosity, do you have a back up camera in the mirror or on the nav screen? I never really looked into the different options in detail, but I always thought the sensors are linked to if you have a nav screen or not. ie. the SR5 without any backup camera or just a mirror backup camera will have the sensors; and the LE with the mirror backup camera would have the sensors, but the LE with the navi option will not have the sensor. I think the TE just does not get sensors ever because the rear bumper cover is different, and well real rugged men don't need no stinkin sensors :p

EDIT: Just checked the 2013 4runner brochure and it seems like the rear sensors are not an option on the LE at all from the factory. Now I really wonder if you guys all have aftermarket ones that are installed by the dealer? Post pictures!
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Backup camera comes up on Nav Screen.
 
2010 LE fully loaded - no backup sensors.

Why would you need backup sensors AND backup camera ??
 
i have the backup screen on my navi unit not rear view mirror. Another thing i noticed is I only have 2 sensors left/right of center not on the corners of the bumpers like ive seen most have. Would toyota install only 2 sensors not 4?

those sensors come in handy when parking in DC for us city slickers :cowboy:

Ill post pictures of the setup when i get home from work tonight...
 
4rdan said:
2010 LE fully loaded - no backup sensors.

Why would you need backup sensors AND backup camera ??
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It's actually not as redundant as it sounds, I used to have a backup camera along with front and rear sonar sensors. The corner sensors are the most handy when parallel parking since the rear view camera does not provide a very clear picture of that area. It's nice to have, but not something I'd spend money on to get.
 
4rdan said:
2010 LE fully loaded - no backup sensors.

Why would you need backup sensors AND backup camera ??
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Backup sensors are a very nice compliment to the camera. You might have sun reflecting on the camera screen when you move and you can miss something. Then camera might be blocked by rain/snow. And finally sometimes you need to look around and not only on the camera so sound signal comes handy. In 90% camera is enough but sensors might be helpful in other 10%.

OP's sensors probably aftermarket or dealer installed - nice thing to have but whoever installed them probably didn't do a very good job.
 
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Ah, that makes sense, I've seen the camera showing psychedelic image because a single drop of rain.

Americas, I hope someone can help you with your problem.
 
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