Hello everyone.

I have just upgraded my 2014 5.0 S/C L494 with a Facelift rear bumper.

As the new Bumper has 6 parking sensors (The old bumper has 4) I swapped over the sensor wiring loom and just connected the 4 inner sensors on the Facelift bumper to the old loom. Trouble is the parking sensors are now showing a fault. Does anyone know if the 'Facelift' sensors have a different resistance / set up etc?

I may have to strip the bumper and swap over the actual sensors which obviously I don't want to do!

Help please !!

If you used your original sensors their shouldn’t be a problem,if you’ve connected sensors that came with new bumper then that will probably be the problem,I’m sure if the new bumper had 6 holes,,the 2 outer ones could be for surround cameras. Andy.
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Hi Tyre Fitter.

Yes I used the the sensors that were in the new bumper. Obviously not connecting to the 2 outer ones as the old loom only allows connection for 4 sensors.

I would like a definitive answer that the sensors are internally different between Facelift and Pre-facelift before I strip the bumper back off and not just a 'Reset' required.

Can anyone tell me this please?

I cannot help you with that one as I used the sensors out of my original bumper. Andy.
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2015 RRS AB Fuji.
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2012 RRS Red Edition Fuji
2015 Nissan Navara
2012 RRS SE Santorini
2008 RRS White
2007 RRS Santorino

Thanks anyway Tyrefitter - I washi I had done the same now!

Hi again all.

I stripped the bumper off to swap over the old sensors from my pre-facelift bumper to the facelift bumper as I was getting a rear


Guess what - They don't fit! The newer sensors are a larger diameter and the old ones will not clip in and stay. Also the 2 inner sensors have different connector angles. The old ones being 90 Degrees and will not allow assembly into the bumper due to a clash.

Tyre fitter how did you get round this?

So I'm back to fitting the new sensors back in the facelift bumper. Can anyone advise if the system can be 'reset' to accommodate the post 2018 sensors in a 2014 car? I'm presuming the sensors have a different resistance or similar between the two?

Morning,I didn’t have this problem when I fitted mine,but saying that,the bumper I fitted only had 4 holes for sensors & not 6.
I’ve just remembered someone else on Facebook purchased a bumper with 6 holes & he had same problem so in the end he didn’t fit the bumper.
I’m guessing that LR did 2 different bumpers.I always assumed that the one with 6 holes were off a RRS with surround cameras & the one with 4 just had reverse sensors,the bumper I fitted came off a my19 model.

 Andy.
21 Ford Ranger
Gone but not forgotten
Focus RS Red Edition
2015 RRS AB Fuji.
2014 RRS SC Santorini
2016 VW Amarok
2014 RRS AB Fuji
2012 RRS Red Edition Fuji
2015 Nissan Navara
2012 RRS SE Santorini
2008 RRS White
2007 RRS Santorino

Hi Andy.

Yes the outer two positions on the facelift bumper are sensors not cameras making 6 sensors in total. Obviously the outer 2 are not connected.

That aside I can't see why the bumpers would have a different injection moulding design / sensor attachment designs in the other 4 positions for different size sensors. Expensive tooling option.

So that's a mystery.

We need a 'Sensor' guru - Anyone??