Unavailable Front Radar Obstruction
11-13-2018, 11:17 AM
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Unavailable Front Radar Obstruction
Hey guys, new member here.
I just bought a new 2018 Plat yesterday and have been experiencing issues with the cruise control feature. As I’m sure you’re all aware it has the adaptive sensing ability for vehicles in front of you.
My issue is that I am consistently receiving an error message on the dash saying Unavailable Front Radar Obstruction - with the pictures of the cars and the cruise control symbol. The feature fails when this warning (accompanied by a beep) appears.
I found this article that outlines my exact problem, only it doesn’t say anywhere that the maxima has this issue also. https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.slas...-21546828/amp/
I’m scheduled for an appointment on Thursday at the dealer in Ottawa ON. CA, but I am not hopeful; over the phone the local service tech kept referring to weather conditions playing a role, when there was no weather to speak of yesterday for my 3 hour ride to visit my fiancé, nor for my 3 hour return trip this morning. He advises that they require a clear, no-weather day to test the feature. It should be noted that a couple of extended periods of time did occur, where the feature worked flawlessly. Then out of nowhere...she gon! It works sporadically, seemingly out of nowhere it will work and then it suddenly won’t work. There’s no rhyme or reason to the occurrences of the failures.
Hoping for any sort of info from fellow owners, or some direction. I’ve looked into some forums for other models and I’m concerned about the response from Nissan.
Thanks!
I just bought a new 2018 Plat yesterday and have been experiencing issues with the cruise control feature. As I’m sure you’re all aware it has the adaptive sensing ability for vehicles in front of you.
My issue is that I am consistently receiving an error message on the dash saying Unavailable Front Radar Obstruction - with the pictures of the cars and the cruise control symbol. The feature fails when this warning (accompanied by a beep) appears.
I found this article that outlines my exact problem, only it doesn’t say anywhere that the maxima has this issue also. https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.slas...-21546828/amp/
I’m scheduled for an appointment on Thursday at the dealer in Ottawa ON. CA, but I am not hopeful; over the phone the local service tech kept referring to weather conditions playing a role, when there was no weather to speak of yesterday for my 3 hour ride to visit my fiancé, nor for my 3 hour return trip this morning. He advises that they require a clear, no-weather day to test the feature. It should be noted that a couple of extended periods of time did occur, where the feature worked flawlessly. Then out of nowhere...she gon! It works sporadically, seemingly out of nowhere it will work and then it suddenly won’t work. There’s no rhyme or reason to the occurrences of the failures.
Hoping for any sort of info from fellow owners, or some direction. I’ve looked into some forums for other models and I’m concerned about the response from Nissan.
Thanks!
11-13-2018, 11:59 AM
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Hey guys, new member here.
I just bought a new 2018 Plat yesterday and have been experiencing issues with the cruise control feature. As I’m sure you’re all aware it has the adaptive sensing ability for vehicles in front of you.
My issue is that I am consistently receiving an error message on the dash saying Unavailable Front Radar Obstruction - with the pictures of the cars and the cruise control symbol. The feature fails when this warning (accompanied by a beep) appears.
I found this article that outlines my exact problem, only it doesn’t say anywhere that the maxima has this issue also. https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.slas...-21546828/amp/
I’m scheduled for an appointment on Thursday at the dealer in Ottawa ON. CA, but I am not hopeful; over the phone the local service tech kept referring to weather conditions playing a role, when there was no weather to speak of yesterday for my 3 hour ride to visit my fiancé, nor for my 3 hour return trip this morning. He advises that they require a clear, no-weather day to test the feature. It should be noted that a couple of extended periods of time did occur, where the feature worked flawlessly. Then out of nowhere...she gon! It works sporadically, seemingly out of nowhere it will work and then it suddenly won’t work. There’s no rhyme or reason to the occurrences of the failures.
Hoping for any sort of info from fellow owners, or some direction. I’ve looked into some forums for other models and I’m concerned about the response from Nissan.
Thanks!
I just bought a new 2018 Plat yesterday and have been experiencing issues with the cruise control feature. As I’m sure you’re all aware it has the adaptive sensing ability for vehicles in front of you.
My issue is that I am consistently receiving an error message on the dash saying Unavailable Front Radar Obstruction - with the pictures of the cars and the cruise control symbol. The feature fails when this warning (accompanied by a beep) appears.
I found this article that outlines my exact problem, only it doesn’t say anywhere that the maxima has this issue also. https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.slas...-21546828/amp/
I’m scheduled for an appointment on Thursday at the dealer in Ottawa ON. CA, but I am not hopeful; over the phone the local service tech kept referring to weather conditions playing a role, when there was no weather to speak of yesterday for my 3 hour ride to visit my fiancé, nor for my 3 hour return trip this morning. He advises that they require a clear, no-weather day to test the feature. It should be noted that a couple of extended periods of time did occur, where the feature worked flawlessly. Then out of nowhere...she gon! It works sporadically, seemingly out of nowhere it will work and then it suddenly won’t work. There’s no rhyme or reason to the occurrences of the failures.
Hoping for any sort of info from fellow owners, or some direction. I’ve looked into some forums for other models and I’m concerned about the response from Nissan.
Thanks!
11-13-2018, 06:03 PM
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JoshC, please review following thread, let us know if it helps:
Issues with the Adaptive Cruise Control: https://maxima.org/forums/8th-genera...e-control.html
11-14-2018, 02:10 PM
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Posts: 223
Hey guys, new member here.
I just bought a new 2018 Plat yesterday and have been experiencing issues with the cruise control feature. As I’m sure you’re all aware it has the adaptive sensing ability for vehicles in front of you.
My issue is that I am consistently receiving an error message on the dash saying Unavailable Front Radar Obstruction - with the pictures of the cars and the cruise control symbol. The feature fails when this warning (accompanied by a beep) appears.
I found this article that outlines my exact problem, only it doesn’t say anywhere that the maxima has this issue also. https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.slas...-21546828/amp/
I’m scheduled for an appointment on Thursday at the dealer in Ottawa ON. CA, but I am not hopeful; over the phone the local service tech kept referring to weather conditions playing a role, when there was no weather to speak of yesterday for my 3 hour ride to visit my fiancé, nor for my 3 hour return trip this morning. He advises that they require a clear, no-weather day to test the feature. It should be noted that a couple of extended periods of time did occur, where the feature worked flawlessly. Then out of nowhere...she gon! It works sporadically, seemingly out of nowhere it will work and then it suddenly won’t work. There’s no rhyme or reason to the occurrences of the failures.
Hoping for any sort of info from fellow owners, or some direction. I’ve looked into some forums for other models and I’m concerned about the response from Nissan.
Thanks!
I just bought a new 2018 Plat yesterday and have been experiencing issues with the cruise control feature. As I’m sure you’re all aware it has the adaptive sensing ability for vehicles in front of you.
My issue is that I am consistently receiving an error message on the dash saying Unavailable Front Radar Obstruction - with the pictures of the cars and the cruise control symbol. The feature fails when this warning (accompanied by a beep) appears.
I found this article that outlines my exact problem, only it doesn’t say anywhere that the maxima has this issue also. https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.slas...-21546828/amp/
I’m scheduled for an appointment on Thursday at the dealer in Ottawa ON. CA, but I am not hopeful; over the phone the local service tech kept referring to weather conditions playing a role, when there was no weather to speak of yesterday for my 3 hour ride to visit my fiancé, nor for my 3 hour return trip this morning. He advises that they require a clear, no-weather day to test the feature. It should be noted that a couple of extended periods of time did occur, where the feature worked flawlessly. Then out of nowhere...she gon! It works sporadically, seemingly out of nowhere it will work and then it suddenly won’t work. There’s no rhyme or reason to the occurrences of the failures.
Hoping for any sort of info from fellow owners, or some direction. I’ve looked into some forums for other models and I’m concerned about the response from Nissan.
Thanks!
I brought car in to my selling dealer and service technician found several error codes logged which pointed to out of alignment sensor.
Within 30 minutes I had the car back and never had the problem again. Service Tech realigned the sensor (2016 Max Platinum)
Randy
Last edited by Randy; 11-15-2018 at 06:05 AM.
11-14-2018, 07:08 PM
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Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 512
Hey guys, new member here.
I just bought a new 2018 Plat yesterday and have been experiencing issues with the cruise control feature. As I’m sure you’re all aware it has the adaptive sensing ability for vehicles in front of you.
My issue is that I am consistently receiving an error message on the dash saying Unavailable Front Radar Obstruction - with the pictures of the cars and the cruise control symbol. The feature fails when this warning (accompanied by a beep) appears.
I found this article that outlines my exact problem, only it doesn’t say anywhere that the maxima has this issue also. https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.slas...-21546828/amp/
I’m scheduled for an appointment on Thursday at the dealer in Ottawa ON. CA, but I am not hopeful; over the phone the local service tech kept referring to weather conditions playing a role, when there was no weather to speak of yesterday for my 3 hour ride to visit my fiancé, nor for my 3 hour return trip this morning. He advises that they require a clear, no-weather day to test the feature. It should be noted that a couple of extended periods of time did occur, where the feature worked flawlessly. Then out of nowhere...she gon! It works sporadically, seemingly out of nowhere it will work and then it suddenly won’t work. There’s no rhyme or reason to the occurrences of the failures.
Hoping for any sort of info from fellow owners, or some direction. I’ve looked into some forums for other models and I’m concerned about the response from Nissan.
Thanks!
I just bought a new 2018 Plat yesterday and have been experiencing issues with the cruise control feature. As I’m sure you’re all aware it has the adaptive sensing ability for vehicles in front of you.
My issue is that I am consistently receiving an error message on the dash saying Unavailable Front Radar Obstruction - with the pictures of the cars and the cruise control symbol. The feature fails when this warning (accompanied by a beep) appears.
I found this article that outlines my exact problem, only it doesn’t say anywhere that the maxima has this issue also. https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.slas...-21546828/amp/
I’m scheduled for an appointment on Thursday at the dealer in Ottawa ON. CA, but I am not hopeful; over the phone the local service tech kept referring to weather conditions playing a role, when there was no weather to speak of yesterday for my 3 hour ride to visit my fiancé, nor for my 3 hour return trip this morning. He advises that they require a clear, no-weather day to test the feature. It should be noted that a couple of extended periods of time did occur, where the feature worked flawlessly. Then out of nowhere...she gon! It works sporadically, seemingly out of nowhere it will work and then it suddenly won’t work. There’s no rhyme or reason to the occurrences of the failures.
Hoping for any sort of info from fellow owners, or some direction. I’ve looked into some forums for other models and I’m concerned about the response from Nissan.
Thanks!
11-16-2018, 10:17 AM
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I have this issue on the same road, going the same direction at the same point, EVERY TIME. I drive on a viaduct elevated highway that goes right over a utility company facility that has a buttload of microwave and radio towers. A few hundred yards it disappears and never happens anywhere else.
12-09-2018, 02:53 PM
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05-13-2019, 09:07 PM
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I had the same problem, took it to the dealer and they replaced the front radar sensor. Has not ever happened ever since. Once the car runs out of warranty (mine is a 2017.5) if it happens again I will just turn off the setting.
I saw the warranty invoice and it was around $1,200...I would never pay that kind of money for that feature
I saw the warranty invoice and it was around $1,200...I would never pay that kind of money for that feature
05-18-2019, 07:02 PM
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Had the same issue as well. The alert would turn on every time I took the car out to drive. Took it to the Nissan dealer and they replaced the left sensor under warranty. At first they thought it just needed a calibration though. Makes me wonder when the other sensor will fail
08-27-2020, 03:38 PM
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Front radar obstruction
I have a 2016 max sr
literally every time im driving north on the golden gate Bridge leaving San Francisco it goes off.
It never happens when im driving south into the city or anywhere else really.
always on the same bridge going the same way.
Im gonna schedule an appointment soon
But i procrastinate like a **** lol
literally every time im driving north on the golden gate Bridge leaving San Francisco it goes off.
It never happens when im driving south into the city or anywhere else really.
always on the same bridge going the same way.
Im gonna schedule an appointment soon
But i procrastinate like a **** lol
08-28-2020, 08:59 AM
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I had this issue as well. When I pulled my bumper off to replace my grill I noticed that the sensor wasn't aligned correctly in the housing. I popped it back in place and haven't had an issue since, well other than when driving through the occasional rain storm but that's normal.
09-05-2020, 07:17 PM
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Hi all,
There's a TSB on similar behavior from April 2019: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/20...60162-9999.pdf
There's a TSB on similar behavior from April 2019: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/20...60162-9999.pdf
09-08-2020, 10:03 AM
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Hi all,
There's a TSB on similar behavior from April 2019: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/20...60162-9999.pdf
There's a TSB on similar behavior from April 2019: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/20...60162-9999.pdf
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