Anomalies Caused by the Bike Rack
My next issue occurred with our approximately one-month-old Duster (1.2 Eco-G Auto):
The tow bar was factory-installed, which means the car detects when a device is attached. This is actually a good thing, because when reversing, there is no continuous warning beep. However, it also comes with some negative side effects.
Since the rear parking sensors are disabled, the blind-spot monitoring system and lane-keeping system also stop working.
When using adaptive cruise control, the message shown in the picture appears every time I change lanes. You can dismiss it by pressing the OK button, but after the 30th time, I simply got tired of doing it.
What’s even stranger is that sometimes the lane-keeping assist activates by itself, only to switch off again after a few minutes and display the error message.
Of course, everything works perfectly when the bike rack is removed.
Sorry for the Hungarian text in the picture, but the message says:
“Towing: side radars unavailable.”