I've noticed that if I get too covered in snow I can't use cruise control or LKAS because the camera is obstructed. Is there a camera apart from the one toward the top of the windshield? That one is definitely clear but it's still having problems.
Posted Apr 14, 2019, 8:51 PM UTC
The placement of that radar / sensor is stupid because of this very problem. Before I got the 2019 Insight, I had the 2018 Prius and it has the sensor behind the manufacturer badge just like almost every single other new car out there. Never had an issue with snow / ice .s slush causing the sensing system to fail. Ever.
The placement of the sensor and the way that it is tucked into a “well” in the front of the car means that any slush, slow, will ram right into the it and eventually cover / ice over.
Iirc there's also sensors in front the car (near the front bumper) that also assist the car during cruise control. So while your windshield may be clear, snow can build up and in front of the car and block the radars.
Cool, thanks!
That confused me too at first, thinking of the front bumper radar being associated with Adaptive Cruise Control and Collision Mitigation Braking System, vs the windshield camera being for Lake Keeping Assist System and Road Departure Mitigation, but all these systems being part of the "Honda Sensing" suite apparently means they are interrelated enough that one sensor obstructed will disable multiple systems, including an obstructed radar disabling LKAS.
Rinsing / washing the radar off and restarting the car will bring it back although there can be a delay before the systems actually re-enables itself that has could cause some minor alarm. I found I had to drive it about a mile before it registered the sensor was clean and giving good data and then it finally went green.