A system for configuring at least one sensor system of a vehicle includes a processor, at least one sensor, and a memory device. The processor is configured to execute the method that includes the steps of, during a learning mode, receiving signals from the at least one sensor regarding one or more objects attached to the vehicle, storing in a memory device at least one location of one or more objects attached to the vehicle in the memory and detected by the at least one sensor. In an operating mode, the method includes the steps of receiving signals from the at least one sensor regarding the location of one or more objects external to the vehicle, determining if the location of any of the objects external to the vehicle are different from the locations of any objects stored in the memory device during the learning mode, and reporting to a vehicle system when one or more objects external to the vehicle have a one or more locations different from the locations stored in the memory device during the learning mode.