Hmmmm... This wasn't a problem in Beta 7 which was the last Beta version before the release. I haven't run an SRV in the release version yet, so I can't confirm your issue. I replied because I did do some planet side running around in Beta 7 and the scanner was behaving totally normal for me.
I sure hope this is an isolated issue, because if this somehow got borked between Beta 7 and now, this is going to suck! I'm running low on Engineer stuff and was planning to do some SRV work in my next session.
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Yes I've had the exact same problem and tried the same thing as you, I also noticed that when I'm detecting metal-based material, that the double arc you used to see prior to the update, is smaller and sometimes disappears as you approach the item.
i'm sure this happened to me a couple of times before 2.2 but today, yes, i was near an SRV wreck site and the signal on the scanner disappered as i came closer and i had to locate by sound. I didn't notice If other man made objects werent showing but will check again and submit bug report if it continues 
Scanner is useless in the SRV. I've driven for 30 minutes on a "mineral rich" planet and can't find a single mineral .... rocks everywhere. Scanner homing is like following a ghost. Useless. I can hear the pitch changes in the headset, gets louder as you approach "something" but nothing comes up as a select-able rock to mine. I highly doubt this scanner/spectrogram thing can forward "look" for minerals 10 miles out. Is there a bug in here somewhere?