dong888

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The rear view camera was not working right when I shifted into reverse this morning. I could see the rear view was still there but very vaguely. The view was mostly black with a bit white of the shapes of some trees, my driveway, etc. Navi was still working but I did not try DVD playback. After driving for a few blocks, I shifted to reverse again and the problem was still there. However, it appeared to be working again after I made a stop at the nanny house (engine was turn off). Since "rebooting" resolved the problem now, I hoped it was only a software problem.

I have ML with the system. You can see there are 2 vertical lines in the picture below. The lines basically moved from left to right repeatly.

I will keep monitoring the situation but if I do not see this again in 3 months (my warranty expires in 3 months), should I bring the car in to the dealer and show them the pictures (and video) of this problem to document first in case it breaks down after warranty expires?

Bigrahizzl

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take it to get it fixed, show them the pictures!

gsxrchad

If you take it in to get looked at (and you should, that unit is $2k I hear) Share here the fix action.

I have been having the same issue in my '06. It started right after my warranty expired (welcome to my life). I get that same screen with the scrolling (right to left) bar about 1x per month, maybe less frequent. And like you, if i turn off the car and start it back up, it works fine.

Thanks
Chad

3sgte_slow

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This happened to me at one point too. After a while the picture came back. I don't understand. It might be just one of those things....

edgeucated

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no, go get it fix before warranty is up. In the least, get it documented. You'll feel much better down the road when it does break and your left with a 2k bill

dong888

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Bring back an old thread.

The rear view camera is now almost completely black as it just happened today. The old "reboot" does not seem to fix the problem anymore. I have tried 3 times today and same thing. From the past 2 years since the problem started, I have only seen this distorted image once every 6 months or so. I will keep checking for a few more days.

Anyone else have the same issue? Or have found a fix (replacing just the camera, etc)?

And yes, I brought it in to the dealer 2 years ago before the warranty expired. They noted in the work order but could not reproduce the problem as expected.

panda08

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call up the dealership and see if they'll take care of it since it was noted before the warranty expired. but I think all it will need is just a new camera.

kickin8

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take it in and show that to them.....

noblesenga

Hey what was the issue? How was the fix? I just started having the same issue.

Traxxer

I had the same issue yesterday. I simply tapped a few times on the camera and it started working. Maybe there's a loose connection from the impact of opening/closing the trunk all these years?