If you have a rear camera on your car, it may go wrong at some point. It can be the most vulnerable part of a new car, and an expensive repair that the dealer will claim is NOT under warranty.
This post includes links to Amazon and Ebay. Our story, this repair and film, may help you in so many ways. Firstly, all rear cameras do more or less the same job, but yours will be a version of this. They can all be found using the links below, because when you pull up one camera, they all list. These include links to Ebay that may change.
Why Do They Go Wrong?
The first bug is clouding – and that is just dirt. When you know where the camera is, you can clean it. Or, see our film, you can fix its own auto wash wipe quite simply. Part listed below.
They seem quite frail, and any knock forces them to flash and be unstable, and the biggest causing of simple knocks is banging it with the shopping or the door being opened and resting on something like an up and over garage door. That knock will not only eventually have an effect on the camera, it will scratch and mark it, and any mark shows the main dealer it has been knocked. They are used to this common faullt. If there are marks on your camera, any marks, they will charge an hours labour to report it is now working, and it is a chargeable event/cost.
Price Of Repair
Having paid £150 for them to look and see it was scratched and confirm the camera was not working )plus VAT) – I hope we have saved you the cost of thinking it was a simple warranty issue.
They quoted us £750 for the camera / part, plus the labour to fit it which they hoped would only be an hour, or two at most if it was straight forward. So, about a thousand pounds plus VAT.
If we have stopped you leaving a read tail gate resting on and up and over garage door or low roof, then you are already in pocket.
To remove the camera, whether in the rear window wiper or not, you will need a set of trim removal tools.
Trim removal tools – Includes links to EBAY and AMAZON LINK TO AMAZON – Flintronic 4PCS Trim Removal Tool, Car Trim Removal kit, Tool Kits for Car Radio Door Dashboard Installation, Plastic Pry Tool, Automotive Panel Dash interior Accessories, Repair Mechanic Bar Scraper 4 piece set – LINK TO AMAZON
LINK TO AMAZON – PAIDASHU Car Trim Removal Tool, Car Upholstery Repair Kit, Car Door Audio Panel Trim Removal Set, Fastener Terminal Remover Tool Set Clips Pry Kit Auto Clip Pliers – 6 piece set – LINK TO AMAZON
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Most trim comes off in a similar way. Save and list the screw. If the job takes a few weeks to complete, you will forget where what went where.
Replacement Camera
Here are a number of sellers on Amazon who sell the car part LINK TO AMAZON – Amazon link 1
LINK TO AMAZON – Amazon Link cheapest. when you look at either of these two other sellers will come up. They are mainly based abroad so delivery dates will take a while. You can find it cheaper on Chinese websites. Make sure you have your correct model number.
Wash Wipe Auto Camera Brush
Here is the wash wipe camera brush, it is easy to fit Click here for eBay –
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