Recent content by vtsurly

Thanks for posting this before I ordered a 12V camera. I guess it's worth trying to find an 6DCV aftermarket camera on ebay or elsewhere?

I did look a bit but it wasn't immediately apparent how to splice the factory wiring into the wiring for something like that. Right now it has 4 wires running from the camera to a wire harness that is easily clipped in and/or removed. 20 bucks is certainly cheap enough to pick one up and give...

That's a great point and what I expected in theory, but I hadn't thought to look for a code or number on the camera itself despite the few times I've had the thing in my hands. I've only searched for the Mazda part number (and the updated part number that they were replacing the faulty ones...

Thanks for the reply. I've considered this and called the couple near me but they don't have any cars anywhere near new enough, let alone a 2013 or newer CX-5. Is there an easy way to find out if any other Mazda vehicles are equipped with a compatible camera so I can ask for multiple models?

Hi all, First time poster, but I've been a reader since before I bought my CX-5. I've got a 2013 CX-5 Touring with a factory sat-nav in the dash and a factory backup camera that recently stopped working. I was hoping it was the extreme cold of a northern VT winter and it might start working...