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 above 0' but that appears to have been a pipe dream. So here goes...
Long story short, my factory backup camera worked fine when we bought the car (used, out of B2B warranty by 10k miles) but one day started to appear scrambled before it stopped functioning all together. Diagnostic code 92 shows the blue screen of death instead of what previously gave me a video feed. There is a TSB for my year CX-5 indicating that high pressure car washes can cause the camera to stop working:
BACK OVER PREVENTION: CAMERA SYSTEM
TSB #09-016/14
NHTSA ID #10055503
Date Announced: JUNE 04 2014
Summary: SOME VEHICLES MAY HAVE INOPERATIVE REAR MOUNT CAMERA. DUE TO WATERING ENTERING THE CAMERA FROM A HIGH PRESSURE CAR WASH. 06/04/14*LJ
Since I'm out of warranty, I'm wondering what options might be out there. I've pulled the old camera out and inspected it and everything looks fine, but the thing is just dead. I'd love to keep the factory wiring and just hook up a new camera but replacing with an updated (or even just a functioning faulty) OEM camera would cost $200+ just for the part online. Has anyone spliced an aftermarket camera into the factory wiring and maybe even mount in the same place so I don't have a dead camera plugging the hole? Is there some way to fix the dead camera? Any help would be appreciated... it just seems like with a TSB issued there should be a cheaper fix than nearly $300 now that I'm out of warranty.
Thanks,
VTsurly
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 above 0' but that appears to have been a pipe dream. So here goes...
Long story short, my factory backup camera worked fine when we bought the car (used, out of B2B warranty by 10k miles) but one day started to appear scrambled before it stopped functioning all together. Diagnostic code 92 shows the blue screen of death instead of what previously gave me a video feed. There is a TSB for my year CX-5 indicating that high pressure car washes can cause the camera to stop working:
BACK OVER PREVENTION: CAMERA SYSTEM
TSB #09-016/14
NHTSA ID #10055503
Date Announced: JUNE 04 2014
Summary: SOME VEHICLES MAY HAVE INOPERATIVE REAR MOUNT CAMERA. DUE TO WATERING ENTERING THE CAMERA FROM A HIGH PRESSURE CAR WASH. 06/04/14*LJ
Since I'm out of warranty, I'm wondering what options might be out there. I've pulled the old camera out and inspected it and everything looks fine, but the thing is just dead. I'd love to keep the factory wiring and just hook up a new camera but replacing with an updated (or even just a functioning faulty) OEM camera would cost $200+ just for the part online. Has anyone spliced an aftermarket camera into the factory wiring and maybe even mount in the same place so I don't have a dead camera plugging the hole? Is there some way to fix the dead camera? Any help would be appreciated... it just seems like with a TSB issued there should be a cheaper fix than nearly $300 now that I'm out of warranty.
Thanks,
VTsurly