Very strange camera behavior.... please help

gmoney · #1 01-16-2008, 03:39 PM

Funny thing is that I was just getting home from the dealer where I made an appointment to take care of a couple of things for Monday, when this happened:

I'm backing up into my driveway, and instead of the traditional camera view coming on, the whole screen turns into the "direction of travel" nav view; on both sides of the screen.

The P light does come on, indicating that the camera should be on, and as I backed up and got close to items I heard the PDC sensor beeps... but no camera view, just the nav view as described above.

So I thought, okay maybe it's a glitch so I drove up the street and back, backed up into my driveway and the same thing occurred.

I double checked my settings for the camera, and all the options are checked off. But even if they weren't, I wouldn't imagine the camera view turning into the direction of travel nav view.

Has anyone experienced this, that can give me some insight? Thank you!

drod · #2 01-16-2008, 03:47 PM

not sure what the cause may be...have you tried hitting the PDC button while you're in backup mode to see if the camera turns back on??? this button activates/deactivates the camera and backup sensors...

i have a button issue but the camera does turn on...i just can't turn it off manually on a consistent basis... (button is loose or something)

scheduled to have it looked at next week...

gmoney · #3 01-16-2008, 03:51 PM

Yes, I have pushed the camera button and all it does is turn off the "nav" view, and when I push it, it comes back on, but no camera view.

X5FX · #4 01-16-2008, 03:54 PM

sounds like your camera died

gmoney · #5 01-16-2008, 04:17 PM

Great!!

drod · #6 01-16-2008, 04:48 PM

at this point tap the camera or around it to see if it's just loose...

not much else you can do...(but take her back to the dealer)

gmoney · #7 01-16-2008, 05:28 PM

With so many issues now, I'm wondering if I'm going to have a lemon on my hands. I only have 650 miles on it!

drod · #8 01-16-2008, 05:35 PM

don't yell lemon just yet.. give them time to resolve these things...

definitely keep records on what gets done....

~KaiFy GaiwanY~ · #9 01-16-2008, 07:50 PM

this issue has happened to me once but it just went after a fewminutes .. nthing big for me

proveg · #10 01-16-2008, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~KaiFy GaiwanY~

this issue has happened to me once but it just went after a fewminutes .. nthing big for me

Happened to me once or twice as well. As usual I was in a hurry to actually try to look at it. Did what I had to do, next time I used the car, it was back to normal. I think in my case it was showing up blank screen.

I am a little irritated of the problem, but it hasnt been constant nor I really did have time to take a picture of the problem.

I also on occasion have other minor glitches.
1. Standing (parked) in NYC in between tall buildings and Navi by itself started to show as I am slowly drifting into the ocean. Within half hour I was half way to Nova Scotia... After I started to move it was still drifting for another 5-10 min.
2. Incoming phone calls at least twice came in, but I wasnt able to communicate with the other party.
3. MP3 CD was taking a long time to read on about 3 occasions and once didnt read untill I reloaded it.

Few minor bugs, nothing made me run to the dealer, but it is annoying and if it continues, I will start keeping a log and documenting things with pictures, etc.

Still dont condier it a lemon because the issues are minor and have not really disrupted my day/commute.