Godamn Reverse Camera!
 

I had a failure on the reverse camera a few weeks ago. They diagnosed faulty camera unit. So new one was fitted together with updating of software.

It is barely a few weeks after repair and have only used the car a few times but the camera has stopped working again!

I have the car booked in 2 weeks from now. Any ideas on what else it could be or am I just unlucky enough to have a faulty brand new replacement?

Are you having a 4 x 4 error? My camera failed with that error, they had to replace my steering wheel stack (houses the turnsignal lever). It was very strange but that fixed it.

probably just a bad luck...we haven't had any problems with our reverse camera at all.

sorry for O/T: have you done any mods on your X5 recently? I've recently order a set of Aero kit for our X5, how much did you pay for installation and painting?

I had a problem with my rear camera; screen kept going into yellow and blue screen. Took them a while to figure it out but they finally got it. They had to replace the cable from the idrve to the camera.

If I was a betting man, I'd say the odds are low that it was a faulty replacement...and the odds are high that it was a faulty DIAGNOSIS, or faulty installation.

I'd suggest you would win those bets.

I would also bet that, over time, the cameras are the most problematic parts of the car. I'm so glad I decided against getting them!

you have the '08 right? Did the new camera look any better especially at night when it was working?

Since the SA controls what the consumer hears, the SA can make up utter nonsense to tell the customer and thereby deflect any blame, obfuscate dealership malfeasance and make it seem like they are the good guys and BMW mothership is the problem.

No other errors.

The aero kit was done some time ago. I had both aero kit and flared wheelarches done at same time by Brisbane BMW - I think installation only was about $550.

At first they qouted near $1k but I talked to the service guy with BMWs own installation guide to hand for aero kit and flares which also stated the time taken for a competent dealer. He quickly revised his figures!

As for painting I took elswhere as was cheaper. This was around $320.

In all I think i got everything incl parts, painting and fitting for less than the RRP of the aero kit.

08 car, I asked the dealer same question actually. He replied that they would be fitting the same camera to the car and indeed it was as i can see no difference in quality. The newer design cameras wont work with the old idrive.

Thanks for all the replies, im beginning to agree with the theories that they got the initial diagnosis wrong.

Problem was that I got the car diagnosed 1 day before warranty ran out! As it stands the car is now out of warranty by 1 month. Hopefully there is no issue with warranty as I did alert them of the fault prior to warranty running out.

There should not be a problem with coverage if the original complaint was logged with the dealer prior to the expiry of the warranty. Stay calm with them, and just point out that they haven't fixed it yet.

Thanks so much! I should be receiving the kit next week, will post photos once it has been painted and installed. Thinking to install it myself once I get the panel beater to paint them, I've read the instructions shouldn't be hard to fit it...just a few nuts and bolts here and there.

do you still drive your X much? I've seen you around in 1-addict oz forum...

My reverse and side view cameras are sometimes blacked out with no errors. It used to be infrequent but is now a sometimes daily occurance.