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I should have taken a photo of the symptom ahead of attempting the fix, but it's this:
About a week ago I was sitting in the truck with both side cameras not displaying and some time on my hands. I started knocking on the driver's side camera, folding and unfolding the mirror, etc., and that camera's display started working. 10 minutes later my son was done with his appointment and I had him knock around the passenger side mirror housing with the same result. Felt good knowing the issue exists at the camera rather than the expensive image processing module.
Today I took a real look at things and I believe I have this annoying issue sorted. It's simple, basically free, and took about 45 minutes including the time spent figuring out how the mirror housing comes apart.
Tools and supplies: trim removal tool, toothpick, DeoxIT, and dielectric grease.
Take a trim removal tool, fit it into the notch under the outside mirror housing, and work your way around until the whole piece comes loose.
It was a dusty mess in there but I gained access to everything I needed.
This is the connector I was after:
Side note: if your turn signal separates from the mirror housing, it reattaches first from the outer edge under the little tabs and then snaps into place.
The following pics are from the other side of the vehicle. View of the connection itself:
Sprayed with DeoxIT to ensure the contact points were all clean.
Using a toothpick, smear a little dielectric grease into the connector. I had small hands help me out.
Reconnect and test your display before reassembling the mirror housing. If it's working, reassemble and move onto the next.
The connector for the front camera is hidden under the plastic trim piece above the radiator.
Follow the same process, reconnect, test, and put stuff back where it came from.
Results at this point are solid. We'll see how it holds up over time.
Hope this helps someone out there!
Since I've owned the truck the 360* display would randomly show black space instead of a camera image. I'd lose one or more cameras, and they'd eventually start displaying properly again at some future point. It seemed to happen more often after I washed my truck but that seemed an unlikely correlation.
About a week ago I was sitting in the truck with both side cameras not displaying and some time on my hands. I started knocking on the driver's side camera, folding and unfolding the mirror, etc., and that camera's display started working. 10 minutes later my son was done with his appointment and I had him knock around the passenger side mirror housing with the same result. Felt good knowing the issue exists at the camera rather than the expensive image processing module.
Today I took a real look at things and I believe I have this annoying issue sorted. It's simple, basically free, and took about 45 minutes including the time spent figuring out how the mirror housing comes apart.
Tools and supplies: trim removal tool, toothpick, DeoxIT, and dielectric grease.
Take a trim removal tool, fit it into the notch under the outside mirror housing, and work your way around until the whole piece comes loose.
It was a dusty mess in there but I gained access to everything I needed.
This is the connector I was after:
Side note: if your turn signal separates from the mirror housing, it reattaches first from the outer edge under the little tabs and then snaps into place.
The following pics are from the other side of the vehicle. View of the connection itself:
Sprayed with DeoxIT to ensure the contact points were all clean.
Using a toothpick, smear a little dielectric grease into the connector. I had small hands help me out.
Reconnect and test your display before reassembling the mirror housing. If it's working, reassemble and move onto the next.
The connector for the front camera is hidden under the plastic trim piece above the radiator.
Follow the same process, reconnect, test, and put stuff back where it came from.
Results at this point are solid. We'll see how it holds up over time.
Hope this helps someone out there!
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