GEN 1 Front Camera won't enable

[pat247]

You had me worried as I recently used a foam cannon with simple green to degrease my engine bay, I worried I may have messed up that module (no pressure, just foam). However, my backup camera is working fine, it's just my forward facing one that wont enable. Unless, there is some way to screw up that module and have only one camera work?

I'm not familiar with this switch module but I have a feeling that I'm going to get to know more about it. I hope the pics help.

 

[Garrett]

I have been looking into the camera system in my 2014 Raptor as I'm having an intermittent rear camera issue where sometimes it does not come on. I have not tried the front camera in a while so I don't know if it is affected or not. I found that both the front and rear share a switching module located under the hood driver side fire wallaround the hood attachment. I'll post pics from the ford wiring diagrams book when the battery for my camera gets charged.

I have been having this same problem for about a year and have found whenever my backup camera doesn’t work the front camera also won’t work with it. This makes me curious that it may be a faulty module. Let me know what else you find and good luck!

 

[jackjare9455]

I'm not familiar with this switch module but I have a feeling that I'm going to get to know more about it. I hope the pics help.

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Great info! I guess the easiest things for me to check this morning once I get up and going is continuity to ground and that fuse... although if my rear camera is working, I suspect the fuse is fine.

 

[jackjare9455]

I have been having this same problem for about a year and have found whenever my backup camera doesn’t work the front camera also won’t work with it. This makes me curious that it may be a faulty module. Let me know what else you find and good luck!

With them both going out at the same time... I would suspect either a bad module, bad ground, or bad 12v supply... Ground would be the easiest to check.

 

[jackjare9455]

I have ground at that pin, and my fuse is okay... so nothing easy for me today.

 

[jackjare9455]

the part number didn't fully match up, but I think this is close enough to order for a test to eliminate the front camera as an issue. I just ordered it to try it out.

 

[pat247]

I'll test the front camera on my Raptor later today to see if it still works as designed. When the rear camera comes on the picture is crystal clear and works 25%-75% of the time. It could be that the camera is malfunctioning and needs to be replaced.

 

[jackjare9455]

after messing with my pigtail trying to make sure I had ground, I went to pick up my oldest from school and for giggles, tried to enable the camera again... and it stayed enabled this time. offroad mode + diff lock = working front camera again.

I am not going to complain, just quickly cancel my order for that camera LOL. Ill disconnect it again this evening and spray contact cleaner in the pigtail and the connector.

 

[Gen1TillDeath]

I don’t know much about it, and not sure how much this helps if at all. But I do know for a FACT, that if either the front or rear camera is not working or the BCM thinks that it’s not the other will not work. I disconnected my tailgate for a few days and had noticed that since the rear camera was disconnected, the front wouldn’t work until I hooked the rear back up . Hope this helps

 

[Garrett]

All this info is helpful. I won’t be home to try anything for about a week but the fact that both go if one goes makes me think it could just be faulty wiring on either camera which sounds hard to find. I’ll update when I get back to test.