Front Camera Problems - Am Amazed There Is Not More Discussion On This

[Mach Turtle]

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Your eyes do not have pixels.

Speak for yourself, meatbag.

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[Ry2023]

With the exposure of the front grille camera to road dirt and road dings, I'm amazed there hasn't been a ton more discussion about the grille camera.

I've only found a few not-very-long threads on the matter:

https://www.f150lightningforum.com/forum/threads/front-grille-camera-replacement-part-number.18936/

https://www.f150lightningforum.com/forum/threads/front-camera-washer.13554/

I seem to have developed a phantom spot in my front grille camera based on where the gunk appears in my field of view (and it's also in the 360° view):

One might think the spot is caused by the following bit of debris. The debris is in ~the right spot. Still, I didn't notice it when I first tried to clean the grille camera lens with a microfiber cloth of ~that bluish color, so I'm wondering if that debris is a red (or purply-blue) herring and my actual problem is road tar or a scratch on the camera lens. Has anyone actually replaced their grille camera lens yet, and at how much time and cost?

I am actually having the same thing right now…. It looks like a small stoner pebble hit the top of my camera and I have a similar blotch in there….. at first I thought it was dirt, turns out it’s a small ding or crack. Consulted the dealer about it. It’ll probably be likely over $600 and I’ll need the truck all day….. They said the hardest part is integrating it into 360 system… I am thinking about calling my insurance or that because my deductible is much less than that

 

[Mmiketa]

It seems strange to me that the same 'blob' appears on the 'aerial' image.
Since the is no built-in drone w/camera, I assume it is a made up image/view, so one might wonder, why is the 'blob' there too?
I guess the computer generated aerial image uses some of the camera input to generate it.

I don't know the details of the camera, but any lens could easily incur a rock/gravel impact out on the highway that could leave a pit/chip in it, which is what it looks like to me, having seen a similar looking pit/chip in one of my vehicle windshields after a dump truck threw a rock at me out on the highway one time.

In case it is a blob of some substance on the lens and not a pit/chip, some (many/most) types of lenses should not be cleaned with alcohol, it can damage the coating!

Instead, use a diluted dish washing liquid like Dawn in warm water, a lens cleaning fluid, or a microfiber cloth, to be safe.

Good luck.

It's not strange at all. The 360 view is made by stitching the feeds from the various cameras around the truck into a single view. If you have one of the cameras obstructed, you would see that on the 360 view. Also, if you open your door while it is on (moving one of your cameras) you can see the image 360 view skew.

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