2015 Auris Reverse Camera

[adecbr929]

Hi

My Reverse camera has water ingress & no use at all,looking to get a replacement off eBay & fit it myself but does anyone know of an in depth tutorial that will show me how to remove the tailgate inner trim and replace the camera  ??

 

Thanks in advance

Ade

[Gerg]

Hi

I have never seen a guide to this. 

I have taken some of the boot internal trim off when trying to put things back properly, that my Toyota main dealer very visibly hadn't, when they were replacing the camera under warranty.  I think that particular mechanic only had a screwdriver and a hammer.  And a bigger hammer for emergencies. Which is a pity.

I think this thread might help give you some ideas:-

If you can dry out the camera, then I am having reasonable success, (on a different Auris) with some strong, clear adhesive tape made for repairing greenhouse glass etc. 

Into a rectangle of this tape, I have cut a circular hole slightly smaller than the rim of the plastic lens, so the camera has an almost unobstructed clear view. The tape is just visible through the monitor at the edges of the image, but it makes no practical difference to the functioning of the camera.  This seems to be holding up reasonably well.  The tape cost £1.50 from Wilkos. The roll of tape is big enough for about a 1000 attempts at getting the shape right.

It is around the edge of the lens that the water seems to enter.  Whilst cleaning the camera carefully with some isopropanol, prior to a repair (isopropanol = low surface tension/viscosity), it was instantly visible on the internal grey circular seal, as it seeped in the join (the seal is black when in good condition).

I never pressure wash the car or the camera, and I never did, and I don't let the dealer wash the car when it is in for servicing (at a different Toyota dealer, I'm running out of dealers down here!).  It was always when the car came back from servicing or warranty work that the problem was obvious.

I can't remember if I said in the linked post: if you remove the rear light acrylic sections from the hatch, which you have to do to remove the camera, then their foam seals will be compromised afterwards.  I only discovered this when both lights started to fill with water a while after the dealer repair.

Is your car a pre-facelift or a post-facelift?  The cameras are slightly different with the model change, I did wonder if the later design was more waterproof.

[adecbr929]

Great. Many thanks for the info👍👍

cheers

Ade