Dealer fitted dashcam.

[Claypole]

Hi i've just realised I've been a member on here for 6 years, but haven't posted much. In that time we've had an Aygo and a Yaris, and time's flown by with very little to post about.

I do hope to contribute more to this forum though, now I'm a confirmed Toyota fan.

Any, the subject of this thread, the Nextbase 38OGWX Dashcam kit.

We, (well,my wife), recently ordered a new Yaris from the local Toyota dealer, Icon spec, with no optional extras.

Yesterday, she collected the car and noticed it had the Dashcam fitted. She assumed it was standard, but as far as I'm aware it's a £295 option. It was never offered to us, or even discussed. As far as I can tell we haven't been charged for it.

I think my wife will phone them to ask, but in the meantime, any ideas why they fitted it? Could they have just fitted it to our car by mistake, or is a new policy to fit them as standard. Unlikely I would have thought?

I connected to the camera last night, and it seem to be working fine. My wife did complain the car beeped at her for doing 31 mph in a 30 zone on the way but the video showed she doing 34mph. Ha ha, busted!

 

[Ralph H]

I’m impressed that you managed to get it for free! I paid £350 for both the front and rear dash cams, and I thought I was getting a great deal by getting £50 off! By the way, do you have the rear one too?

[FROSTYBALLS]

42 minutes ago, Claypole said:

My wife did complain the car beeped at her for doing 31 mph in a 30 zone on the way

Probably the Intelligent Speed Assistance which is a mandatory fitment on all new cars now.

[jthspace]

43 minutes ago, Claypole said:

My wife did complain the car beeped at her for doing 31 mph in a 30 zone on the way but the video showed she doing 34mph. Ha ha, busted!

Yeah, it is annoying when there is absolutely no allowance for speedo inaccuracy - 30mph in my Yaris Cross is 28 according to the GPS, so a 2mph allowance before the beep would be better - with a bumpy road its almost impossible to keep at steady 30mph without going up 1mph after a pothole.

[Ralph H]

8 minutes ago, jthspace said:

Yeah, it is annoying when there is absolutely no allowance for speedo inaccuracy - 30mph in my Yaris Cross is 28 according to the GPS, so a 2mph allowance before the beep would be better - with a bumpy road its almost impossible to keep at steady 30mph without going up 1mph after a pothole.

If I don’t want to hear the beep I use the speed limiter function. Which is ok until it gets the actual limit wrong! 

[Knorton]

13 minutes ago, Ralph H said:

If I don’t want to hear the beep I use the speed limiter function. Which is ok until it gets the actual limit wrong! 

I just turn the speed warning (due to the fact that a 3.5mile stretch of road near me is a 60 limit and the ISA gives me 4 different speed limits for that strech, there are no signs/side roads with other limits) and the lanes assist off at the start of each journey.

Kev

[Claypole]

44 minutes ago, Ralph H said:

I’m impressed that you managed to get it for free! I paid £350 for both the front and rear dash cams, and I thought I was getting a great deal by getting £50 off! By the way, do you have the rear one too?

Yes, we have the rear camera too. Getting stuff free from a dealer is good, but there's never been any mention of the camera in our dealings. 

As nice as they are, they have got a few things wrong when it comes to communication, so it wouldn't surprise me if some other customer is currently kicking up a stink over their missing cameras.

[Claypole]

5 minutes ago, Knorton said:

I just turn the speed warning (due to the fact that a 3.5mile stretch of road near me is a 60 limit and the ISA gives me 4 different speed limits for that strech, there are no signs/side roads with other limits) and the lanes assist off at the start of each journey.

Kev

Our old Yaris (2021) does often pick up incorrect speed limit signs, from a side road usually. It doesn't bleep so I'm assuming I disabled it. Instead the symbol goes solid red when exceeding the limit. 

[MC1216]

26 minutes ago, Claypole said:

Yes, we have the rear camera too. Getting stuff free from a dealer is good, but there's never been any mention of the camera in our dealings. 

As nice as they are, they have got a few things wrong when it comes to communication, so it wouldn't surprise me if some other customer is currently kicking up a stink over their missing cameras.

I think that is your answer...they have fitted it to the wrong customers car but it's a win win for you.

[Mojo1010]

Dash cams fitment likely to be a mistake by them, they will be looking to take it off if you got in touch regarding it. 

Cars from 2024 I find the speed limit bleeping annoying, prior to this year, can be set to visual alert like your 2021.