My Back-up Camera is Back "Up" - tailgate camera fix for almost nothing

[MarineBSP]

The back-up camera on my 2018 Laramie has had a few instances of wierd color shift - but it always recovered. Yesterday the picture was dark and ghosty to the point of being unusable. This made hooking up a trailer solo a LOT harder than normal. I feared a new camera or radio was on my horizon.

I Googled, and I found several links, here's the one I liked best: Video 1 but the second one is from someone whose dealer couldn't seem to fix it Video 2

I tested my camera by removing both connectors and reconnecting them - camera was back to 'like new' ! I then bought a can of DeoxIT D5 from my local Guitar Center franchise - yup, the guys and gals with crackle in their amps or guitars use this on the potentiometer volume controls, and the better contact gets rid of the crackle! I think WD40 or CRC Contact Cleaner could work too, but the DeoxIT claims to have ingredients to dissolve off the metal oxides from the surface and prevent new corrosion. I added silicone dielctric grease to help the O-ring seals prevent reoccurance.

Not my original idea, but one I thought should be shared !

 

[SitKneelBend]

The back-up camera on my 2018 Laramie has had a few instances of wierd color shift - but it always recovered. Yesterday the picture was dark and ghosty to the point of being unusable. This made hooking up a trailer solo a LOT harder than normal. I feared a new camera or radio was on my horizon.

I Googled, and I found several links, here's the one I liked best: Video 1 but the second one is from someone whose dealer couldn't seem to fix it Video 2

I tested my camera by removing both connectors and reconnecting them - camera was back to 'like new' ! I then bought a can of DeoxIT D5 from my local Guitar Center franchise - yup, the guys and gals with crackle in their amps or guitars use this on the potentiometer volume controls, and the better contact gets rid of the crackle! I think WD40 or CRC Contact Cleaner could work too, but the DeoxIT claims to have ingredients to dissolve off the metal oxides from the surface and prevent new corrosion. I added silicone dielctric grease to help the O-ring seals prevent reoccurance.

Not my original idea, but one I thought should be shared !

Adding it to my Amazon cart for a rainy day! Thanks for the info!

 

[markabby]

good for trailer connections too.

 

[StateOfMind]

So the camera connection is behind the access panel on the tailgate?

 

[EdGs]

WD40 works, but it doesn't last. Deoxit is far superior, IMO.

 

[NETim]

Deoxit is the best stuff ever. Kinda pricey but worth the $$$.

 

[rjwin]

The back-up camera on my 2018 Laramie has had a few instances of wierd color shift - but it always recovered. Yesterday the picture was dark and ghosty to the point of being unusable. This made hooking up a trailer solo a LOT harder than normal. I feared a new camera or radio was on my horizon.

I Googled, and I found several links, here's the one I liked best: Video 1 but the second one is from someone whose dealer couldn't seem to fix it Video 2

I tested my camera by removing both connectors and reconnecting them - camera was back to 'like new' ! I then bought a can of DeoxIT D5 from my local Guitar Center franchise - yup, the guys and gals with crackle in their amps or guitars use this on the potentiometer volume controls, and the better contact gets rid of the crackle! I think WD40 or CRC Contact Cleaner could work too, but the DeoxIT claims to have ingredients to dissolve off the metal oxides from the surface and prevent new corrosion. I added silicone dielctric grease to help the O-ring seals prevent reoccurance.

Not my original idea, but one I thought should be shared !

 

[rjwin]

I had a Mopar factory back up camera installed on my 2014 Ram 1500 some years ago at Dellen Jeep Chrysler Dodge in Greenfield, Indiana. It paid an hour and a half flat rate to install it. They had it for a week. I finally told them I was coming to get it, fixed or not. They finished it the next day. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I've double checked all the connections and narrowed it down to the radio. Sometimes if I tap on the screen it will work, sometimes not. Radios are expensive, but I don't know how else to address the problem.