Bryan Hudgens

For anyone that is having camera issues and wants to swap out the camera (if thats the defective part) here is what I did to get the camera out.

 

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First remove the 4 screws in the hand grip area of the lift gate.

Next pop off the big interior panel. Kinda have to tug a bit but is will come off.

locate the 6 nuts across the back of the trim piece and remove.

Now find the the 2 plastic push clips on either end of that row of nuts. Squeeze with a needle nose and push out.

Undo the small black wire connector and the flat grey one.

 

I popped out the plate lights and wire harness prior to any of this..

 

Now that its off the ONLY way to get the camera out is to remove bracket holding it down....this is tricky.

 

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This is the bracket.

 

It has one star head screw holding it in.

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You will see the back of it in that hole.

Getting to the front will only happen with tiny tools. OR...you can do what I did and Dremel a slit in the tip of the screw and use a tiny flat head to back it out.

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No guts no glory LOL

 

I reassembled in reverse order..camera/ bracket/ screw(if for some reason you royally screw up in removal I suggest a very small nut and bolt combo to reattach the bracket) wire harness/ lights....

 

So one thing I noticed when ordering a new camera is that there is 2 listed a older dated one and and a newer one. Im going to try the newer one and see what happens. I base this fix souly on reading other forums and people having this issue fixed at the dealer, stating that the fix was replacing the camera and reprograming it to get the guide lines working.

 

DISCLAIMER: I take no responsibility for anyone who screws their car up. Attempt at your own risk!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the helpful instructions. Ford Dealer wanted over $1000 to replace the camera. Thanks to these steps I was able to do it on my own in just a couple of hours. Yes, that screw is a beast to get out. My neighbors and I thought we could try several things that might work, but ultimately I used the Dremel to create the notch and reversed it out. Replaced it with a rivet so that if I ever have to do it again I can just drill out the rivet, but hopefully the replacement camera will last longer than the vehicle. No grid lines like others said. Factory reset and such doesn't do anything. I am curious if anyone has any recommendations on a DIY reprogram for the grid lines, and/or if you have taken it to the dealer for just the gridlines and how much that was, and what the experience was? Thanks again to the community and all the great tips for helping save me a lot of $$$. My wife is happy that she can see when she backs up now using her camera. Seems to me that as many people as there are having this problem, Ford would fix this and do a recall or something, but oh well.. Such is life.

For anyone that is having camera issues and wants to swap out the camera (if thats the defective part) here is what I did to get the camera out.

 

IMG_1501.jpg

 

First remove the 4 screws in the hand grip area of the lift gate.

Next pop off the big interior panel. Kinda have to tug a bit but is will come off.

locate the 6 nuts across the back of the trim piece and remove.

Now find the the 2 plastic push clips on either end of that row of nuts. Squeeze with a needle nose and push out.

Undo the small black wire connector and the flat grey one.

 

I popped out the plate lights and wire harness prior to any of this..

 

Now that its off the ONLY way to get the camera out is to remove bracket holding it down....this is tricky.

 

IMG_1505.jpg

 

This is the bracket.

 

It has one star head screw holding it in.

IMG_1503.jpg

 

You will see the back of it in that hole.

Getting to the front will only happen with tiny tools. OR...you can do what I did and Dremel a slit in the tip of the screw and use a tiny flat head to back it out.

IMG_1504.jpg

No guts no glory LOL

 

I reassembled in reverse order..camera/ bracket/ screw(if for some reason you royally screw up in removal I suggest a very small nut and bolt combo to reattach the bracket) wire harness/ lights....

 

So one thing I noticed when ordering a new camera is that there is 2 listed a older dated one and and a newer one. Im going to try the newer one and see what happens. I base this fix souly on reading other forums and people having this issue fixed at the dealer, stating that the fix was replacing the camera and reprograming it to get the guide lines working.

 

DISCLAIMER: I take no responsibility for anyone who screws their car up. Attempt at your own risk!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the helpful instructions. Ford Dealer wanted over $1000 to replace the camera. Thanks to these steps I was able to do it on my own in just a couple of hours. Yes, that screw is a beast to get out. My neighbors and I thought we could try several things that might work, but ultimately I used the Dremel to create the notch and reversed it out. Replaced it with a rivet so that if I ever have to do it again I can just drill out the rivet, but hopefully the replacement camera will last longer than the vehicle. No grid lines like others said. Factory reset and such doesn't do anything. I am curious if anyone has any recommendations on a DIY reprogram for the grid lines, and/or if you have taken it to the dealer for just the gridlines and how much that was, and what the experience was? Thanks again to the community and all the great tips for helping save me a lot of $$$. My wife is happy that she can see when she backs up now using her camera. Seems to me that as many people as there are having this problem, Ford would fix this and do a recall or something, but oh well.. Such is life.