Strange issue - backup camera and display unit

Hey everyone!

Hope everyone's doing well. Wanted to reach out because I've started to encounter a REALLY strange problem with the 4Runner. Before I begin, I have the Anytime Front Premium Camera Kit, with the Front / Rear switch mounted in the dash.

The issue: As of maybe 3 days ago, my rear camera started working intermittently. This is after going a couple of weeks with a garbled display in reverse. This weekend, I pulled the radio out and checked all of the connectors, and all seems to be fine. Pulled off the switch, the reverse cam started working again in reverse, but it's now back to a black display. Interestingly enough, after verifying all of the connections behind the radio, I pulled off the tailgate cover and did the ziptie mod for the camera connector. After this, still no dice.

I've done the factory reset, I've done the "remove the battery overnight to reset to no avail.

I guess my questions are as follows:

1. What's the likelihood that it's the head unit that's bad?
2. What's the likelihood that the wiring for the Anytime Front Cam (switch) may be faulty?

Things have been working super well until recently, and I've had the installation for a while. Funny thing is, front camera works flawlessly. Any thoughts? Thanks for taking the time to read, and to share any information, as I'm getting a bit flustered with it...

Cheers,

Sean

 

Since the front camera works fine, all evidence points to two things:

1) The wiring for the rear camera is bad.
2) The rear camera itself is bad. Bad hardware.

Call the site you bought it from and tell them it's faulty and you need replacement hardware.

 

Thanks so much, Borracho Loco! I think you may be on to something. To be honest, the camera itself, (rear) was about the only thing I hadn't checked. It's still the factory camera, so now may be time to either take it in to get changed, or upgrade it.

I appreciate you man! Thanks again and will keep ya posted.

Cheers,

Sean

 

Same boat as OP. My 4runner OEM rear camera sucks and works intermittently. I have check all connections and nothing. Now I am going to replace the camera and shorter harness. The zip tie thing didn't work for me

 

I have the same issue with an intermittent rear camera, on my 2015 and my son's 2015 as well. It seems to stopped working after I've open and closed the rear hatch, and usually comes back on within a day or two. It is frustrating but I've managed to drive for almost 40 years without a back up camera so I just live with it and I'm not going to spend any money on trying to fix it.

 

I opened mine up last night. I am the 2nd owner & someone has been in there before. My camera didn't have any screws sadly. I then buttoned everything back up. Going to swap everything over once I get those screws. Toyota's pretty fast here should be by the end of the week

Here are the oem parts so far:
2014-2015 Parking Assist Reverse Camera 86790-35060
Toyota Backdoor Wire #4 82189-35020
Camera Screws 90159-60303

 

Thanks for this, Kolter45! Please keep us posted.


Cheers,

Sean

 

Interestingly, I have the same setup and the rear camera display stopped working this morning. Never saw any garbled display as you mentioned.. Just black screen once.. then worked the next moment I tried.. Now nothing-black screen. Front works fine. I'm in a '24 ORP and put it in 4 or 5 months ago. I was suspecting a switch issue but maybe not?