JayNJ
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I've had the exact same issue. It's been happening for a couple years but I didn't care until now when it disables AP and FSD. I am sitting in Tesla service now getting camera replaced. $555. Hopefully this solves it.
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Makes sense it's could be an assembly issue rather than a camera hardware issue. Where was the pinch in the cable located?Just finished service and they said they found a pinched coax cable that was the problem. So only $178. We'll see if it truly fixes it but no error message on my 25 minute drive home.
Any luck with the latest update? We got it last night but my wife has the car today and refuses to ever use FSD, so I won’t be able to test it until tomorrow.2023.44.30.7 didn't fix it for me. Just downloaded 2023.44.30.8 today. It sure would be nice if it solves the problem.
In my case, the latest .30.8 update has not resolved the issue. The IR emitters still don’t work: the live Sentry Mode cabin view is totally dark at night.Any luck with the latest update? We got it last night but my wife has the car today and refuses to ever use FSD, so I won’t be able to test it until tomorrow.
Cabin camera still craps out intermittently.Any luck with the latest update? We got it last night but my wife has the car today and refuses to ever use FSD, so I won’t be able to test it until tomorrow.
I have the same cabin cabin camera issue. Oddly with the fault triggered and precluding FSD use, it still streams video just fine via the app.I've got a mobile service appointment on 1/18. Hopefully replacing the camera fixes the problem.
I'm having this issue, however when the error triggers disabling AP, there's no loss of function streaming video from the app.I'm starting to suspect that it really is a hardware problem. Some sort of intermittent fault with the camera.
Same here!I'm having this problem as well. I've had the "cabin camera unavailable" error on and off for a while but it only started disabling FSD after the December update. Very annoying. I happens both at night and in daylight.
I got my camera replaced today by mobile service. I mentioned your experience so the tech checked the cable and it was pinched. Since he didn't have a replacement cable he went ahead and replaced the camera. He reorganized the cables a bit so that the cable is no longer pinched and said if I still lose the cabin camera, I can bring it in to the SC and get the cable replaced. Only 18 FSD miles today but no errors.Just finished service and they said they found a pinched coax cable that was the problem. So only $178. We'll see if it truly fixes it but no error message on my 25 minute drive home.
My pinched cable is located inside the camera housing mounted to the windshield. I didn't see the procedure to pop off the cover. The tech said he massaged the kink out of it and rearranged the wires in there so as to not be pinched.The update to 2023.44.30.8 didn't fix the problem. Wish we knew more about this pinched coax and whether or not it could be a DIY fix.
What service did they end up performing? Replacing the camera, harness, both?Would like to share my experience (2018 P3D- with FSD here).
I had a few FSD Autopilot disengagements due to the "cabin camera unavailable" error warning, starting mid-December, including one on 101 northbound in the Potrero neighborhood of San Francisco. Not a great spot to have your vehicle decelerate and the hazard lights activate. I was rear-ended here in 2015 in an Audi S3. Should have been totaled...amounted to $25k of damage, paid for by the culprit's insurance.
The Tesla mobile app automatically scheduled me for "mobile service," which has traditionally been a problem, because I live on a very steep hill. Two technicians arrived today, and I explained to them I hadn't consented to the total repair amount. They said they'd let me know if only the cable harness or camera module needed replacement—if the bill would be only a part of the original estimate.
One technician said he'd seen this issue before and thus taught the other technician how to perform the repair. The total amount on the proposal came to $582 including tax. It's strange, because although I clicked on the button to review the proposal, I never actually hit a button to accept it. After the service was complete, the repair was marked as "paid." And yet there were still buttons available to "approve proposal" and "pay for the service."
Because I have unlimited supercharging (yes, my M3 is that old), I don't have any payment methods stored in my app. Consequently, thus far, Tesla has been unable to bill me (I checked my credit card statements to be sure). They called me to explain that my vehicle's warranty had just expired, and I replied, well, will you be sending this bill to collections, then? They didn't have a clear answer for me.