Left door pillar camera blocked or blinded

[jdcollins5]

I searched and could not find this message.

Driving with AP this morning on highway and this message popped up:;

Left door pillar camera blocked or blinded
Clear camera or wait for it to regain visibility

I noticed that the morning sun was directly on my door. AP continued to work except for auto lane change in the left direction. When I would turn away from the sun the message would disappear. When I stopped and checked cameras they were clear. I did a reboot just to make sure it was not a fluke message.

On the way home I would get the Right Door message when turned toward the sun and disappear when turned away from sun.

HW 2.5 and EAP only.

Has anyone else seen this message?

 

[CharleyBC]

The messages have become more specific lately, such as the one you saw. But the cameras have always been subject to sun blindness that goes away when the sun is no longer in the car’s “eyes”.

 

[TheJDJ]

I saw this twice in the past week while using AP with the low AM sun shining directly at the camera. I figured it was due to the bright light.

 

[ICUDoc]

I saw a similar message last night, but I was sure it said "front left bumper camera..".
So I got out to clean it and couldn't find one...

 

[Shamrock17]

I got this today for the first time too. HW3 FSD

 

[Tyshawn]

I just picked up my M3P a few days ago and every morning since I have received this message, "Right door pillar camera blocked or blinded". I get this only during the hours of darkness so it's not blinded and its not blocked as you can see from the pics I have added. Was going to contact service if this continues.

 

[ewoodrick]

I was getting something similar, if not the same today. It seems to have gone away.

 

[Kitfox]

It may have to do with the recent .40 upgrade. Never had it before, but got it on a dark night on a dark highway in the dark darkness.

 

[Msjulie]

Seems common these days, it was bright on that side of the car (driver) but the camera was not overly dirty or anything..

 

[joelliot]

Had this today because of ice build up

 

[spesler]

Got it today for the first time ever on a clean car. Around 1pm and very sunny.

 

[datoda]

I saw this particular message for the first time today. However, I think it's a more specific variant of the 'blind spot detection reduced' (or something like that) message pre-2019.40.2.1, which showed up whenever a camera's view was impaired.

For me, it's condensation on the inside of the glass that encases the driver side pillar B camera.

 

[jkirkwood001]

I had it on the front camera the last few days, also only since upgrade to 40. Wouldn't let me even do cruise control. So I washed the car. Still got it a bit. Sensors' a little too sensitive now?

vin xx107xxx, EAP.

 

[mlkmade]

Funny, got it for the first time today.

I wonder if someone hit a button and we all got it once, lol /s

 

[Moose408]

It may just be this time of year. In North America the sun is much closer to the horizon overall than it is during the summer. So the low angle might be triggering it more. Or it could be a bug.

 

[CSFTN]

Had it this morning and have had it several other mornings. In each case, it is AM commute and my right pillar camera. Looked at it today, condensation. Interestingly, my morning commute is towards the East, so the right side is always facing the sun. And in every case I can recall, it happened right after my front windshield fogged up, necessitating the front defroster.

 

[Ferengii]

Got the message as well for the right pillar camera which was facing a bright, low early morning sun. As soon as I made a turn away from the sun, the message went away. A minute or so my next turn put the camera back into the sun again, and there was no message. I haven’t had the message a second time.

 

[StellarRat]

It's a blinded by the light thing.

 

[Sammydee]

I had this yesterday for the first time, too. I suspect the fact that we are just days from the winter solstice is part of the reason. The sun is lower in the southern sky than any other time of year, and thus will be more blinding than when it's higher in the sky.

 

[WillC]

Had my M3 here in the UK for a week now, after latest update I have been getting the left door pillar camera blocked or blinded message on pretty much every drive, both day time and at night. Camera is clean, no condensation or anything blocking it. Right side has been fine.