Left door pillar camera blocked or blinded

[TheJDJ]

I saw it again this morning but about the front camera. *I* was driving, not on AP, almost directly toward the 8:30 AM sun.

 

[Tyshawn]

I got it again this morning in complete darkness. I ONLY get it during the morning when I go to work around 4am (no sun at all).

 

[toolman335]

I got it again this morning in complete darkness. I ONLY get it during the morning when I go to work around 4am (no sun at all).

Same thing for me. 4am warnings this week in total darkness.
It clears up quickly though. I suspect it's because I went from a 55 degree garage to 12 degrees outside and my car is a bit filthy.

 

[mreynolds767]

Also got it this morning for most of my drive whenever the low sun was in the path of my left side driver door.
First time I have seen this message ; is also first drive since I updated to the most recent firmware 40.2 or whatever it is ; sounds related to me.

 

[V__2]

Was parked at a parking lot, heavy overcast midday, got message for front camera obstructed or blinded. Started driving 10 feet and message went away. First time ever seeing this message.

 

[Siddhartha]

I'm wondering if most/all of you are parking in a garage, seeing it with the change in temp (condensation) and then it's better once the car acclimates to the temp, and condensation resolves. I have this issue lately, too, and I've pulled over and seen condensation. Always L (driver's side) pillar camera, facing the sun (so it warms, and I get condensation).

 

[WilliamG]

I'm wondering if most/all of you are parking in a garage, seeing it with the change in temp (condensation) and then it's better once the car acclimates to the temp, and condensation resolves. I have this issue lately, too, and I've pulled over and seen condensation. Always L (driver's side) pillar camera, facing the sun (so it warms, and I get condensation).

That’s how all my fogging is related (b pillars, tail lights etc). Car fogs within minutes of leaving my garage into damp, 40-50F weather here in Seattle.

 

[Tyshawn]

I'm wondering if most/all of you are parking in a garage, seeing it with the change in temp (condensation) and then it's better once the car acclimates to the temp, and condensation resolves. I have this issue lately, too, and I've pulled over and seen condensation. Always L (driver's side) pillar camera, facing the sun (so it warms, and I get condensation).

For me, yes I'm pulling out of my garage at 4am, however as soon as I get the message I pulled over to check and the view of the camera is free and clear. Then once I get back in and start driving again, the message comes again. It's always on the right door pillar for me, nowhere else. I get the message off and on about 5 to 6 times during my commute.

 

[Tyshawn]

I think tomorrow morning when it happens again, I'm going to hit the camera icon to 'save' a clip as soon as the message pops up in hopes to see what that camera sees or not seeing.

 

[Pavlo_Y]

I am keeping my car in the garage but car is not that clean due to recent snow event. Got this particular message for this first time this morning.

 

[Ssmtsx]

I get the left fender camera blinded warning whenever someone is driving next to me at night. I assume it’s their headlights blinding the camera.

 

[MexiCanuck]

It's a blinded by the light thing.

Not for me.

SR+, FSD. 2019.40.2.1

I got it the first time when I was on a freeway and it was teeming down rain. I first got it on the left side.

I pulled into a stop area and cleaned the camera lens area with a cloth. When I started driving the warning went away. A few minutes later I got the same warning for the right side. I repeated the process. The warnings resumed intermittently.

Since then, I have experienced the warnings at least once a day in rain, in dry weather, in the daytime, in the evening. I park outside so it is not a temperature change issue. Today I got the same message once for the front cameras and once for a side camera.

 

[marco33]

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

I see the condensation on the driver side window and the b camera

 

[eadsd]

I’m on a Christmas road trip from Austin, TX through Nashville, Lexington,KY and soon Atlanta and then back to TX.

I first saw the fender message on Dec 22 driving on a pitch black freeway repeatedly in central KY. I also have seen it repeatedly on dark country roads in KY. I’ve seen it not with autopilot on and off.

 

[Gator Rican]

IMO I think more importantly than figuring out why the message triggers (I get it too), is what safety features do we 'loose' while the camera is blinded.

 

[CharleyBC]

IMO I think more importantly than figuring out why the message triggers (I get it too), is what safety features do we 'loose' while the camera is blinded.

Well, among other things, it would likely disable true FSD—you know, that feature that we will have1 or 5 or 10 or ∞ years in the future.

 

[bungyg]

I have been getting the camera issues since the last update. I have had front, left and right camera warnings. Whilst most of them appear to be sun related, I haven't been concerned, however, I have also noticed it appearing during dull days. Maybe software correctable, I do hope so.

 

[SDRick]

I noticed my left fender camera is slightly loose. Perhaps that could be causing the message? In any event, has anyone tried to tighten the fender camera?

 

[Jon From ID]

I just had this warning come on repeatedly on my brand new M3P+ (took possession 28 Dec evening). I was driving roughly NW about 1:40 PM with the sun between 30 and 40 degrees above the horizon. I got the warning about the left pillar camera. I stopped and cleaned it (no obvious signs of condensation) and the right one as well. I continued getting the warning. About ten minutes I turned around, retracing my route. Very soon, I started getting the warning for the right side.

Last night my car upgraded to 2019.40.50.5.

 

[wcorey]

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?

I realize this is an old post but I had that problem yesterday, 1/21/2020. It happened on both 45 min legs of an appointment. I am almost positive the right camera was the culprit on the trip in, and the (definitely) left camera was the culprit on the trip home. It was a sunny day with temp below freezing. What's interesting and just occurred to me that is precisely where the sun would be as I was traveling east on the first leg and west on the second. In another post on here the OP said the SC rep told him that was not normal. On a response I got to my via app SC appointment said that was perfectly normal. Which is it? There seems to be some disagreement on whether the B columns are heated. Does anyone definitively know? This would be in an Oct 2018 Model 3.