The repeater glare seen by many people here has been revealed by the channel below to be a design flaw with the circuit board of the camera. The PCB has three holes which allows the indicator light to leak directly onto the image sensor, bypassing the front of the lens entirely (aka, it's not the external indicator light being seen by the camera).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BUPsjguqdY
Furthermore, they show multiple repeater camera's they've found and documented that Tesla has already acknowledged the design flaw and and began at some point covering these holes with tape, to ultimately be resolved with a new design all-together. This directly conflcits with Tesla's messaging when denying some owners' repair requests by aruging it's a feature of the camera. By definition, light leak is a problem, and in this scenario it's not caused by the itself but the board it's attached to. It's simply not possible this glare was intentionally designed, particularly given the evidence of Tesla trying to correct it.
I believe they're quietly letting this issue fall by the wayside, however, that's not good enough. This will be insufficient for those who bought FSD which we know will almost entirely rely on image feeds from the cameras. It's simple deduction to know that having these blinded by a design flaw at a critical time - lane changes and turning at junctions - will heavily impede FSD performance and potentially be dangerous.
Tesla is arguing this is simply a characteristic of the camera, and you can pay to have a newer version that is "design enhanced". This is logically inconsistent given their DIY tape solution in production. Also, some owners have had their cameras replaced under warranty, likely before those service centre agents received the memo to downplay this issue. They're arguing these instances were done under 'goodwill'. If anyone has received warranty replacements for the cameras specifically for this glare / light leak issue it would be helpful do feel free to comment here.
Long story short, these defective cameras will need to be replaced FOC for FSD owners sooner or later, given FSD entitles us to some degree of hardware replacement to make the feature work if needed. Some owners have had to pay out of pocket to have these replaced for this issue, and will have to likely wrestle a refund out of Tesla at some point in the future. Very reminiscent of the eMMC issue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BUPsjguqdY
Furthermore, they show multiple repeater camera's they've found and documented that Tesla has already acknowledged the design flaw and and began at some point covering these holes with tape, to ultimately be resolved with a new design all-together. This directly conflcits with Tesla's messaging when denying some owners' repair requests by aruging it's a feature of the camera. By definition, light leak is a problem, and in this scenario it's not caused by the itself but the board it's attached to. It's simply not possible this glare was intentionally designed, particularly given the evidence of Tesla trying to correct it.
I believe they're quietly letting this issue fall by the wayside, however, that's not good enough. This will be insufficient for those who bought FSD which we know will almost entirely rely on image feeds from the cameras. It's simple deduction to know that having these blinded by a design flaw at a critical time - lane changes and turning at junctions - will heavily impede FSD performance and potentially be dangerous.
Tesla is arguing this is simply a characteristic of the camera, and you can pay to have a newer version that is "design enhanced". This is logically inconsistent given their DIY tape solution in production. Also, some owners have had their cameras replaced under warranty, likely before those service centre agents received the memo to downplay this issue. They're arguing these instances were done under 'goodwill'. If anyone has received warranty replacements for the cameras specifically for this glare / light leak issue it would be helpful do feel free to comment here.
Long story short, these defective cameras will need to be replaced FOC for FSD owners sooner or later, given FSD entitles us to some degree of hardware replacement to make the feature work if needed. Some owners have had to pay out of pocket to have these replaced for this issue, and will have to likely wrestle a refund out of Tesla at some point in the future. Very reminiscent of the eMMC issue.
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