Rear Camera Adjustment - can it move?

[itschris]

I don't know if it's related or not, but this past weekend we were making a lot of donation trips and were in and out of the trunk all day long. Monday, I noticed that 1) i could see part of my bumper on the rear camera and 2) the cameral is clearly crooked because the on the display the bumper appears to go from about 3/4 inch to a quarter inch on the screen.

 

I never even noticed that the bumper was visible... I'm not saying it wasn't, but I'd be surprised that I would have not noticed that and more importantly, something out of whack. I'm just wondering if opening and closing the trunk a bunch jarred the camara. Either way, it needs to be adjusted. Is that doable?

 

PS - speaking of the trunk, does yours stay up? My wife got clunked on the head because it came down on her. I noticed that the tension to keep it up is very minimal. A slight incline even will cause to not stay up. Thoughts?

[LEM]

Mine shows the trunk, too. I had the same impression than you. I was also wondering if it was like that before.

 

And yes, I got hit in my head with the trunk a few times. It doesn't stay up!

[airbusguy]

You must have a Titanium with the added weight of a spoiler. If so see TSB 13-5-18. New torque rods to hold up trunk lid.

http://www.fordservicecontent.com/Ford_Content/pubs/content/~WT/~MUS~LEN/3632/tsb13-05-18.htm

[aaronj1159]

The crooked part doesn't sound right, but I would think you'd WANT to see the bumper. As someone else said in another thread, it serves as a frame of reference. Without it how would you know how close your car actually is to something?

[itschris]

I don't know, I don't remember the bumper be shown and especially not crooked. I just judge distance by the indicators and the beeps. Is there a way to adjust the camera?

 

Thanks for the bulliten Airbusguy!

[neod192]

The dealer might have to make the adjustment. I think they'll have to take that trunk lid apart.

[gkinla]

_{My 2010 FFH was the same way, And my 2013 FFH is the same. You can see part of the license plate and bumper. I like it this way because you can see almost straight down and allows you to backup close to walls, cars and such.}

 

_{And you can see it's not even across, the reason being the lens is off center to the drivers side by two inches, I believe my 2010 FFH was dead center. I remember seeing the license plate even all the way across in the RV camera.}

 

 

 

Edited July 25, 2013 by gkinla

[itschris]

Mine is pretty much like that pic I guess. Just weird I never noticed it. I'll take a snapshot and post up just for comparison.