Sensing System Camera Problems of Tesla Model 3

Tesla Model 3 owners have reported 3 problems related to sensing system camera (under the back over prevention category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Tesla Model 3 based on all problems reported for the Model 3.

1 Sensing System Camera problem of the 2024 Tesla Model 3

Failure Date: 04/05/2025

Lost all cameras including rear view camera. Tesla diagnosed that I need to replace ap4 computer. This seems exactly like the case of 25v002000 with circuit board failure. But my VIN was not included in this recall, which seems to indicate that Tesla does not have complete understanding of the scope of this failure.

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2 Sensing System Camera problem of the 2021 Tesla Model 3

Failure Date: 02/08/2022

Since the v11 user interface update, when you put the car into reverse, the rear camera sometimes does not show up, or often shows up only after a delay. Sometimes the delay is just a second or two, other times it is a minute or seems to hang forever. Today I was parked in front of my kid's school dropoff zone, and needed to back up after they got out to leave. When I went into reverse the cameras were just black and stayed that way. This was especially worrying in this scenario since small children could be walking behind me that I wouldn't be able to see without the camera. This was never a problem until the v11 user interface update, which also causes other safety problems, by burying important functions behind menus. For instance you now have to dig into a menu and reach all the way to the right side of the screen to operate the wipers, you have to dig into menus to operate basic climate control functions that used to be immediately available, etc.

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3 Sensing System Camera problem of the 2018 Tesla Model 3

Failure Date: 11/13/2018

2018 Tesla Model 3. Consumer writes in regard to safety issue with backup camera. Camera will stop displaying image while vehicle is reversing.

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Other Common Back Over Prevention related problems of Tesla Model 3

Problem Category Number of Problems
Back Over Prevention problems
28
Warnings problems
21
Rearview System Braking problems
10
Sensing System Camera problems
3
Automatic System Braking problems
1


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