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2013 FORD TAURUS — BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA

crash · 1843697 · 2022-09-26

Vehicle

Make
FORD
Model
TAURUS
Year
2013
Manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
Component
BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

The problem is I have a faulty backup camera that shows distorted images, the projection on the screen is upside down, and suddenly goes black, displays a warning message with black screen and a triangle caution symbol with exclamation mark. (However, it does not immediately show that warning message). With this back-up camera not properly working it poses a dangerous risk to others and myself. Luckily, I have not hit anyone yet such as a young child, or any individuals. If this were to happen it could cause serious harm and leave an individual with permeant injuries, or even life threating injuries, or death. Since the camera stopped working, I have come awful close to getting into accidents with other vehicles upon backing out of parking spots, backing into the streets, etc. Since then, I had to also replaced my passenger side mirror that I took off when suddenly the camera stopped working when I was backing out of my garage and the picture from camera immediately went black and I panic and took off my passenger side mirror by hitting the side of my garage door opening. The vehicle has been taken to the dealership, to where they repaired the passenger mirror, and I explained to them about the backup camera. The Ford dealership did their inspection and confirmed that the camera is indeed not working properly, and they advised that I needed a new Camera. However, I was told that the camera is on back order, and they have no idea when it will be available. The first ti

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11486514
Machine
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