Hello All, Our 2017 Prius C One (87K miles ) one fine day started showing the following warning messages : Lane Departure Warning, Headlight Malfunction and Pre-Collision Warning, See Dealer. In about a day or two, it came with a squelching electronic noise hear the driver side dash which died down in a day and was replaced with a crackling noise ( like the one from a badly tuned radio or tv ). Not knowing any better, my wife took the car to the dealer who diagnosed the problem to be a bad camera and the cost to replace and calibrate it would be $4K. ( California ) After we got it home, it took the wire out of the camera and the crackling nose stopped. I was going to take the camera apart to see if I can diagnose the problem is but could not find instructions on how to do remove the camera from the windshield mount. Does anyone know? I've attached a few pictures of the camera in its mount on the windshield. Thanks in advance
I assume you have to use a wire or floss to cut it off the glass, but I've never done it myself. You can rent the real official Repair Manual from Toyota which has step-by-step guides. I'd think it is money well spent for a situation like this.
Depending on where you are, you may also have access to the repair manual thanks to arrangements made by a local public library or other organization. The page Leadfoot linked also discusses those options.
Thank you both. To clarify, I want to remove the camera from the windshield mount and not remove the windshield itself or the black plastic mount. There seem to be a way to remove just the camera it but I cannot seem to figure it out. I will check the library to see if they have any manuals that will help me.
