Rear View Mirror blinking off intermitantly
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Racer
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From: Florida, Tampa Bay
Rear View Mirror blinking off intermitantly
Looked around on here and all I saw was comments bout blue screens and flickering headlights. Get the blue screen is a significant problem and the flickering is the refresh rate and frequency of the lights I'm viewing. My issue is sometimes the screen blinks off or extremely dim for a second or two then goes back to acting normal. I have not seen this occur at night and have only noticed it during full daylight driving. Any thoughts or experiences with your C8 mirror behaving in this manor? I do have a full warranty but know when I take it in the problem won't occur and it's so random I can't catch a pic of it happening.
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I've seen the rearview mirror camera malfunction due to heat, sometimes caused by running uncoated bare aftermarket headers. Any unprotected mods in your engine bay? Extended time parked under the summer sun?
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Racer
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Car is bone stock and shouldn't have any abnormal heat issues. It's in the garage most of the time, was out for a drive today and did it twice. I'll try to capture it doing it's thing but more than anything wanted to verify it's not a common known issue. If it's not I'll be making a trip to dealer soon and if nothing else, start a complaint record on it. Appreciate the thoughts and tips. My wife dailys the car and I hardly drive it so my info is second hand. Except when we r in it together and "see, it's doing it again! Fix it!"😅🤣😂
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Racer
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From: Florida, Tampa Bay
I thought about a light sensor and shadows but haven't corellated malfunction with that. If I was having issues with that then would expect other folks to experience also. Next stop dealer!
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In my wife's car I threw a piece of mail up on the dash. The displays were dark when I started the car. I thought something was wrong with them until I figured out that I had covered the light sensor.
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Looked around on here and all I saw was comments bout blue screens and flickering headlights. Get the blue screen is a significant problem and the flickering is the refresh rate and frequency of the lights I'm viewing. My issue is sometimes the screen blinks off or extremely dim for a second or two then goes back to acting normal. I have not seen this occur at night and have only noticed it during full daylight driving. Any thoughts or experiences with your C8 mirror behaving in this manor? I do have a full warranty but know when I take it in the problem won't occur and it's so random I can't catch a pic of it happening.
The time got longer and Blue screen started. Dealer tech replaced camera, and all was fine for ~2 years before I sold it.
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