Misaligned 360 camera?

[mmap]

I've noticed that my 360 camera is a little misaligned. The front doesn't line up with either side, it's off by about a curb-width or a lotline width (so, maybe 6-8 inches?).

Is there a way for me to realign them myself? Or does the dealer have to do it? Should it be covered under warranty? It's about 14 months old... It hasn't thrown any kind of code for fault for it yet, but it minorly bugs me and I wonder if it will ever cause me to scrape something if I'm in a really tight space.

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[Zigma51]

That sounds odd... Any chance you can show us a photo of the issue?

 

[mmap]

Here's a few pictures. I took two shovels and laid them in front of it, so you can see where the front camera thinks the handle is, and then where it blends into where the side/mirror camera thinks it is.

The 360 screen:

Crop of the top of the screen so you can see better:

From outside the car, for reference:

 

[Mach1E]

Here's a few pictures. I took two shovels and laid them in front of it, so you can see where the front camera thinks the handle is, and then where it blends into where the side/mirror camera thinks it is.

The 360 screen:

Crop of the top of the screen so you can see better:

From outside the car, for reference:

Definitely not lined up.

Just tested mine with a pole in front of the car. As you can see, no double vision:

 

[Mach-Lee]

Here's a few pictures. I took two shovels and laid them in front of it, so you can see where the front camera thinks the handle is, and then where it blends into where the side/mirror camera thinks it is.

The 360 screen:

Crop of the top of the screen so you can see better:

From outside the car, for reference:

That appears to be a problem with the image stitching between the cameras. Yes you'll need to do a 360º camera alignment to fix it, which can only be done with FDRS (dealer software). I've done it before, you want to drive around a flat empty parking lot with lots of good lines.

 

[SalsabyJake]

I believe my back-facing camera guide lines are not calibrated properly either. When I raised this issue with the Ford Rep, someone called me from Ford and said there is no way to calibrate it (actually didn't really acknowledge that calibration is a thing!). My 2c. Cameras/Lines are not super accurate.

 

[tobin1920]

That appears to be a problem with the image stitching between the cameras. Yes you'll need to do a 360º camera alignment to fix it, which can only be done with FDRS (dealer software). I've done it before, you want to drive around a flat empty parking lot with lots of good lines.

this doesn't sound too bad, assuming FDRS guides you through the process? My cameras have drifted out of alignment too for some reason and have been bugging me.

 

[ThunderClap]

Definitely not lined up.

Just tested mine with a pole in front of the car. As you can see, no double vision:

Can you share your front camera view on the display

 

[zeta]

Am I having the same stitching problem like you which can only be fixed via software through ford? My car is out of regular warranty. Attached image showing rear camera

 

[mmap]

Am I having the same stitching problem like you which can only be fixed via software through ford?

ForScan can do it, I have not tried it but you can search for people who've done it. You need an empty parking lot to roll through while you do it, it calibrates using the lines. I should get out and do it sometime....

 

[zeta]

ForScan can do it, I have not tried it but you can search for people who've done it. You need an empty parking lot to roll through while you do it, it calibrates using the lines. I should get out and do it sometime....

thanks. When you had warranty, you didn’t want to bring it to ford for them to fix it?

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