07-15-2018, 09:37 PM | #1 |
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Front facing camera flaw
Front facing camera design is seriously flawed.
I went to park my car after some fun driving, and switching on the front camera (so as not to hit a curb) was completely useless. A bug had exploded all over the lens, making it almost useless. BMW should be ashamed of this!! /sarcasm off. Seriously though, it was pretty funny to find this smeared turd explosion blocking my view. And getting it there was immensely fun. : |
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bug murderer!
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Man, between you and the guy that posted about getting hit by a rock on his camera, I think I need to make some sort of cover for mine. Then again, we had our grill shutter damaged recently by a chunk of a log and still fighting with the logging company to have them replace it. Just knocked one of the shutters out and NO other damage.
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Nuts! This makes me miss the 80-90s when Volvos and SAABs were boxy and equipped with bumpers that were bumpers.
Imagine the damage repair costs for a trashed G01 front end. Front camera, icon headlights, collision warning radar, parking sensors and grille shutters would tally up to a lot of money.
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I would demand a new car!!!!!!
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In that case car will be probably totaled. Someone here on the forum ha e a front side impact a the car was totaled by the insurance company.
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A rock just broke a front camera lens on my Z06. The camera is in the grill but the bumper has to come off to replace the camera. Dealer wants $600+. The part is $125. I'll be doing this next week
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06-15-2019, 08:32 AM | #13 |
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PMd you the info, but for everyone's reference here it is:
The part number for all 4 cameras (front, rear, sides) is identical, 66537944131, which supersedes 66536847278 (03/01/2017 — 02/02/2018), Exchangeable retrospectively 66536822796 (03/01/2016 — 10/27/2017), Exchangeable retrospectively 66536820884 (11/02/2015 — 12/01/2016), Exchangeable retrospectively 66536806773 (11/02/2015 — 09/08/2015), Exchangeable retrospectively 66536802834 (11/02/2015 — 07/15/2015), Exchangeable retrospectively 66539398323 If you price that exact part from a dealer, it's around $600. Since it is used by several BMWs and Rolls Royce if you search ebay for the camera for these cars you may find it much cheaper: Part 66537944131 was found on the following vehicles: 5' G30 (10/2015 — 03/2019) 5' F90 M5 (01/2016 — 02/2019) 5' G31 (03/2016 — 02/2019) 5' G38 (02/2016 — 02/2019) 6' G32 GT (09/2016 — 03/2019) 7' G11 (10/2014 — 02/2019) 7' G12 (10/2014 — 02/2019) X3 G01 (09/2016 — 03/2019) X3 G08 (01/2017 — 02/2019) X4 G02 (03/2017 — 03/2019) Phantom RR11 (09/2016 — 02/2019) Phantom EWB RR12 (09/2016 — 02/2019) Cullinan RR31 (10/2017 — 02/2019) FWIW I wouldn't waste my time on searching for Phantom and Cullinan parts on eBay, I imagine they may be pricey......
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