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Old Mar 14, 2014 | 08:04 AM
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Not sure what happened but my back up camera angle changed . It's picking up a bit of license plate and trunk now. Maybe wife slammed the trunk or something like that even though I said many times to be gentle with the trunk when closing.

Is the camera adjustable? Any tips?
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Old Mar 14, 2014 | 08:33 AM
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Not sure what happened but my back up camera angle changed . It's picking up a bit of license plate and trunk now. Maybe wife slammed the trunk or something like that even though I said many times to be gentle with the trunk when closing.

Is the camera adjustable? Any tips?
The angle isn't adjustable but it sounds like your camera moved. Take the trunk lid panel off and you should be able to move it back in place.
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Old Mar 14, 2014 | 08:55 AM
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I tried moving it around from outside but that didn't work. He lense itself looks like it's pointing down more which is weird.

Thanks. I will remove the trunk cover and see what's up.
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Old Mar 14, 2014 | 10:00 AM
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I tried moving it around from outside but that didn't work. He lense itself looks like it's pointing down more which is weird.

Thanks. I will remove the trunk cover and see what's up.
Humm, that is strange which is why i never let my wife drive my car lol. I took that panel off a month ago to dynamat my trunk and its a straight forward job.

After you remove all of the clips the handle on the right has a fake panel which hides two screws. The yellow handle on the left used to open the trunk if you get kidnapped is two pieces. The actual lever doesn't come out its bolted to the car but if you look inside of that handle you will notice two small square holes. Put a small flat screw driver in the holes and it will release the clips and let you separate the top from the bottom. (Took me 20 minutes and half a Heineken to figure this out).

This will show you what I mean by the left handle doesn't come out.

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Old Mar 14, 2014 | 10:23 AM
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Thanks .... I will rip open the trunk this weekend .
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Snap a pic of it and post it and we can compare it to others, before you go tearing it apart.
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Omg exact same thing happened to my camera. I feel like it really moved.. Before it was kinda accurate for me. Now even if in still far, i would see it on the red line already

And i don't see it really wide now. Like from left rear bumber to right rear bumber
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