Hello All,

I’m in need of some direction as I’m lost and at a dead end at this point.

I have a 2015 XLT with the 4” screen. I have confirmed a back up camera exists on this truck as the wiring is there, the handle has the camera and Ford verified my VIN that it’s fitted with one.

Issue:
No camera feed when reverse is engaged.
Typically, there will be a black screen or blue screen or a faulty image if there is an issue. My truck doesn’t even respond when reverse is selected. The screen does not react, blip, twitch.. nothing. When I first bought the truck, the display was bad but I remember putting it in reverse and the screen would blip like it wanted to engage the camera. Dealer warrantied the screen, sent me a new one, I installed it but the camera has never worked for me.

Steps Taken:
1. Pulled Center stack to ensure wiring is secure, intact, clean, etc.
All is well, nothing seems out of place, pinched, cut or frayed. Just dusty.

2. Checked fuse box.
The owners manual says slot 113 should have a 7.5A mini fuse and there is currently a 10A in its place when I purchased the truck. I have tapped that slot with the existing 10A and 3A to run the DRL’s of my Morimoto’s. I also removed the 10A and the tap and installed a 7.5A standalone fuse in slot 113 and tested again. Still no response from the camera or screen when placed into reverse.

3. Checked tail gate connection.
The connectors are dirty but do not look corroded, frayed or cut in any way. I disconnected them anyway to inspect the pins and it all looked mint. I also looked at the harness running between the tailgate and hitch area and nothing looked pinched, cut or out of place. Just dirty from a 10 year old truck.

4. Pulled the tailgate handle.
I inspected the harness there and again, dirty but all connections and pins look mint. No corrosion, cuts or fraying.

Next steps:
I have no clue!
Any steps or guidance you may have would be great and extremely appreciated. I have tried the aftermarket option and installed this Autovox V5 Pro and I hate it. The function is cool but I miss having an actual rear view mirror. It supposedly functions like one but it’s too dark and the depth is off, but I digress.

I plan to upgrade my 4” screen to the Infotainment 12” Sync 4 system and want to keep it as OEM/factory as possible, so I’m looking to trace this down but don’t know where else to look right now.

Any insightful tips or guidance would be greatly appreciated! TIA

 

Have you performed a DTC scan using FORScan? There are a handful of DTCs that are rear camera related. That might help to determine the problem.

Pinpoint tests suggests:

• Perform an APIM restart or reboot
• Perfom a self-test of the IPMB
• Perrform a self-test of the BCM
• Perform a self-test f the APIM
• Perform a self-test of the FCDIM

 

Thanks for the suggestion! No, I haven’t tried forscan since I’m Mac based and don’t have access to windows machine. I will look into getting access to that, I didn’t know there would be faults related to that.

 

If you are goig to be doing any work on your F150, I would recommend getting FORScan and a Windows laptop. It will pay for itself pretty quickly. There are many hundreds of DTCs that are not powertain related that FORScan can read. It will also allow you to monitor PIDs, change As-builts to modify how your truck works, and perform module programmig for most modules.

 

I'd put money on your APIM, I've seen it before quite a bit, the only other thing would be the camera itself or the cable but I didn't see those go bad too often, but yeah a quick self test using forscan would rule out the APIM possibly, you can't get forscan right now anyways due to sanctions on Russia but hopefully soon, if your ESP covers the APIM and modules like that then I'd just take it to the dealership, it's going to save you a lot of money that way, good luck and let me know when they install an APIM and your backup camera starts working again

 

Thanks I’ll definitely look into this then!

Good insight.. thanks! I had no idea forscan was Russian. I was able to download the .exe file so I’m assuming you mean when going to purchase the license I’ll run into an issue?

 

So I’ve reset the APIM, both while running and in accessory by holding power and seek forward. I received a message saying “reset sync transmitted”. But this didn’t seem to resolve the issue.

Im still working on getting my hands on forscan to run the DTC’s but no luck yet.

 

So I got Forscan and ran the DTC’s. There were no APIM codes.

A couple BCM codes related to low beam and fogs. PCM for EVAP and some FCIM codes. Didn’t see anything really for the camera..

Those pinpoint tests you mentioned are automatically done when I first scan the vehicle? Or are you saying I should still run them individually under ‘Vehicle Tests’?

 

Not done automatically. Gotta run them.

 

I tried to perform an APIM test and a BCM test. It stated on both attempts “Test failed” and now the truck does not respond to any input. Lock/unlock, ignition, nothing. I disconnected from the vehicle and disconnected the battery and still nothing. No response.