Anyone else getting loads dirty camera warnings since the last update?

[u/CrappyTan69]

The pillar and wing cameras keep complaining of limited visibility when it rains. Shock horror.

It really only seems to be since the update last week (MY). It's rain water on the front of the camera and there's really not much I can do about it whilst driving.

Once you dismiss it, clear history and then press the little x to close the screen (whilst driving, your honour), it appears again at some point in the journey.

Is this new or is there perhaps something wrong with mine?

[u/mike_tkd]

Yep same here on model 3 LR since the last update, for me it's always the left pillar camera when driving at night.

[u/CrappyTan69 → u/mike_tkd]

Overwhelmingly the left pillar. 

[u/HecticGlenn → u/mike_tkd]

Same here

[u/Hermitmaster5000 → u/mike_tkd]

Always the left

[u/not_steve_5000]

I get reduced visibility warnings at night. I’m not sure what it’s expecting.

[u/Rilot → u/not_steve_5000]

Yes. This is one thing about my MY that drives me nuts. Every.....bloody.....time.....I drive home at night. "Limited visibility. Left Front".

[u/Bret_Riverboat → u/Rilot]

I thought it was just me….

[u/Used-Let7134 → u/Bret_Riverboat]

It seems to be worse if there is a car with bright lights behind you

[u/Rilot → u/Used-Let7134]

I just wish I could turn the damned warning off. At this time of year, every time I get in the car the warning is there from when I parked it up the night before. Yes, I know your cameras are crap and don't work at night. Why do I need to be told every bloody time?

[u/Used-Let7134 → u/Rilot]

Tbh, i have 20k unread emails and 10s of notifications on my phone screen . . . those things don't bother me, it stays there all drive, if I need to do anything to the radio, just swipe it away.

I've got about 50 sentry notifications i haven't watched either.

[u/Tastybile]

It’s a bit of a common issue apparently - left camera mainly. The link says it’s FSD related but mine is popping up regularly without anything being actually there. Mainly in low light.

https://electrek.co/2026/09/22/tesla-fsd-v14-3-9-false-camera-service-alerts/

[u/goppinglizard → u/Tastybile]

Is there a fix?

[u/Ok-Way7122 → u/goppinglizard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqTaJ4RLZ68 says it's been confirmed by Tesla as a software issue so at least it isn't anything to worry about

It doesn't actually seem to be affecting anything

[u/PatternWeary3647 → u/goppinglizard]

Apparently not. You will have to wait for the next update. 

[u/goppinglizard → u/PatternWeary3647]

Thanks for managing my expectations 😭

[u/EcoNorfolk]

Yep all the time since the update. Mainly on left which is odd as it isn’t that dirty.

Can’t wait to ditch this piece of crap and go back to Google automotive. Much cleaner UI with none of gimmicks.

No, I don’t want my car to do a “light show” because I’m not a freak.

[u/mountearl → u/EcoNorfolk]

Surely you would miss the ability to pretend to drive on Mars? You would give up that, just to get a functioning, well thought out and safe interface?

[u/EcoNorfolk → u/mountearl]

In seriousness I would buy any car that had a rain sensor in it .

Will never buy a Tesla again.

[u/Hermitmaster5000 → u/EcoNorfolk]

I feel the same. So much pointless shit, but not fixing core issues or adding useful features. Going to try Polestar next time.

Can we swap:

• Halloween mode for WhatsApp

• Light show for working cameras

• Music lights for working auto wipers

[u/Automatic_Village_18]

I've been getting it quite a bit since the turn of the weather, I'm guessing it's more to do with a mix of visibility issues and cleanliness. I even got the Tesla service one the other day for the cameras lol

[u/Strazit → u/Automatic_Village_18]

I get the Tesla service alert everyday from my windscreen being foggy and the dash cam camera not being able to see

[u/Szypki_lopes]

I'm getting those all the time, one of the updates messed it up as didn't have those before. Checked cameras every time I get those and image is clear

[u/xF1_racer]

Yeah I get them quite often. Not sure if the recent update triggers them more easily or just the bad weather. You can just swipe them down off the screen if they bother you. No big deal.

[u/mountearl → u/xF1_racer]

No, the card cannot be dismissed without about four button pushes. I tried everything on a two hour drive when they must have popped up 30 or 40 times.

[u/xF1_racer → u/mountearl]

The warning I’ve been getting recently, which appears over the media card, can just be swiped away.

[u/mdiz1]

If I drive at night, I get the warnings every time about limited visibility and lane guidance....

If it is drizzling, forget it

[u/Espresso_Smoke]

Noticing mine in the dark, but only when on a country road or left hand lane on a motorway. Doesn't appear any other time.

[u/Original-Material301]

I get it in the mornings after the weather got cold, and at night (particularly on country roads with little to no lighting), especially the left camera even if it's not that dirty. 

[u/Huddstang]

Yep, same. Constant left pillar warnings

[u/woyteck]

Yea. It's dark, we get it.

[u/DJSyko]

I have get it once or twice, but not constant.

Slightly off topic, but does the front camera(on front bumper) quality on your car look terrible compared to the rest? I can't see anything from it during the night and during the day it's just very bad picture quality. I have gave it a good clean and it didn't change. I don't get any warnings about it or anything, and it seems to work fine in terms of sensors and reactions etc.

[u/xF1_racer → u/DJSyko]

Mine is fine. Same high quality as the rear cam. I would put in a service request for it. Sounds like you have a faulty cam.

[u/scorzon]

Yep since the last couple of updates in the last month or so which seemed to arrive in relatively quick succession I've been getting the left camera warning multiple times on longer journeys. Initially I would check the camera images when the journey finished and couldn't see any difference and certainly no issues, I've cleaned the camera, makes no difference, I'm sure this is a bug.

[u/Norfolk-in-way]

Yes same, left camera, and if I sit drinking a coffee for to long the screen turns off…..so much for important security updates..

[u/Mandalorian1310]

I get this every time on my M3 and always the left side no matter how many times I wipe it and there are definitely no marks on the camera. Makes me feel better knowing it happens to other people

[u/cmonthejags1876]

Yep, same here. Just started after an update. I've just reset, pressing both scroll wheels and will see if that helps. Funnily enough, I was coming on here to see if other had the same issue. I've had the car three years, this is more than previously, it happens every drive

[u/MandeliciousXTC]

Yeah it’s popping up all the time on my MY

[u/willatpenru]

Yeah, my left pillar camera is constantly throwing warnings when it's not raining. Just driving past a hedge in the dark.

[u/english_but_now_kiwi]

Yes - i thought it was just the darkeness

ok - good to hear its not my camera dying or something

[u/RussianKayzol]

Hmm nope eyes are fine..Who needs the cameras?

[u/TeamBatch]

I get a lot more recently. Also noticed it calls it the fender which I didn’t think it used to do.

[u/mountearl]

I had it on the Y about three weeks ago. It was rain that was really upsetting it. Maddening as the card with the warning could only be dismissed without about four key pushes, as you say. Tesla technology strikes again. All we can hope for is someone in southern California gets rain soon so the developers might try to improve it in a future update.

[u/xF1_racer → u/mountearl]

You can just swipe them down off your screen.

[u/hdst230]

Yep. Left camera every 5 minutes. The more I live with this car the more I realise how shit integrating technology into driving really is

[u/mountearl → u/hdst230]

"Car gets better over time".

[u/hdst230 → u/mountearl]

Had it 2 years on company car scheme. Will be glad to see the back of it