Phil1l

Hi folks, has anyone fitted a high mounted dashcam onto a Sports Tourer? Recently bought a Nextbase 522GW bundle that came with front and rear cameras. Front one was a doddle to fit and had it hardwired and working in next to no time. Problem is the rear one. Getting the wire to the boot under the trim and out into the boot looks the easy part but I want to run it up the C pillar along with (or as close to) the original loom as possible so that it goes inside the rubber loom hose that connects the car to the boot lid. I have looked under the left hand trim cover inside the boot and can feel where the loom goes up the pillar but can't see how to go from there on. It would then be easy mounted right at the top center of the window glass if I can get the wiring sorted....hope that makes sense! Does anyone have any suggestions how to get to the inside of the loom on the car side at the top of the boot without too much ripping out of the headlining? Also, I didn't realise before I bought it that the rear camera wiring has to plug into the front camera, so there would need be 2 wires coming down from the headliner at the front, the rear one is just a camera 'module'. Why couldn't they have had 2 camera modules which plug into a central box that has the memory card, most functions can be controlled from the app they have anyway. I've posted this on another forum too, hoping to double the suggestions!

Have had this issue and Andy is right, it's a known problem but an easy...ish fix. You have to remove all the upper trim on the inside of the boot lid to allow access to the switch which sits inside of the external chrome strip. Water gets in from the seal of that strip and corrodes some of the wiring loom. If you feel competent enough, you can repair the loom but sometimes it is the actual switch. A new loom with the switch isn't expensive, but be careful when ordering, the hatchback version won't fit, I had to butcher that one! I added a waterproof tape to the upper side of the switch when installing again and put more sealant around the chrome strip too, hopefully stops future leaks. Good Luck.

Hi folks, just another new member here...name's Phil Bought my 2011 SRi VX line Sports Tourer when it was 6 months old and still have it and it's been mainly trouble free coming up to 102,000 miles. Used to take it to the garage to get serviced but have learnt to do that myself and also have tackled brakes, EGR valve cleaning and a couple of known issues like boot lid switch etc. Worst so far was a Stabilitrak error so changed the ABS sensor but it turned out to be the ring inside the hub, so changed the hub. Changed gearbox oil this morning and aligned the linkage for the first time whilst I was waiting for the oil to go in, gear changes were getting a little harder so hopefully not the start of something major Anyhow, pleased to meet you folks.