Front Camera Fault

[Osprey]

Hi Guys, new to Audi and a new forum member, I have recently been receiving intermittent fault alerts, probably every few weeks, showing after starting up, there are about four or five which relate to the front camera and include main beam assist, Lane departure, presence, adaptive lighting. Can anyone shed some light please, many thanks

[jammy]

I get them, same four alerts which seem to be linked to the camera. Always have since new, now at 3 years.

They’re pretty meaningless and reset after turning the car off and back on. They have never interfered with the actual function of the car so I think it’s a software bug / issue.

I’ve never bothered pursuing it as it causes me zero issues and knowing how these things can be a can of worms that never get resolved and take over hours, days or weeks of your life…

[Osprey]

Thanks Jammy, appreciate the response, quite agree it has never actually caused any issues so far with driving the car other than, as you say, having to reset. 

Thanks again

[jammy]

30 minutes ago, Osprey said:

Thanks Jammy, appreciate the response, quite agree it has never actually caused any issues so far with driving the car other than, as you say, having to reset. 

Thanks again

I put it down to the camera maybe picking up something that it couldn’t decifer, or maybe dust / dirt obstructing it.
It’s never caused any issues. 
I think this has been brought up on here previously with no real conclusion.

[Optimus]

those error messages are in fact a frequent thing and it comes down to the sensitivity of your settings (radar, collision assist etc). You can adjust your settings to pick up far less in the realms or items vs distance but not recommended.

FYI the car records loss of vision or detection as faults and stay logged until removed. I recently had Audi assist come out for something else related I had 136 codes stored and following that CAM bus errors because of how many were stored. 
 

I was politely reminded that these issues have become a common issue causing modules to slow down or self fault due to bus memory being clogged with error codes.

from time to time it’s recommended to review and clear. Ideally around service intervals. You’d think your main dealer would do this as part of their service but they don’t and leave them…

 

Edited April 27 by Optimus

[jammy]

1 hour ago, Optimus said:

those error messages are in fact a frequent thing and it comes down to the sensitivity of your settings (radar, collision assist etc). You can adjust your settings to pick up far less in the realms or items vs distance but not recommended.

FYI the car records loss of vision or detection as faults and stay logged until removed. I recently had Audi assist come out for something else related I had 136 codes stored and following that CAM bus errors because of how many were stored. 
 

I was politely reminded that these issues have become a common issue causing modules to slow down or self fault due to bus memory being clogged with error codes.

from time to time it’s recommended to review and clear. Ideally around service intervals. You’d think your main dealer would do this as part of their service but they don’t and leave them…

 

My settings are already on the least sensitive. Still happens. Doesn’t real worry me though.

I’m keeping it into its fourth year now as I quite like it and nothing within a reasonable price that is compatible came up.

I’ve got exactly 12 months to plan what’s next…