I have absolutely no issue with my backup camera at night. 2014 Sport. maybe take a picture?

 

I will tonight when dark outside. In the daylight it is fine. I live in a small town with no street lights so it is very obvious at night there is an issue. I will post tonight, if you could compare this will help me when I take it in for this issue. Thank You

 

Going from a 13 civic to a 14 Corolla, I found the back up camera clarity a significant downgrade, day or light. Its still quite usable, but much more visual noise than the CIvic (day or night). I just don't think the lens quality is as good as it could (should) be.

 

Red brake lights will cause glare in the dark. use a flashlight and turn your head back to get a better view. :grin:

 

LED reverse lights, make a world of difference with the camera :wink:

 

I may have thought this to be normal, but compared to my 13 Prius and 11 Avalon this is very poor. They have a much better picture In daylight as well as night, but especially at night.

 

Can you please post a picture after you install the LED bulb? thanks

 

Yes after I install LED back up and license plate lights I will post. I read replacing both the back up and license plate lights gives you the best results. I ordered 10 LED bulbs so may as well do the whole shee bang

 

Where did you ordered your LED from? I am thinking about changing the LED light too. Looking forward for the picture of your backup camera with LED lights.

 

It looks like that:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/2pcs-Xenon-White-Canbus-Error-Free-Cree-Emitter-LED-T15-921-912-W16W-LED-Backup-Reverse/2049174537.html

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/10pcs-lot-921-194-168-T15-W16W-Super-Bright-Cree-Emitter-15SMD-5050-LED-360-degrees/1057217912.html

LED code (not partnumber) W16W-15s35hp or W21W-21s35hp (more lighter)

and now - Xenon lamps in the rear lights.

 

my camera view with stock rear lights.

 

I wish I had that much lighting near my street. I live 5 miles from any street lights, I live basically in a forest.

 

Today after work I went to a local audio shop, they install sound systems, remote starter and alarms and lighting kits. He hooked my up good. I got LED backup lights and license plate lights. I didnt get the brand, but the backup lights had lots of little bulbs in each assy. They were $29.95 for 2. The license plate LED's were $4.99 for 2, and only $15 to install. I decided to go with a better quality LED and not the cheap eBay option. I compared when he was installing, the LED's were hard to look at, so bright, but the factory bulbs looked dull yellowish. As soon as it gets dark I will take pics and post. Wish me luck!

 

Wish me luck!

good luck! and will wating photos:smile:

 

Before LED


After LED


I was really hoping it would make a big difference but it's basically the same, only a more white light now, no brighter.

Back of car
Before LED

After LED


I will go back to the shop and see if he has any brighter LED's today,,

 

Back of car
Before LED

After LED


I will go back to the shop and see if he has any brighter LED's today,,

Might not have helped solver your issues....but I must say those LED backups and license plate lights do look pretty slick compared to stock. Might have to invest in this on my own!

Also let us know if you have any luck w/ brighter LEDs!

 

Sounds like I have about the brightest bulb I can do without further mods. If I went bright enough to get the clarity I want with my cam I would probably melt some plastic, not an option. My other backup cams in Totota's have better clarity, I'm not sure why, possibly Toyota just went with a lower quality cam in the Corolla. I am very impressed with how my car looks at night with the LED's but not so much with cam clarity in the complete darkness.

 

I had a 3rd gen Prius a few years ago and yes the backup camera quality was much better than the one in the current Corolla.

I think it was just a cost cutting measure. They did bring the Corolla "up market" a bit without raising the price a whole bunch, so cuts had to be made in less noticeable places, and we don't spend a lot of time in reverse so my guess is they picked this camera and said "good enough!"

I love my Corolla but yes, the backup camera could be better

 

Man I am sorry about this I don't know why I didn't think about it earlier, probably because I haven't seen it in so long. Now I know this may not apply to Toyota but on Volvo's we were having a similar problem and the engineers traced it back to the connection(ie. wiring/interference problems for the camera. We ended up replacing that cable from the camera to the head unit.
I know that Land Rover also has the same problem and their techs hated it when ever they got one in because they had to replace the entire Interior harness of the vehicle.

 

Get LED reverse and license plate lights. It helps a lot with the quality of the camera in low-light conditions.

 

LED Reverse only:

LED Reverse + LED License plate:

 

This looks great, but I see other lighting in the distance allowing some adjacent lighting to help. I am in total darkness where I need it most, my driveway backing into the street. This is mine after installing LED backup and license plate bulbs.

 

Maybe if enough people complain about it during the Warranty period Toyota might fix it.

 

I can't imagine Toyota doing a warranty repair. It's functional, it's just not very good. It would be like doing a warranty fix for excessive road noise or poor stereo speakers. It's an economy car - the quality of everything isn't going to be the best. It performs as designed. If it quit working all together, then it would be warrantied. I'm not crazy about it, but it does its job acceptably, barely