spicymigraine
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So I tried to hardwire the dashcam to my Acura 2019 ilx, using using the car's 20 Amps fuse (Rear Passenger's Side Power Window - lights on only when engine is on) for the yellow wire/accessory, and 20 Amps fuse (Driver power seat sliding - constant power) for the red wire/battery, all plugged in with the correct orientation as followed by many installation videos on youtube (The video I followed step-by-step) and did the accessory mode testing and engine-on testing to see which fuse would be acceptable. I couldn't use the 10 Amps (Driver's Power Lumbar) since there was another connection blocking my fuse tap from connecting to that area of the fuse box. Also, for some reason the ground bolt would not budge so I use a different bolt (around where the Collision Mitigation Braking System button is; left of steering wheel) for the ground wire to be in place. The dashcam was working perfectly fine for a good 15 minutes until I felt it overheating a bit and noticing that my car was displaying numerous warning signs such as Adaptive Cruise Control warning, Brake Control warning, and a bunch of other warnings. Later on the car started to flicker and made a clicking noise and ultimately shuts off by itself. Not sure what caused this but I then took off the fuse taps and placed back the original fuse back into the fusebox, thinking perhaps the dashcam did something to the car? But still the same error signs were showing up...
- I thought perhaps it was either the 5 Amp fuses I used for the fuse taps weren't good (Fuse tap + Fuses that I purchased) or maybe I didn't crimp it properly (I used pliers but made sure the hardwire was secure and pulled it to make sure it was tight in the fuse tap).
After 24 hours of this incident, I tried to startup the car again to see if I can record the warning signs that were showing up, but now it just automatically shuts off after multiple clicking sounds, spazzing/flickering lights on the interior and exterior, and screens flickering then blacks out.
- Also I did update the firmware to the latest version (V1.5 (20210515).
- tried to get spare fuses from the engine compartment fusebox, but the hood wouldn't open /:
- I had an assumption that maybe the fuse was blown, so I took off both of the 20 Amp fuses from the fuse box but the car still acted the same.
video of what happened to the car 24 hours later
Does anyone know what might've caused this? Is the car's battery dead now.. or is it something else being effected? Sorry for my lack of knowledge on vehicles, but thank you for helping me out!
- I thought perhaps it was either the 5 Amp fuses I used for the fuse taps weren't good (Fuse tap + Fuses that I purchased) or maybe I didn't crimp it properly (I used pliers but made sure the hardwire was secure and pulled it to make sure it was tight in the fuse tap).
After 24 hours of this incident, I tried to startup the car again to see if I can record the warning signs that were showing up, but now it just automatically shuts off after multiple clicking sounds, spazzing/flickering lights on the interior and exterior, and screens flickering then blacks out.
- Also I did update the firmware to the latest version (V1.5 (20210515).
- tried to get spare fuses from the engine compartment fusebox, but the hood wouldn't open /:
- I had an assumption that maybe the fuse was blown, so I took off both of the 20 Amp fuses from the fuse box but the car still acted the same.
Does anyone know what might've caused this? Is the car's battery dead now.. or is it something else being effected? Sorry for my lack of knowledge on vehicles, but thank you for helping me out!