Aux Battery Delete - Back Up Camera Doesn't Work.

[Av8Chuck]

I did the Aux Battery Delete by pulling Fuse-42 and disconnecting the negative terminal from the Aux Battery.

Afterward the jeep started right up, I checked the lights, the dash for any error codes etc., and everything worked great. Closed the hood, jumped in and restarted the jeep put it in reverse and no backup camera.

Your supposed to disconnect the aux battery ground from the main battery, which is the thinner ground wire on the left post, but my jeep has an aftermarket postadapter for the winch, compressor and lights and there doesn't seem to be a big difference between the two ground wires, is is possible that I disconnected the wrong ground wire? I wouldn't think that would work?

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[Rhinebeck01]

I did the Aux Battery Delete by pulling Fuse-42 and disconnecting the negative terminal from the Aux Battery.

Afterward the jeep started right up, I checked the lights, the dash for any error codes etc., and everything worked great. Closed the hood, jumped in and restarted the jeep put it in reverse and no backup camera.

Your supposed to disconnect the aux battery ground from the main battery, which is the thinner ground wire on the left post, but my jeep has an aftermarket post adapter for the winch, compressor and lights and there doesn't seem to be a big difference between the two ground wires, is is possible that I disconnected the wrong ground wire? I wouldn't think that would work?

@Av8Chuck

If you give it a day or two of using your JL that b/u camera will undoubtedly start working again with no intervention from you. A few that have done the bypass experienced the camera not working thing that very soon rectified itself on it's own.

One guy that had the issue: https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/forum/threads/3-6l-ess-aux-battery-bypass.17293/post-2461472

Post back here on a day or so and confirm all is aok with camera so other's know the drill so to speak.

 

[Av8Chuck]

Thanks for the quick heads up. I’ll post back in a couple of days.

 

[Av8Chuck]

Remember in the movie the jerk when Steve Martin found his name in the yellow pages: “I’m somebody!”.

A thread I started is on - Yesterdays most popular posts (with one reply). “I’ve arrived!”

I realize there are some on this forum who don’t know what yellow pages are. Steve who? And now days you can’t call that chuff a jerk, he’s just an ocker, a bit of a nointer, a gink - so don’t be such a prig.

 

[DonBindas]

I remember when I did the same thing-by eliminating my AUX battery and I was left like a deer in the headlights in confusion-when a lot of stuff quit working?

Luckily a guy-by the name of Bill in NY-from the Forum talked me down from the ledge of uncertainty-and sure enough-everything slowly rebooted electronically and all was well once again!

 

[rcadden]

Also, can confirm that I did the delete a few weeks ago and did NOT have any issues with my backup camera (or any other electronics, for that matter). Sharing not to brag, but to confirm that the process *normally* works flawlessly, to help you troubleshoot.

 

[Megawatt]

Other threads say it takes a few start cycles to bring back the camera.

There is also another fuse you can pull to reset it now and make it work but no room in my memory for the fuse number.

 

[Av8Chuck]

I’m not going to question the engineering or the jeep gods, but the backup camera magically started worming.

Can anyone explain why this works?

 

[SaintNick]

I’m not going to question the engineering or the jeep gods, but the backup camera magically started worming.

Can anyone explain why this works?

So I replaced my 7" radio a week and then my backup camera because of a chip out of the lens. Tested before putting back together and it worked. Put everything back together and now its says "camera system unavailable." Any ideas? Disconnect the battery?

 

[Av8Chuck]

So I replaced my 7" radio a week and then my backup camera because of a chip out of the lens. Tested before putting back together and it worked. Put everything back together and now its says "camera system unavailable." Any ideas? Disconnect the battery?

when someone told me that it will just start working after a day or so I thought they were on drugs. But sure enough it started working the next day.

That’s about the only advise I have.

 

[ijp4fun]

Simply, "The force was with you" ?

On a side note, i thoroughly enjoyed the video you made regarding the leasing problem you had, well done.

 

[SaintNick]

when someone told me that it will just start working after a day or so I thought they were on drugs. But sure enough it started working the next day.

That’s about the only advise I have.

Fingers crossed.

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