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Backup camera useless in the rain

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#1 ·
The backup camera on my Ioniq 5 is comically useless in the rain. We're not talking a bit bleary, or minor distortion. What I see in the backup view is full on Jackson Pollack abstract.

This is the third vehicle I've owned with a backup camera, and the prior two showed some distortion in the rain, but nothing near as bad as this. Anyone had any success making this better?

I searched the forum, and found this mentioned in a thread from 2023, and was about to commit thread necromancy, but the system suggested that was too old, and I should start a new thread. So, here we are, and I'm hoping we have better solutions, now. Back then, the only thing reported to have some success was something like Rain-X, but that had mixed results.
 
#4 ·
I don't think mine is any worse or better than any of my previous backup cameras. They're all bad.

However, our Bolt's digital rear view mirror is great in the rain. Your Limited trim Ioniq 5 also has a digital mirror. How does that look? Granted, it's not the same field of view, but it does give added info.
 
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