Eyesight cameras and bugs!

[TNForest]

An FYI post! - 2025 Forester- just took my first long distance drive. Started with less than 2000 miles on the odometer. On my trip down, was still several hours from my destination and my “eyesight” feature started shutting off and on intermittently. That also shut the cruise control off and on, and that became frustrating and distracting. Was not raining, not foggy, just a nice sunny day. Windshield was fairly clean. Short drives next couple days with same results of eyesight turning off and on. The 3rd day I was able to look at the windshield better and there was one little bug splat slightly above the right side camera. Got that cleaned and for the rest of my trip and the drive home, no more issue. I am guessing that little bug splat was causing a shadow to go across the camera lens when the sun hit it at just the right angle. So, if you start having the eyesight disabled notice, check for bug splats.

 

[Dick Foster]

Good info!
You'd think the image processing software would be better in that respect.