Hi, Does anyone know if a 68 reg 1.0 ecoboost Fiesta Titanium with rear parking sensors, is likely to already have the wiring connections in the tailgate for a rear view camera?

I have seen 2nd hand cameras available from a breaker. Thanks.

Hi Paul, the short answer is no.

As far as I know only cars that both front and rear parking sensors have the "possibility" of having the camera wiring.

OK thanks, Do you know if there is a multiplug somewhere between the dashboard and the tailgate for a short section of loom to be added rather than wire all the way into the display unit? Cheers.

Once again the answer is no.

The connection to the APIM plug will not have been populated so you will have to run the wire the full length of the car. Good luck getting to the APIM connector, which will then need to be opened and add the missing wires.

No it won't but it is not a difficult job to fit it. You will need about 5 metres of twin core screened cable, the thinner the better, a suitable set of trim removing levers and a torx screwdriver to get the instrument panel out which is a ten minute job. A deep 10mm socket or nut runner to take the screen off the dash and about eight connector pins. If you can get the plug and a tail of loom with the camera it helps a lot. I am at work right now but I will give a more detailed reply this evening.  I did the conversion a year ago and it works fine using the factory camera with all functions You will need Forscan to enable the camera. You need to add three terminals to the APIM module behind the dash and run in a wire to the BCMI under the dash. Taken logically and steadily, it takes half a day if you haven't done one before but it is well worth it.

000979010 ids the VW part number for a contact that with some difficulty be fitted to the APIM socket.

Screened 2 core data cable per metre will find the right stuff in the well known auction site. Use this, not something slimmer. Audio lead is not suitable and the picture won't be good and anything bigger won't fit.

Cardiagn.com has the manual with real circuit diagrams and diagrams showing the locations of the panel fixings. Save them to your hard drive . Free and very, very useful!

Before disconnecting the battery, remove the rear hatch trim and locate, using a meter the 12Volt positive connection to the  rear wiper motor. You will need this later so note the colour.

Flip off the cover behind the screen. Remove the locating bolt 10mm socket. it stays put until you need to move it out of the way.

Using your proper tools push them between the shiny part of the dashboard and the padding  and unclip it which is easier than it looks once the fear subsides. It is tough and easy to remove and replace. Place it where it won't get hurt after disconnecting the engine on switch and with a T20 Torx driver remove the screws that hold the instrument panel in. The aluminium enclosure thus revealed is the APIM and it  has a connector into which you need to fit the three wires in your signal cable which you run under the side trims from front to back and then up the inside to the rubber tube leading into the rear hatch. This you pull out of the body and hatch using a little silicone grease to make it and refitting much easier. Pop off the rear trim panels and remove the old bootlid release which you replace with the one with the camera. 

145-1+Parking+Aid.pdf

The wiring is not too onerous.  The shield goes to pin 33 of the apim; Pin 4 of the camera goes to pin 14  of the apim and pin 3 of the camera to pin 15. A single wire needs to be run alongside the screened lead from the camera all the way to the dashboard but instead of terminating at the APIM,  it splices into the yellow and violet wire from pin 59 of one of the big connectors that go to the body control module  which is  accessed by undoing the two fasteners under the dash below the glovebox and removing the scrap of carpet there. One of the two has the cable visible outboard of the plug. If you think you've found it, stick a pin through it and measure it to socket 59 on the connector to be sure then splice your new wire into this wire  using a soldered joint and not an effing scotchlock. Make up three tails about two inches long for the terminals that need to be added to the APIM plug and solder them onto the screened cable once they are installed in the apim connector. It isn't hard to dismantle but it takes a little care A gentle but firm approach is needed to poke them in and tails make it much easier. 

With these four wires fitted,  only the wire from pin 1 on the camera needs to be wired and it goes to the  12Volt wire on the rear wiper motor connector that you identified earlier.

Put it all back together, plug in your els427 and tell Forscan that the RVC is fitted. And it works.

There is one catch and you will find it  when you look at the camera. We deal with pins one to five. It has six and pin six is not used. This is why getting the tail with the camera is a good thing but if you cannot get it then my approach was to fit the terminal contacts to the wires , sleeve them to insulate them from each other and secure  them in place in the connector with a small blob of rtv sealant. The connector has a single square corner. The pin closest to this is the unused pin six and pin one is that furthest from the square corner.

Think that covers it all.  If there is anything I have missed, feel free to ask.

 

 

A very good write-up. I did very similar on my Focus (after market camera). Just one question, why did you pick up the 12V supply off the wiper motor and not the reverse lights ?

Thank you.

It needs to be a constant  supply as  the other wire to the front is the LIN bus that needs to know it is there in order that it doesn't fault (or ignore)  the system. You will see that the  final page of the .pdf shows the camera supply going to a fuse that is on with ignition.

Thats a little different to my after market camera (parking lines don't move 😟) but I connected mine to the reverse light. Just for fun and to make things as difficult as possible Ford have made ALL wires in the tailgate of the Focus Mk4 just plain Black. There are no markings so the only way to find out which wire is for what is to use a needle point test probe and stick it through the insulation. I had a possible 7 wires in the tailgate to check for the reverse light and as you might expect it was naturally the last one I tested.