Hit the brakes and back-up camera comes on

I have a 2009 taco DCLB TRD Sport with only a few lighting upgrades ( changed some lights to led). I started having a problem with my back-up camera coming on when I hit the brakes...anybody else experience this problem...It started when I had to drive 120 miles in a serious snow storm with lots of slush on the road...any suggestions?

 

Sounds like the camera is wired into the brake wire instead of the back up wire somehow.

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I haven't had any trouble with it before I drove through the slush for an extended period of time...I live in northern maine and everything is very icy around here right now...I thought maybe slush/water got into a harness connection and froze creating a short.

 

oh... and thanks for the welcome !!

 

I would be looking for a bad ground at the tail lights. Any time you have strange backfeeding issues, it's a bad ground.

 

Thanks !!.... I'll check it out.

 

You could try removing the back up light bulbs and see if the problem goes away. If it does, that would confirm a bad ground situation.

 

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