
If you accidentally delete a clip, stop using the drive immediately.

If you are missing clips, start with the simple stuff before blaming the car.

Dashcam unavailable usually means the car cannot read the USB drive, not that the cameras failed.

The Dashcam unexpectedly closed message almost always points to a storage bottleneck.

Tesla's manual calls for a USB drive that can sustain at least about 4MB per second, and many cheap drives cannot hold that speed.
A red Dashcam icon with an X means the car tried to record but could not write to the drive.