Why Is My Tesla Dashcam Icon Red with an X
A red Dashcam icon with an X means the car tried to record but could not write to the drive.
A red dashcam icon with an X means the car tried to record but could not write to the drive. The most common causes are a corrupted TeslaCam folder or a drive that is full of old SavedClips. Start with a soft reboot (hold both steering wheel scroll buttons) and then reinsert the drive. If the X keeps coming back, retire old USB sticks that have been writing nonstop for years and replace them with an endurance microSD or SSD.
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