Blackvue DR900S-2CH 4K AND DR750-2CH Dashcam - OVERHEATING

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Looking around on Google, seems quite a few are having overheating issues. Others, no issues at all.
 
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Looking around on Google, seems quite a few are having overheating issues. Others, no issues at all.
That is true. My brother has the exact same setup and no issue

Might be a bad batch out there

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I purchased my device in Nov of 2018 and have sinced moved to Arizona. I had mine set to parking mode with a temp probe near the unit and the inside of the truck read 122 degrees no overheating issue thus far. I’m using a Samsung PRO Endurance 128gb Micro sd card, not the suggested BlackVue SD card
 
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Swapped out camera for a DR750-2CH and knock on wood, no overheat as of yet.

Shop thinks it might be a bad batch of 4K cameras. The sole US distributor for Blackvue is reporting more failures of 4K cameras from other customers across the US.



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GoPro has some pretty serious sudden stopping issues too with at least some models. My hero 4and 2 hero5 session have all been warranty replaced. It wasn’t until I had one with a more informative display that I found the sd cards were causing the grief. Even several of the approved by GoPro cards would fault.

I bought several SD cards from amazon and returned the ones that faulted. I think even the fastest cards have trouble with 4K and high frame rates. Try some different cards if you encounter weird camera issues.
 
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Tried multiple microsd cards

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the 6 series were prone to overheating issues. not so much the 9 series. check the wiring and see if there was a pinched cable somewhere
 
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The shop that I purchased/had the unit installed swapped out the 4K for a DR750 just to see if the problem persists. Blackvue has only 1 US Distributor that supplies these cameras to all the shops throughout the US according to the shop I am working with. The Distributor now reports more customers across the US are reporting OVERHEAT issues with the DR900S-2CH 4K.

Also the voltage does not drop when the truck goes into sleep mode.

Update: DR750 is now also OVERHEATING. Frustrating to say the least.
 

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I have been running a BV 590w 2 ch (1080p) for a few weeks now. Now over heating issues for me.
 

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we install 4-6 of these a week we havent seen any issues yet. the 6 series we had a few problems. if the new one is still overheating, there may be an issue with the power. we had someone come in with a different camera and it was turning on and off randomly. we found a pinched cable which is what was causing the issue. maybe look into that if possible.
 
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