[evanderm]

Hi Everyone,

New to this forum and (hopefully) the soon to be new owner of a 2020 Escape Titanium Hybrid FWD with Premium Package ‼

Was wondering if anyone here has any experience installing a Blackvue (or similar) front and rear dash-cam in a 4G Escape? Particularly with the panoramic roof. I am considering installing it myself. Are things that I should consider, or problems that anyone's encountered?

A search has shown a plethora of dash-cam threads on the 3G Escape, so that'll be some reading for me to do, too.

Thanks

 

[Rich_J]

Hi Everyone,

New to this forum and (hopefully) the soon to be new owner of a 2020 Escape Titanium Hybrid FWD with Premium Package ‼

Was wondering if anyone here has any experience installing a Blackvue (or similar) front and rear dash-cam in a 4G Escape? Particularly with the panoramic roof. I am considering installing it myself. Are things that I should consider, or problems that anyone's encountered?

A search has shown a plethora of dash-cam threads on the 3G Escape, so that'll be some reading for me to do, too.

Thanks

HI Evan,

I've got a 2020 Escape SE Sport Hybrid with a Blackvue 750S (2ch) installed.

I've mounted the front camera behind the mirror to the passenger side of the mirror mount, and the rear cam at the top of the rear window within the swiped area of the rear wiper for visibility.

The cable for the rear camera was long enough that I was able to strategically run it along the trim line. I wasn't keen on dropping the headliner on a car I'd only had a few days at that point.

Overall it's a good install. The only real complaint I have is that I'm still using the 12v "cigarette lighter" jack for power and the hybrid powers it off 30 minutes after the engine is powered off. I'm considering a BT125 or home made secondary battery for the camera but I haven't put any effort into it yet. Maybe that'll be one of my spring projects.

I hope this helps!

 

[murcod]

Be careful of the side airbags when running the link cable between the two cameras. They usually pop out at that point between the headlining and door trim.

I'd suggest running two separate cameras.

 

[Rich_J]

Be careful of the side airbags when running the link cable between the two cameras. They usually pop out at that point between the headlining and door trim.

I'd suggest running two separate cameras.

You're right David and I failed to mention that. Care needs to be taken not to cross the plane of or pinch any side curtain bags.

 

[null]

HI Evan,

I've got a 2020 Escape SE Sport Hybrid with a Blackvue 750S (2ch) installed.

I've mounted the front camera behind the mirror to the passenger side of the mirror mount, and the rear cam at the top of the rear window within the swiped area of the rear wiper for visibility.

The cable for the rear camera was long enough that I was able to strategically run it along the trim line. I wasn't keen on dropping the headliner on a car I'd only had a few days at that point.

Overall it's a good install. The only real complaint I have is that I'm still using the 12v "cigarette lighter" jack for power and the hybrid powers it off 30 minutes after the engine is powered off. I'm considering a BT125 or home made secondary battery for the camera but I haven't put any effort into it yet. Maybe that'll be one of my spring projects.

I hope this helps!

Just buy a kit and plugin to fuse box. It's a 10 min job

Anyone hardwire a dash cam to the fuse box?

I've hardwired 3 other cars and they involved tucking in the usb cord in the roof trim, making sure to avoid the A-Pillar air bag, and using an add a fuse kit to wire it to the fuse box. Has anyone done this to their 2020 escape? I know sometimes the trim has some tricky clips that need to be...

www.fordescape.org

 

[Rich_J]

Just buy a kit and plugin to fuse box. It's a 10 min job

Anyone hardwire a dash cam to the fuse box?

I've hardwired 3 other cars and they involved tucking in the usb cord in the roof trim, making sure to avoid the A-Pillar air bag, and using an add a fuse kit to wire it to the fuse box. Has anyone done this to their 2020 escape? I know sometimes the trim has some tricky clips that need to be...

www.fordescape.org

You're right. But I'm in a hybrid with a LVB the size of a lawnmower battery. I'd rather put B125 or similar in where I don't have to worry about pulling the LVB down if I'm going to be away from the car for a couple of days.

 

[null]

You're right. But I'm in a hybrid with a LVB the size of a lawnmower battery. I'd rather put B125 or similar in where I don't have to worry about pulling the LVB down if I'm going to be away from the car for a couple of days.

LVB? Lakshmi Vilas Bank? B125? Speak English please

Regardless Hybrid or not there is no difference you don't need to pull anything down. It turns on when the car is on and turns off when the car is of. Easy.

 

[Rich_J]

Yes, Lakshimi Vilas Bank.. that's EXACTLY what I'm talking about in relation to a hybrid.

LVB = 12v "Low Voltage Battery" as compared to the HVB (300v HIGH voltage battery before you ask) . In the hybrid and PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) they've (Ford) used a small garden tractor sized 12v battery instead of a full sized automotive battery. Smaller battery = less Ah (AMP HOURS) Since I want my dashcam on even when the vehicle is parked I wouldn't used a switched fuse, I'd either have to use an unswitched fuse and risk pulling the battery down (aka dead) or use something like a B112 or B124 (just google it) to power the camera when the car is off.

 

[null]

Fair enough I did not want to run my dashcam for 1.5 hours when vehicle was off

 

[FordLito]

Just in case someone wants to know…

I just bought a used 2020 Ford Escape Titanium Hybrid. I took my time to install the Thinkware U1000 front and rear dash cam with the BAB-50 battery.

I tried the 20a fuses but they constantly draw power from the battery whether or not the ignition is on.

I found that fuse slot #3 on the 2020 version gives you 10a only when the ignition is on. Fuse a lot 3 is listed as a “Spare.” Which is good.
I used a dual fuse fuse tap from Amazon.

The battery is hooked into Fuse slot 3. The battery is connected to the front camera.