I bought mine on June 19.2015 and 2 days later, it started showing recording issues.
These are my settings:
-Highest resolution
-No mic
-3 minutes clips
-Continuous recording
*These recordings settings are the default settings*
I took a long ride (1.5 hrs) and when I arrived to my destination I removed the SD card and plug it into my computer. For my surprise, I noticed in my clips that after 10 minutes of driving, all my recordings were freezing up. Every file started playing normally but after 1 minute into the recording the freeze showed up and it didn't go away. I thought it was my player but nope! I used cobra proprietary video player, VLC and GOMP and all the video clips showed the same issue.
Also, every time i tried format the sd card through the dash cam, it said that "SD Card Formatted" but when I plugged it back into my computer all the files were there. I did this three times, I ended up formatting it in my PC.
This camera seemed to be a great buy, but after all these issues of freezing up videos and not able to complete a SD Card format. I wouldn't put my life at risk trusting this camera for recording potential evidence and not being able to use them at the end.
I bought this camera at Costco and it is going back. no wonder why they had it on sale ($84). I guess, for this kind of money I should buy a better camera.
Do yourself a favor, look somewhere else. It is frustrating dealing with issues. we just want a camera that turns on and it is doing what is suppose to do.