heated mirrors

andyt5 · 07-03-2008, 19:47

i have heated mirrors on my vrs, or should i say heated mirror! should i have two. only the drivers side gets hot. if im supposed to have two any ideas why the near side would stop working?

TDi Vrs · 07-03-2008, 19:49

i have the same problem but on the oposite mirror took it to the dealers and they said it was fine, but still dont work

andyt5 · 07-03-2008, 19:51

would think they are on the same fuse.gonna go and look.

TDi Vrs · 07-03-2008, 19:54

ye i think so

andyt5 · 07-03-2008, 19:59

in manual it says heated exterior mirror. not mirrors as it says for adjusting L/R exterior mirrors.

ScoobyChris · 07-03-2008, 20:47

Could it just be the element in/behind the glass has burnt out? Pretty sure both are fused together so any problem in the circuit would stop them both working.

Chris

Mattcooper79 · 08-03-2008, 00:17

I have a VRS and both sides get warm when defrosting in the mornings on the drive.

corradoboy · 08-03-2008, 04:43

Mine were on for the first six months I had the car as I didn't realize the middle position wasn't just the off position. Both still working, but I wish there was a proper off position as my learners always switch it to the middle and I sometimes still don't notice until I readjust them for me after the lesson. I've thought about fitting a secondary switch but can't be bothered.

fletch555 · 08-03-2008, 10:01

Don't they turn off after 20minutes anyway??? (or did I just imagine that?

)

KTP · 08-03-2008, 16:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by corradoboy

I didn't realize the middle position wasn't just the off position.

i thought it was off

that means mines have been on since i got the car aswell.

***DGW*** · 09-03-2008, 14:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by fletch555

Don't they turn off after 20minutes anyway??? (or did I just imagine that?

)

There is no mention of this in the Owner's Manual. Perhaps you were thinking of the heated rear window which does switch off automatically after 20 minutes, unless you then press the switch once again in which case it is switched on permanently, ie the automatic deactivation is then deactivated.

Stevoraith · 09-03-2008, 14:51

Aren't the mirrors only on when the rear window is on? (and obviously the switch is in the center position).

This was certainly the case with my Golf.

WaveyDavey · 09-03-2008, 15:28

Having had the same setup on the polo before i got the vRS..... It has always been a case of when the mirror adjuster switch is in the middle the wing mirrors heat up while the ignition is on. If you move the switch to one of the wing mirror positions it switches one of the mirror heaters off. As i say this is how it worked on the Polo and also how mine work on the vRS... In fact on both our vRS's.

The MG ZS we used to have worked the same way but the Lexus we used to have a couple of years ago had a little button to switch the heated mirrors on/off as reqd.

HTH

Cheers

Dave.

07-03-2008, 19:47	#1
andyt5 Briskodian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: penzance, cornwall Posts: 47 Members Car: Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	heated mirrors i have heated mirrors on my vrs, or should i say heated mirror! should i have two. only the drivers side gets hot. if im supposed to have two any ideas why the near side would stop working?

07-03-2008, 19:49	#2
TDi Vrs Briskodian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: HEREFORD Posts: 350 Members Car: SKODA FABIA vRS Thanks: 2 Thanked 11 Times in 11 Posts	Re: heated mirrors i have the same problem but on the oposite mirror took it to the dealers and they said it was fine, but still dont work __________________ 07 Fabia vRS,/// Cruise Control, De-Bump striped, Seat Leon Front Splitter, Seat Sport Front Strut Brace, PD160 Air Intake and Green Cotton Air Filter, Cage mod, Uprated indicator Bulbs and Headlight Bulbs, LED sidelights, Ipod Interface, Jabba Sport ARB, Turbo back, and SportCat Milltek Exhaust, JABBA Sport Custom Remap! 312mm Brakes, Eibach Pro-Kit Springs Privacy tints all round, and Anthracite Octy 17" Spiders and sticky Toyo Proxes T1R rubber! To come Leather retrim, Forge FMIC!

07-03-2008, 19:51	#3
andyt5 Briskodian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: penzance, cornwall Posts: 47 Members Car: Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: heated mirrors would think they are on the same fuse.gonna go and look.

07-03-2008, 19:54	#4
TDi Vrs Briskodian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: HEREFORD Posts: 350 Members Car: SKODA FABIA vRS Thanks: 2 Thanked 11 Times in 11 Posts	Re: heated mirrors ye i think so __________________ 07 Fabia vRS,/// Cruise Control, De-Bump striped, Seat Leon Front Splitter, Seat Sport Front Strut Brace, PD160 Air Intake and Green Cotton Air Filter, Cage mod, Uprated indicator Bulbs and Headlight Bulbs, LED sidelights, Ipod Interface, Jabba Sport ARB, Turbo back, and SportCat Milltek Exhaust, JABBA Sport Custom Remap! 312mm Brakes, Eibach Pro-Kit Springs Privacy tints all round, and Anthracite Octy 17" Spiders and sticky Toyo Proxes T1R rubber! To come Leather retrim, Forge FMIC!

07-03-2008, 19:59	#5
andyt5 Briskodian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: penzance, cornwall Posts: 47 Members Car: Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: heated mirrors in manual it says heated exterior mirror. not mirrors as it says for adjusting L/R exterior mirrors.

07-03-2008, 20:47	#6
ScoobyChris Briskodian Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Andover Posts: 18,195 Members Car: Fiat Panda Thanks: 15 Thanked 336 Times in 290 Posts	Re: heated mirrors Could it just be the element in/behind the glass has burnt out? Pretty sure both are fused together so any problem in the circuit would stop them both working. Chris __________________ Holding up the traffic in a little Italian..........

08-03-2008, 00:17	#7
Mattcooper79 Briskodian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: milton keynes Posts: 184 Members Car: Fabia Vrs, Black Magic, 6 CD, Cruise, 160 Intake, Piper X Thanks: 3 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	Re: heated mirrors I have a VRS and both sides get warm when defrosting in the mornings on the drive. __________________ Black Fabia Vrs, PD160 air intake, Pipercross filter, Aero Wipers, Phillips 80% extra bulbs

08-03-2008, 04:43	#8
corradoboy Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 667 Members Car: 05 Fabia vRS Thanks: 3 Thanked 47 Times in 32 Posts	Re: heated mirrors Mine were on for the first six months I had the car as I didn't realize the middle position wasn't just the off position. Both still working, but I wish there was a proper off position as my learners always switch it to the middle and I sometimes still don't notice until I readjust them for me after the lesson. I've thought about fitting a secondary switch but can't be bothered. __________________ Diesel - Goes like stink

08-03-2008, 10:01	#9
fletch555 Briskodian Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 549 Members Car: '04 Red Fabia vRS Thanks: 24 Thanked 24 Times in 23 Posts	Re: heated mirrors Don't they turn off after 20minutes anyway??? (or did I just imagine that? ) __________________

09-03-2008, 14:51	#12
Stevoraith Briskodian Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife Posts: 225 Members Car: E46 330d Sport Thanks: 1 Thanked 8 Times in 5 Posts	Re: heated mirrors Aren't the mirrors only on when the rear window is on? (and obviously the switch is in the center position). This was certainly the case with my Golf. __________________ 55-plate Silver Fabia v/RS -312mm brakes, Aero wipers and some silvervisions BMW 330d ///Sport 204bhp

09-03-2008, 15:28	#13
WaveyDavey Hiya Vic!!! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire Posts: 2,312 Members Car: 2006 Fabia vRS & 2005 Fabia vRS. Images: 9 Thanks: 116 Thanked 94 Times in 91 Posts	Re: heated mirrors Having had the same setup on the polo before i got the vRS..... It has always been a case of when the mirror adjuster switch is in the middle the wing mirrors heat up while the ignition is on. If you move the switch to one of the wing mirror positions it switches one of the mirror heaters off. As i say this is how it worked on the Polo and also how mine work on the vRS... In fact on both our vRS's. The MG ZS we used to have worked the same way but the Lexus we used to have a couple of years ago had a little button to switch the heated mirrors on/off as reqd. HTH Cheers Dave. __________________ 2006 'Black Magic' Fabia vRS... With a few little EXTRAS

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