outside mirrors heating up
03-07-2007, 04:00 PM
#21
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Re: outside mirrors heating up
Wolfgang Pawlinetz wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:11:40 -0500, daytripper
> <day_trippr@REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>>On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:34:38 -0600, Merle Fritz <amfritz@valornet.com> wrote:
>
>
>>>How do the mirrors work? Does a thermostat turn on the heating element,
>>>or does it come on when you start the car, or just when?
>>
>>I'm pretty sure there's nothing automatic about the mirror heaters, they are
>>controlled by the same switch as the rear window defogger.
>
>
> Not on an A6, no.
> They switch on automagically below a certain outside temperature.
As they do on the A3.
> On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:11:40 -0500, daytripper
> <day_trippr@REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>>On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:34:38 -0600, Merle Fritz <amfritz@valornet.com> wrote:
>
>
>>>How do the mirrors work? Does a thermostat turn on the heating element,
>>>or does it come on when you start the car, or just when?
>>
>>I'm pretty sure there's nothing automatic about the mirror heaters, they are
>>controlled by the same switch as the rear window defogger.
>
>
> Not on an A6, no.
> They switch on automagically below a certain outside temperature.
As they do on the A3.
03-14-2007, 07:10 PM
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Re: outside mirrors heating up
Lez Pawl wrote:
> "Merle Fritz" <amfritz@valornet.com> wrote in message
> news:cfd02$45ee1601$48100f9d$3933@ALLTEL.NET...
>> 2000 A6
>>
>> Just got the car back from the body shop after repairing the front end
>> (ran into a wide-screen TV going down the interstate. it was only doing
>> 70 and I was doing 75!) and noticed that the drivers side mirror (they had
>> to take the door apart to do some adjusting) was **HOT** to the touch.
>> Passenger side mirror was cool, so I thought that they had screwed up the
>> wiring somewhere. Took it back to the shop and they swear that all is
>> well.
>>
>> Is this normal? Never really paid much attention to the outside mirrors
>> before. Just wiped them clean now and then. Didn't notice that they were
>> ever warm, much less HOT.
>>
>> How do the mirrors work? Does a thermostat turn on the heating element,
>> or does it come on when you start the car, or just when?
>
> forgot to say, if your passenger side is not warm/hot then I would think its
> U/S.
>
> does it defrost on those frosty days........
>
>
Consensus seems to be that the collision repair shop screwed up. I
can't find anything so I'm reduced to taking it to my local wizard. If
both mirrors did it, I wouldn't be quite as worried. But!!!
> "Merle Fritz" <amfritz@valornet.com> wrote in message
> news:cfd02$45ee1601$48100f9d$3933@ALLTEL.NET...
>> 2000 A6
>>
>> Just got the car back from the body shop after repairing the front end
>> (ran into a wide-screen TV going down the interstate. it was only doing
>> 70 and I was doing 75!) and noticed that the drivers side mirror (they had
>> to take the door apart to do some adjusting) was **HOT** to the touch.
>> Passenger side mirror was cool, so I thought that they had screwed up the
>> wiring somewhere. Took it back to the shop and they swear that all is
>> well.
>>
>> Is this normal? Never really paid much attention to the outside mirrors
>> before. Just wiped them clean now and then. Didn't notice that they were
>> ever warm, much less HOT.
>>
>> How do the mirrors work? Does a thermostat turn on the heating element,
>> or does it come on when you start the car, or just when?
>
> forgot to say, if your passenger side is not warm/hot then I would think its
> U/S.
>
> does it defrost on those frosty days........
>
>
Consensus seems to be that the collision repair shop screwed up. I
can't find anything so I'm reduced to taking it to my local wizard. If
both mirrors did it, I wouldn't be quite as worried. But!!!
03-14-2007, 07:10 PM
#23
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Re: outside mirrors heating up
Lez Pawl wrote:
> "Merle Fritz" <amfritz@valornet.com> wrote in message
> news:cfd02$45ee1601$48100f9d$3933@ALLTEL.NET...
>> 2000 A6
>>
>> Just got the car back from the body shop after repairing the front end
>> (ran into a wide-screen TV going down the interstate. it was only doing
>> 70 and I was doing 75!) and noticed that the drivers side mirror (they had
>> to take the door apart to do some adjusting) was **HOT** to the touch.
>> Passenger side mirror was cool, so I thought that they had screwed up the
>> wiring somewhere. Took it back to the shop and they swear that all is
>> well.
>>
>> Is this normal? Never really paid much attention to the outside mirrors
>> before. Just wiped them clean now and then. Didn't notice that they were
>> ever warm, much less HOT.
>>
>> How do the mirrors work? Does a thermostat turn on the heating element,
>> or does it come on when you start the car, or just when?
>
> forgot to say, if your passenger side is not warm/hot then I would think its
> U/S.
>
> does it defrost on those frosty days........
>
>
Consensus seems to be that the collision repair shop screwed up. I
can't find anything so I'm reduced to taking it to my local wizard. If
both mirrors did it, I wouldn't be quite as worried. But!!!
> "Merle Fritz" <amfritz@valornet.com> wrote in message
> news:cfd02$45ee1601$48100f9d$3933@ALLTEL.NET...
>> 2000 A6
>>
>> Just got the car back from the body shop after repairing the front end
>> (ran into a wide-screen TV going down the interstate. it was only doing
>> 70 and I was doing 75!) and noticed that the drivers side mirror (they had
>> to take the door apart to do some adjusting) was **HOT** to the touch.
>> Passenger side mirror was cool, so I thought that they had screwed up the
>> wiring somewhere. Took it back to the shop and they swear that all is
>> well.
>>
>> Is this normal? Never really paid much attention to the outside mirrors
>> before. Just wiped them clean now and then. Didn't notice that they were
>> ever warm, much less HOT.
>>
>> How do the mirrors work? Does a thermostat turn on the heating element,
>> or does it come on when you start the car, or just when?
>
> forgot to say, if your passenger side is not warm/hot then I would think its
> U/S.
>
> does it defrost on those frosty days........
>
>
Consensus seems to be that the collision repair shop screwed up. I
can't find anything so I'm reduced to taking it to my local wizard. If
both mirrors did it, I wouldn't be quite as worried. But!!!
03-14-2007, 07:10 PM
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Re: outside mirrors heating up
Lez Pawl wrote:
> "Merle Fritz" <amfritz@valornet.com> wrote in message
> news:cfd02$45ee1601$48100f9d$3933@ALLTEL.NET...
>> 2000 A6
>>
>> Just got the car back from the body shop after repairing the front end
>> (ran into a wide-screen TV going down the interstate. it was only doing
>> 70 and I was doing 75!) and noticed that the drivers side mirror (they had
>> to take the door apart to do some adjusting) was **HOT** to the touch.
>> Passenger side mirror was cool, so I thought that they had screwed up the
>> wiring somewhere. Took it back to the shop and they swear that all is
>> well.
>>
>> Is this normal? Never really paid much attention to the outside mirrors
>> before. Just wiped them clean now and then. Didn't notice that they were
>> ever warm, much less HOT.
>>
>> How do the mirrors work? Does a thermostat turn on the heating element,
>> or does it come on when you start the car, or just when?
>
> forgot to say, if your passenger side is not warm/hot then I would think its
> U/S.
>
> does it defrost on those frosty days........
>
>
Consensus seems to be that the collision repair shop screwed up. I
can't find anything so I'm reduced to taking it to my local wizard. If
both mirrors did it, I wouldn't be quite as worried. But!!!
> "Merle Fritz" <amfritz@valornet.com> wrote in message
> news:cfd02$45ee1601$48100f9d$3933@ALLTEL.NET...
>> 2000 A6
>>
>> Just got the car back from the body shop after repairing the front end
>> (ran into a wide-screen TV going down the interstate. it was only doing
>> 70 and I was doing 75!) and noticed that the drivers side mirror (they had
>> to take the door apart to do some adjusting) was **HOT** to the touch.
>> Passenger side mirror was cool, so I thought that they had screwed up the
>> wiring somewhere. Took it back to the shop and they swear that all is
>> well.
>>
>> Is this normal? Never really paid much attention to the outside mirrors
>> before. Just wiped them clean now and then. Didn't notice that they were
>> ever warm, much less HOT.
>>
>> How do the mirrors work? Does a thermostat turn on the heating element,
>> or does it come on when you start the car, or just when?
>
> forgot to say, if your passenger side is not warm/hot then I would think its
> U/S.
>
> does it defrost on those frosty days........
>
>
Consensus seems to be that the collision repair shop screwed up. I
can't find anything so I'm reduced to taking it to my local wizard. If
both mirrors did it, I wouldn't be quite as worried. But!!!
03-14-2007, 07:10 PM
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Re: outside mirrors heating up
Lez Pawl wrote:
> "Merle Fritz" <amfritz@valornet.com> wrote in message
> news:cfd02$45ee1601$48100f9d$3933@ALLTEL.NET...
>> 2000 A6
>>
>> Just got the car back from the body shop after repairing the front end
>> (ran into a wide-screen TV going down the interstate. it was only doing
>> 70 and I was doing 75!) and noticed that the drivers side mirror (they had
>> to take the door apart to do some adjusting) was **HOT** to the touch.
>> Passenger side mirror was cool, so I thought that they had screwed up the
>> wiring somewhere. Took it back to the shop and they swear that all is
>> well.
>>
>> Is this normal? Never really paid much attention to the outside mirrors
>> before. Just wiped them clean now and then. Didn't notice that they were
>> ever warm, much less HOT.
>>
>> How do the mirrors work? Does a thermostat turn on the heating element,
>> or does it come on when you start the car, or just when?
>
> forgot to say, if your passenger side is not warm/hot then I would think its
> U/S.
>
> does it defrost on those frosty days........
>
>
Consensus seems to be that the collision repair shop screwed up. I
can't find anything so I'm reduced to taking it to my local wizard. If
both mirrors did it, I wouldn't be quite as worried. But!!!
> "Merle Fritz" <amfritz@valornet.com> wrote in message
> news:cfd02$45ee1601$48100f9d$3933@ALLTEL.NET...
>> 2000 A6
>>
>> Just got the car back from the body shop after repairing the front end
>> (ran into a wide-screen TV going down the interstate. it was only doing
>> 70 and I was doing 75!) and noticed that the drivers side mirror (they had
>> to take the door apart to do some adjusting) was **HOT** to the touch.
>> Passenger side mirror was cool, so I thought that they had screwed up the
>> wiring somewhere. Took it back to the shop and they swear that all is
>> well.
>>
>> Is this normal? Never really paid much attention to the outside mirrors
>> before. Just wiped them clean now and then. Didn't notice that they were
>> ever warm, much less HOT.
>>
>> How do the mirrors work? Does a thermostat turn on the heating element,
>> or does it come on when you start the car, or just when?
>
> forgot to say, if your passenger side is not warm/hot then I would think its
> U/S.
>
> does it defrost on those frosty days........
>
>
Consensus seems to be that the collision repair shop screwed up. I
can't find anything so I'm reduced to taking it to my local wizard. If
both mirrors did it, I wouldn't be quite as worried. But!!!
12-27-2011, 02:28 PM
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Re: outside mirrors heating up
I had the same problem with my kids car. Noticed that the light wasn't on indicating auto dimming on the rear view mirror and the right hand mirror was a bit smokey/amber colored. I think what happened is that she spilled coffee on the rear defroster switch and the mirrors were heating all the time. I sprayed electrical cleaner on the switch and the mirrors cooled off right away. Short term fix as the switch should probably be pulled and thoroughly cleaned or replaced.
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