power folding mirrors and puddle light

[cookie9561]

my mirrors dont fold or my puddle lights working,they were before,does anyone know why the might be faulty,many thanks

[uklee]

they were working before....what ? have you recently done any work to the car or been messing with the controllers in VAG COM ?

if not , are there any error messages on the MFD ?

both mirrors dont fold or just one ?
both lights dont work or just one ?
can you still adjust the glass remotely ?

Have you checked fuses and relays ?

Lee

[cookie9561]

both mirrors work normally when adjusting,works when in reverse as long as in left position which i understand,both puddle lights not working when doors opened,car has been in twice for diagnostics in last month,once to garage i got car from arnold clark,then vw when arnold clark couldnt get fault codes up,mirrors were working fine when they went into arnold clark

[cookie9561]

also no error messages in mfd

[uklee]

In that case , my first suspicion would be changes to the coding in the door mirror modules.

I retrofitted folding mirrors to my car , and didn't need to add a fused circuit - the folding function and puddle lights must therefore use an existing fused power supply circuit - most probably the same circuit as the feed for the up/down/left/right adjustment - so if the adjustment still works ok , i'd suspect the fuse (and relay if it uses one) must be ok too.

With nor error messages in the MFD - its unlikely to be a hard fault ( such as a short to ground etc)
As both mirrors are affected - its unlikely to be a problem with the mirror motor or controller module hardware

The door modules dont use the normal (easy) check box options ,you have to work out the binary coding to add/remove optional functionality (see my powerfold mirror 'How-to' for details here >> http://www.sciroccocentral.co.uk/forum/ ... 37&t=14719) , so it's unlikely that arnold clarke would have gone into that controller and messed about ? - but software is the most obvious thing i would suspect from your symptoms.

The first thing i'd do is hook up VAG COM and see what coding is in both the drivers and passengers control modules - as it sounds to me like these options have simply been turned off.

Lee

[cookie9561]

i understand good bit of what you said but not all and thats down to me not you lol,i will see if i can hook it up vagcom,anyone in inverness area with it guys,would appreciate it thanks lee