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folding mirrors

Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:05 pm
by robb
hi, does anyone else find their electric folding mirrors to be rather dimwitted, sometimes ill jump in the car turn the engine on and then after a few seconds ill flick the switch to fold them out and nothing happens? and i end up having to move it back in place turn the car off fully and re start all over again, can't quite fathom why ?

Re: folding mirrors

Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:15 pm
by Cuprabob
Yes, that's perfectly normal. I just assume there is a time constraint between switching tbe ignition on / starting the engine and them operating due to some module resetting.

I now just wait a few seconds longer and they work first time every time.

Re: folding mirrors

Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:24 pm
by robb
ah ok cheers mate thought something was giving way in the motors or something , must just be trying it a little too quickly haha

Re: folding mirrors

Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:39 pm
by Cuprabob
robb wrote:ah ok cheers mate thought something was giving way in the motors or something , must just be trying it a little too quickly haha
The folding mirrors on my Golf R32 were exactly the same.

More of a feature than a problem:-)

Re: folding mirrors

Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:50 pm
by robb
haha excellent, still niggles at me that it can't be setup to work with the key fob though :(:(