I thought all Leon’s had heated folding mirrors...Hi,
I now have a 2017 FR 184 Tech Pack which has folding, but not heated mirrors (no heated symbol on mirror adjusting switch) and wondered if it was possible, what would be required to add heated feature to the mirrors?
Thanks
TR
I don't think mine has a symbol to be honest. I would've thought all cars nowadays have heated wing mirrors.
On mine to activate, I just push the little round knob forward.. It springs back and wing mirrors should start to heat up....
I just had a quick look in the car and, sorry, I stand corrected.I'll give that a go in the morning and see if that works. Just I've seen some pictures of switches with a heating element symbol to the top right but I'll see in the morning!!
Thanks
TR
I just had a quick look in the car and, sorry, I stand corrected.
Mine does show a symbol. But like I said just push the round knob forward.
Unfortunately Mine is a different switch to yours.
I decided to turn it to the top right setting (no symbol on switch) and hey presto, the mirrors heated up fine??
Thanks for your help guys.
TR
Wonder if the symbol had worn off.Unfortunately Mine is a different switch to yours.
I decided to turn it to the top right setting (no symbol on switch) and hey presto, the mirrors heated up fine??
Thanks for your help guys.
TR
Wonder if the symbol had worn off.
But why would a switch without the symbol, even have that position on it, let alone have the wiring/contacts etc underneath?More likely the installer ballsed up, cannot see how you can even rub it off, such a weird position for it to be caught.
But why would a switch without the symbol, even have that position on it, let alone have the wiring/contacts etc underneath?
I was the same. Damo had to show me.I didn't realise mine had heated mirrors until I read a similar thread on here. You can't see the symbol from the drivers seat!
Yeah, just leave it in the 2 oclock position all the time. Occasionally i switch to L when I need to see the kerb when reversing, but otherwise its left in the heated position all the time. Manual says it turns off after a short while so no over heatingAfter having my car for 15 months (and a winter), thanks to this thread, I have just learnt I have heated mirrors! Thanks guys!
My switch has 2 symbols above though, top right looks like heated windows, top left looks like folding mirrors. Do I still just push it forward?
It makes me smile when I read that someone has discovered a feature they didn’t know they had in their car after a fairly lengthy period of ownership .After having my car for 15 months (and a winter), thanks to this thread, I have just learnt I have heated mirrors! Thanks guys!
My favourite is the place to put the fuel cap,so many people just let it dangle on the paint workIt makes me smile when I read that someone has discovered a feature they didn’t know they had in their car after a fairly lengthy period of ownership .
I do make a point of going through the owners manual when I get a new car. It’s definitely not the most exciting read, or user-friendly book - if you’re having problems sleeping, it’s a good bedtime read! Is it sad that I do this? Maybe, but if I’ve spent a fairly sizeable sum of money on a car, I want to know what features it’s got and how they work, so I can make full use of them, rather than discover something new some months after getting the car that I could’ve benefited from.
Lots of owners don’t bother reading the manual though, judging by the ‘things I’ve just discovered about my car’ threads on many forums!