2000 Golf Heated Mirrors - how you turn em on?

[Kordain]

Thinking i may have a problem with my heated mirrors as well now, but before i start taking more things apart i don’t have a manual and am not sure how to turn them on. Ive got the control/adjuster knob set to centre position but im not sure thats doing anything.

Do they actually get warm enough to feel, I seem to remember from when i had a 2000TDI that they actually get quite warm to the touch, these dont seem to :(

Anyone tell me if im doin it right?

Are they notorious for burning out after a while?

Cheers
K..

[stefan]

Re: 2000 Golf Heated Mirrors - how you turn em on?

centre position is on, yes. I'm pretty sure they get warm enough to feel. I know i could feel the warmth in the winter, but the ambient temp was a lot lower, so i guess any warmth would have been obvious. I'll try to remember to leave mine on on the way home today......

[asp gti]

Re: 2000 Golf Heated Mirrors - how you turn em on?

if its in the center position and has been there for a while then im guessing that the heater for both is burned out, thats what happened to mine on my mk4 gti, when i got my car vag com'd thats one of the things that came up, so im guessing its the same with your car

[Stonewall]

Re: 2000 Golf Heated Mirrors - how you turn em on?

Try turning the rear defroster on.

[stefan]

Re: 2000 Golf Heated Mirrors - how you turn em on?

damn.. i turned mine on when i left the office today, but forgot to check when i got home...

[R_Ethug]

Re: 2000 Golf Heated Mirrors - how you turn em on?

yes center is on.. L/R is off.. oddly i used to keep my old jettas in the centre until service at NL told me thats always ON LOLLLL

[Coker Rat]

Re: 2000 Golf Heated Mirrors - how you turn em on?

center top or center bottom?

[stefan]

Re: 2000 Golf Heated Mirrors - how you turn em on?

isnt there just L, middle, R? if its on L or R, its off. if its in between, its on.

[Khyron]

Re: 2000 Golf Heated Mirrors - how you turn em on?

As Brent said, older MK4s required the rear defrost to be on as well. Forget when they changed this feature (and thus people could leave their mirrors on for days and burn them out).

[stefan]

Re: 2000 Golf Heated Mirrors - how you turn em on?

my 2001 is on in middle for sure, so i guess the switch was somewhere between 00/01, cause i don't need the defrost on.

[djstorm]

Re: 2000 Golf Heated Mirrors - how you turn em on?

I have an 06 MKIV and the rear defrost definately needs to be on for mine...

[stefan]

Re: 2000 Golf Heated Mirrors - how you turn em on?

so 00 and 06 = defrost, and 01 = no defrost. Looks like the couldn't make up their mind on this one.

[Stonewall]

Re: 2000 Golf Heated Mirrors - how you turn em on?

I think it only makes sense that they turn on when the rear defrost is on. That way I can leave the switch in the middle and if I bump it, it won't change my setting. Most of all who really needs side mirror heaters on when they don't have the rear defroster on?

[Kordain]

Re: 2000 Golf Heated Mirrors - how you turn em on?

Just got back from working away, I havent tried the rear window defroster ill give that a go, the switch has been left in centre for a long time and probably a long time before i got it.

How easy is it to pop out a mirror to check there power reaching them, ive said before that it cant be too hard coz ive had both mine robbed on my last golf, but ive never tried it myself.

[Red90]

Re: 2000 Golf Heated Mirrors - how you turn em on?

They come on with the rear defrost in my 02.