MK1 Leon Heated Mirrors ????

[MisterMoleyMole]

Hi all,

Can anyone tell me if heated mirrors were an extra on the TDI FR Leon?

I dont have them and really find it hard to believe ... i was driving home from bath last night and couldnt se a thing behind me due to condensation .

Any info would be very much appreciated ?

Cheers
Gav

 

[JamJay]

I thought that they were only on the LCR and activated with the heated rear screen but I could be wrong.

 

[MisterMoleyMole]

cheers .. just found something in the book that implies (not def .. wording a bit offy) that any electrically adjustable mirris are heated ... can anyone confirm this ?

 

[Jonny]

Pretty sure they were heated on my 20VT FR, but only heated when the rear screen heater was on.

 

[Cupra Kev]

Heated on my MY02 LC - activated with heated rear screen - can tell it's heated on frosty mornings by the steam coming off them

 

[alexj124]

yep i believe it was standard if you have the electirc adjustment you should have heated as well.

One of mine stopped working just replaced the glass from the mk4 golf to get the blue tint. so if its adjustable it could just be its stopped working and you need new glass as element is on the back of the glass

 

[Phillc]

When i got my Cupra both elements had gone, i had to replace them both i got some blue tint golf ones of ebay work perfectly now.
If you have vag-com it will be shown as a fault code.

 

[JamesL]

I have heated mirrors on my SE. My mirrors also fold electrically - not sure if you got both together or not. Mine's on a 51 plate, I think it was standard on early models and then became an option at some unknown point in time!

 

[MDS]

Mine are...


If you remove the mirror glass.. you can check the heating circuit behind it...

 

[MisterMoleyMole]

cheers all just checked my passenger one and thats workin fine its just the drivers one ... how do i go about removing the glass from the drivers side?

cheers all

G

 

[MDS]

I once removed mine by turning the mirror glass and then firmly applied some pressure and slowly unhooked it ... hard to explain...

 

[brightsideteeem]

my 03 tdi se has them, but i dont have elec folding mirrors lol

 

[mjt]

cheers all just checked my passenger one and thats workin fine its just the drivers one ... how do i go about removing the glass from the drivers side?

i think, well pretty sure, that both of mine (electrially folding) are knackered as only a tiny patch in the centre of the mirrors de-mist, although this is probably due to the wind rather than the elements..

is there a surefire way of taking them off without damaging anything?

cheers

 

[RobDon]

I had to remove the mirror casing to remove the glass.

 

[Garetht]

help

Asked a question in the TDI section the other day and someone came back with this very helpful link below:

http://www.bitnet.ro/vw/prdecoder/


Make a note of all the option codes for your car on the sticker in the boot or in your service and it will tell you what each code means.

Hope this will help you out a little to see what you have and don't have.

Cheers

G

 

[MisterMoleyMole]

That should be a sticky somewhere ... great piece of info! Cheers

Can anyoen 100% confirm that you can just pull teh glass off as there is a bit of conflicting info above

Many Thanks
Gav

 

[Phillc]

I would'nt recomend pulling the glass of there are little clips holding on to the main part and if you damage them you will not be able to fix the mirror on.
Like Rob said you need to remove the casing there are some screws under the mirror undo these and the casing will come off, you will need to jiggle it about a bit but it will seperate, the black bit is seperate to the colour coded bit.

 

[Muttley]

One screw and a tab that has to be pushed in, if I remember correctly? There's a hole in the coloured mirror pod that you poke a long narrow screwdriver into to get to this tab.

 

[magicoi]

Mine are heated - Mk1 TDI Cupra.