Good Morning all. First time poster, long time lurker. I have spent a good part of my morning researching some confusion I have with what I'm trying to do and most of my Google searches bring me to this site. So here I am looking for help.
2015 2500HD CC Gas
VIN# 1GC1KVEG5FF539706
So truck came with the small car style power mirror/manual fold. I do not believe they have the defroster though as I do not see the logo on the glass. I would like to purchase and add some tow mirrors that have the blinker in the front and on the glass as well as the courtesy light. BUT I want it all to be functional as well. Doesn't need the power fold or power telescope though.
Found mirrors I want on Ebay and Amazon. So now I'm looking for the right harness. Chevy dealership will not provide me with the correct part number for the harness. I believe I found the correct one on ebay but the seller is now telling me in order to get all this to work properly I would then have to flash the BCM.
This confuses me as I thought I read the flash is only necessary on vehicles with memory seats/mirrors. When I asked the seller this his replay was
"Your vehicle has RPO codes "AVF" (IDENTIFICATION EFFECTIVE POINT CONTROL, 2015 1/2 M.Y.) and also "DL8" (MIRROR,OUTSIDE,RH AND LH REMOTE CONTROL,ELECTRIC,DEFOG) These harnesses are meant for vehicles with those RPO codes, and they require BCM programming"
I am very handy mechanically but horrible electrically and will not attempt hardworking etc. Also not willing to spend crazy money at the dealership either.
Can somebody please help me filter all this and see if I'm wasting time. If worse comes to worse I get the mirrors and no lights work but I would prefer they all do.
Thanks