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oldmann Senior Enthusiast

oldmann

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I feel really dumb. I just realized the heated mirrors need to be turnes on manually.

:jester: So many buttons in this thing its crazy.

Matthias Enthusiast

Matthias

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Don´t worry...you´re not the only one...for the first few days I had the truck I really thought the button for heated mirrors was the one for heating the rear window :jester:

 

So as they always say I followed this rule for myself .... RTFM :M16:

GPGuy Senior Enthusiast

GPGuy

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Don't feel bad I went through the first winter with my truck not knowing I had heated mirrors. :M16::jester:

timdan94 Enthusiast

timdan94

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Yeah what button is that? I thought it was on with the rear defrost. :jester:

old-chevy-dude Senior Enthusiast

old-chevy-dude

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Yeah what button is that? I thought it was on with the rear defrost. :jester:

me to

 

 

 

 

it is far as I know.. at least on my Avalanche, pressing the rear defroster activates the mirrors, it's pretty obvious when the mirrors start to heat and the fog clears in an outward motion.

07sltcrew Enthusiast

07sltcrew

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Yeah what button is that? I thought it was on with the rear defrost. :jester:

me to

 

add me to the list of poelpe who thoought the rear defrost button turned on heated mirrors

timdan94 Enthusiast

timdan94

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Well now that I did some research, it is on the rear defrost for my 2011. This came right from the manual.

 

 

 

Heated Mirrors

 

 

For vehicles with heated mirrors:

 

 

<(Rear Window Defogger):

 

 

Press to heat the mirrors. If the

 

 

 

vehicle has a towing mirror, only the

 

 

 

upper glass of the mirror is heated.

 

 

 

The lower convex part of the towing

 

 

 

mirror is not heated.

 

 

 

Depending on the vehicle's features,

 

 

 

see “Rear Window Defogger”

 

 

under Climate Control Systems

 

 

 

(with Air Conditioning) on

 

 

 

page 8?1 or Climate Control

 

 

 

Systems (with Heater Only) on

 

 

 

page 8?4 or Dual Automatic

 

 

 

Climate Control System on

 

 

page 8?5 for more information

 

The John Enthusiast

The John

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Don't feel bad. It took me months to figure out what the other "fog light" button on the dash was for. I'd sit there and hit it and hit it over and over again. It wasn't until late one night, months after I bought it, that my wife was following me home and asked why I was turning the bed light on and off the whole way.

truckofwinandawesome Senior Enthusiast

truckofwinandawesome

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Don't feel bad. It took me months to figure out what the other "fog light" button on the dash was for. I'd sit there and hit it and hit it over and over again. It wasn't until late one night, months after I bought it, that my wife was following me home and asked why I was turning the bed light on and off the whole way.

 

maybe she thought you were sending Morse Code, but I can relate. I was playing with the Radio on our California Trip, and I accidentally discovered our US8 Radio has Speed Compensation!

Matthias Enthusiast

Matthias

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Don't feel bad. It took me months to figure out what the other "fog light" button on the dash was for. I'd sit there and hit it and hit it over and over again. It wasn't until late one night, months after I bought it, that my wife was following me home and asked why I was turning the bed light on and off the whole way.

 

 

:lol:

ZmanZ71 Enthusiast

ZmanZ71

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add me to thelist. I thought my truck didn't have heated mirrors becuse it doesn't have the heat symbol on the mirrors like all my dodges did. I was wondering why my truck had every option under the sun but no heated mirrors. I have the rear defrost so I guess that's where the button is hiding. PS, my rear defrost is about worthless because the back window never frosts up even with 10 degree weather and ice. I should have went with a slider.

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