Tow mirrors

[BigWhiteMastadon]

So the other day towing our 39’ trailer, I touched the fold/open mirror button. Bad news, the motors are useless driving at legal highway speed to put the mirrors back to driving position. 
 

Just a heads up. I will probably upgrade those motors, kinda sissy for a 3500.

[redwngr]

30 minutes ago, BigWhiteMastadon said:

So the other day towing our 39’ trailer, I touched the fold/open mirror button. Bad news, the motors are useless driving at legal highway speed to put the mirrors back to driving position. 
 

Just a heads up. I will probably upgrade those motors, kinda sissy for a 3500.

Found the same problem on my 2018 recently...

 

[ShotgunZ71]

Most larger power folding mirrors say to not fold or unfold mirrors at highway speeds. Also, do not use the power extend/retract at highway speeds. This is due to the size and wind resistance. 

 

I do like how the power extend is one-touch to extend and retract. You don't have to hold it down the entire time its moving to where you want it.

[BigWhiteMastadon]

I don’t have the power extend. But sounds cool. I will upgrade the mirror motors, thats a safety issue since it’s pretty easy to accidentally hit that button. Bad call on GMC for trucks that tow stuff. Still a great truck. (Swing over to Twitter, GMC, Trucktober and you can see.) 

[CRApex]

35 minutes ago, BigWhiteMastadon said:

I don’t have the power extend. But sounds cool. I will upgrade the mirror motors, thats a safety issue since it’s pretty easy to accidentally hit that button. Bad call on GMC for trucks that tow stuff. Still a great truck. (Swing over to Twitter, GMC, Trucktober and you can see.) 

I’m not saying it isn’t possible, just about anything is but In looking at mine, I don’t see how I would accidentally fold in the mirrors at highway speed.  Maybe once you’re more familiar with the controls it will be a non-issue.

[ShotgunZ71]

11 minutes ago, CRApex said:

I’m not saying it isn’t possible, just about anything is but In looking at mine, I don’t see how I would accidentally fold in the mirrors at highway speed.  Maybe once you’re more familiar with the controls it will be a non-issue.

Yeah, it does take some effort to press the button down to make contact. I don't see resting a hand or finger up there making it fold. The power-extend beside it is the same. No light touches will set them off from what I can tell.

[BigWhiteMastadon]

I foolishly attempted adjusting my left mirror. I had 30,000 km currently on this rig without issue, the point is that the mirrors should fold back out or lock when driving. Shit happens. 

[CRApex]

24 minutes ago, BigWhiteMastadon said:

I foolishly attempted adjusting my left mirror. I had 30,000 km currently on this rig without issue, the point is that the mirrors should fold back out or lock when driving. Shit happens. 

So is yours a 2019 or 2020?  I see your signature say’s 2019 and that sounds right if you have 30,000 km on it.  This is the 2020 forum so I was remarking on where the 2020 buttons are located.