What with the very cold weather I've noticed an issue with teh folding mirrors.

On a very icy day, the mirrors struggle ina m orning to fold back out.

Is there a way of turning this feature off manually?
Or main stealer/testbook only?

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Andy BMW 335i Coupe

a spray with silcion oil helps, not wd40 that attracts dust

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chicken george wrote:

a spray with silcion oil helps, not wd40 that attracts dust

dealer job to turn them off

Hey CG - you know there's a perfectly good fusebox that's a LOT cheaper than the stealer for this kind of modification, don't you?
I forget which of the three fuseboxes it's in but I'm sure you can pull the link for the fold-ins and yet leave everything else working. SE on an 07 plate

I think CG is right. I used a bit of 'Pledge' which contains a small amount of silicon and my mirrors have been fine.
I'd rather have them folded for obvious reasons.

fine but then they will never fold in and the car wont then fit in my garage  At work
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Sandhurst wrote:

Hey CG - you know there's a perfectly good fusebox that's a LOT cheaper than the stealer for this kind of modification, don't you? I forget which of the three fuseboxes it's in but I'm sure you can pull the link for the fold-ins and yet leave everything else working.

It's the rear junction box, but besides what CG said, that you wont be able to fold them when passing/manouvering in tight spaces, you wont be able to adjust the mirrors when a different person drives the car. No functionality at all.
And more important from my point of view, no defrosting. I for sure don't want to have my windows down and wipe the mirrors manually with a piece of cloth or paper...
But wait, the windows wont work either. Because, acording to the schematics, the same fuse is for the whole electronics inside the door. So you will have to get out of the car to wipe the mirrors.
Not to mention locking the car...
So now way a fuse will do the job.

ha ha Mr Sandhurst stick that in your pipe and smoke it. never mess with CG you WILL lose  At work
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I use 2 of these cut to length so they jam against the window

If you fold them in manually before you turn the ignition off they wont automatically fold out when you open the car again.

If you check the weather the day before you can fold them in and then when you need to wait until the car has defrosted a bit before you unfold them

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or open the mirror case and disconnect the motors? At work
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Why we still discussing this? Surely its better to have them working properly?
Do the old trick of snapping them back give em a spray then work'em back and forward a few times and then they'll be right for another 12 months

Never a problem here in winter sometimes a bit noisy in -10C or so, but they have never been a problem. Could it be you wash the car too much in cold weather and it may be freezing at night As suggested (by one enthusiastic forum plod ) use a silicon spray BEFORE you wash the car will solve of at least help. 2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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