Heated mirror fault

[Mr_Orange]

Back in the summer a Vagcom scan showed up faults for both the heated mirrors;
00943 - Heated Exterior Mirror: Driver Side (Z4)
00944 - Heated Exterior Mirror: Passenger Side (Z5)

I got round to looking at them today.....

After some fun getting the casings off (thanks Bentley manual), both were still plugged in, however with a multimeter there was no voltage at either mirror?

Mirror selector is at 0
The rear screen de-mister works fine
They share the same fuse yes?

Help

[richw911]

Yes same fuse 

Has the door card been off recently could be a plug undone in the door?

[oliver07]

the elements go on these!
 was there power if you take  the wiring off the mirror ?
 if so you will need 2 new mirror glasses
 

[tech1889]

yes as above check the wiring minus the mirror.. if you got power then the heater element has died.. they are a common propblem on all cars.. my drivers side one has gone ive got no codes but i no its the element..

[houston]

what about the switch for moving the mirrors on the door card? do these not make any faults? i know it stops the mirrors working if its not centred, could be a fault there?

does vagcom register as the elements not working if its not centred?

[T_J_G]

You're more than  welcome to try a glass from mine. (not that i know either works)

New glass is about 35 notes a side from VW.

[tech1889]

tjg would you recomend buying the glass form vw or will a ebay seller surfice as its not a crucial part ??

[T_J_G]

tjg would you recomend buying the glass form vw or will a ebay seller surfice as its not a crucial part ??

The last two i've bought, i've bought s/h genuine glass from eBay for about 12 notes a go. You're taking a risk though but TBH I never really use the heated mirrors. REmeber they're blue tinted as well.

[tech1889]

yer i no its a risk but like you said i probably wont replace as i dont use the heated mirrors much..

[T_J_G]

My mirrors seem to take a beating where I live. So not too bothered. Going to get some new casing and spray them matt black as then I can just rub down everytime they get a mark on them (very common for me)