Outside Mirror Defrost (200)

[chilibit]

This does not seem to have arisen as a topic on this forum. I do realize that the toggle to engage the rear window defroster also activates the outside mirror heaters. I had a 2007 Tundra with tow mirrors. It would heat those mirrors in a heartbeat. My 200 is VERY slow. They do eventually remove dew but if the rear defroster takes 3 minutes they require 8 minutes. So slow that I thought they did not function. Patience proved they did but nearly worthless. That they work at all tells me they are getting current but why so slow? Typical? TIA

 

[kreiten]

Mine on my 200 work pretty good, that being said when I had my 2011 Tundra is was proly twice as fast, maybe three times as fast...

 

[chilibit]

Puzzling why they would engineer it this way.

By the way, I enjoyed your Ouray images. I was in Ouray just a week or so earlier and while it was dry I would have enjoyed the camaraderie of the group as opposed to a solo trek. Ciao

 

[skhochay]

no problem on my 2009 I just test it takes 4 min, you have to realize they are not average glass mirrors they are self dimed , rain view crystal mirrors, perhaps they are more sensitive to extensive heat

 

[chilibit]

I did find a forum comment (Ford F150) where a similar mirror was replaced because the defrost function had cooked the dimming function. So perhaps the self dimming limits the heat as you say.

 

[kreiten]

I did find a forum comment (Ford F150) where a similar mirror was replaced because the defrost function had cooked the dimming function. So perhaps the self dimming limits the heat as you say.

that's a great theory, I had never even thought of that.... hmmmm, now I am trying to remember if my 2011 Tundra had auto dimming mirrors???