[s-cars] S6 Heated Door Mirrors

[Robert Rossato]

> Iain:
> 
> On the S6 (not sure about the S4) the heated mirror only 
> comes on when the 
> outside temperature is below a certain criteria. I seem to 
> recall its around 5 
> celcuis. There is no user switch.
> 
> The downside to this, is that they will always be on in the 
> winter months and 
> the element tends to burn out.
> 
> Sean D.

Maybe that's a later model year thing.  What does your owner's manual
say?  My '95 S6 definitely doesn't do this.  They are tied into the rear
defroster switch and both should heat up rather quickly.  The rear
defroster switch itself is on a 10 minute timer so they won't stay on
permanently.  Don't know why they would wire the mirrors to be
permanently heated when below a certain temp.  Makes no sense since you
only need to warm them up for about 30 secs or so and then you're
usually done for the rest of your drive.  Though I've heard comments
that some of the VWs of that era were wired that way too.

Iain - if you're having intermittent function maybe you have a wiring
issue.  I have a Euro aspherical driver's side mirror as well and I've
never had any issues with it heating up when called on.