Power Folding Mirrors

Export vehicles may also have the power folding mirrors feature. This feature allows the operator to retract the mirrors to a fully folded position in which they are closely tucked in, and parallel to, the front door windows, or to extend them to the fully unfolded position for normal everyday use.

For this feature, the Driver Door Switch Assembly (DDSA) has an additional power folding mirrors switch built into it. When the switch is activated to fold the mirrors, the DDSA interprets the signal input and sends the command on to the Driver Door Module (DDM) and the passenger front door module (PDM) The DDM and the PDM then each supply battery positive voltage and ground to the appropriate circuits of their respective power folding motors in order to retract both mirrors. When the switch is activated to unfold the mirrors, the door modules reverse the polarity of the voltage and ground supplied to the reversible motors in order to move both mirrors to the fully extended position.

The power folding mirrors switch is activated by momentarily pressing it and each subsequent press will activate the mirrors to the opposite function of the preceding press, i.e. if the mirrors are currently folded, the next press of the switch will cause them to unfold and vice-versa.