Mirrors: Description and Operation

Outside Rear View Mirrors
Both LH and RH outside rear view mirrors are controlled and adjusted from the outside rear view mirror switch. The outside rear view mirrors can also be folded in or manually adjusted. The outside rear view mirrors can also house the optional ground illumination lamps. The mirrors can have the optional heated function when the heated back window glass is actuated.

The heated power mirror contains a grid that is provided power by the rear window defrost relay.

Pressing the rear window defrost switch begins the ten-minute cycle and activates the rear window defrost relay.

Pressing the rear window defrost switch at anytime during the timing cycle will deactivate the function and deactivate the rear window defrost relay. If the switch is NOT pressed during the ten-minute cycle, power remains applied to the rear window defrost relay until the timer interval has expired.

Inside Rear View Mirror - Electrochromic
The electrochromic inside rear view mirror has three features:
- Automatic dimming.
- Autolamp delay; refer to Lighting and Horns.
- Automatic lock-in normal view state, when vehicle is placed in REVERSE(R).

The automatic dimming feature darkens the inside rear view mirror whenever the front ambient light sensor detects low outside light and glare reaches the light sensor (photocell), located inside the mirror. The electrochromic inside rear view mirror starts to return to the normal view once glare goes away.