If parked in a parking lot and someone pulls in next to you and manually folds your power mirrors in, will that damage the power folding mirror feature?
Folding Side View Mirrors Question
Gamma742
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power mirrors?
Who oit there folds other peoples mirror? Never heard of that before.
The RAV4 Prime does not come with power folding mirrors in North America, so this is of no concern.
If you have added the folding mirrors from CarTrimHome or AliExpress, it will not damage the mirror motors if they are manually folded. However, the motor will not move them back; you have to manually fold them back before the motors will work again.
Happened to me just two days ago. Tight parking spot, so parked next to another car (other car may have been on the line, but I'm not sure). Other driver reached out his window and folded my mirrors and his mirrors in.
Many of us have added the power folding mirrors from CarTrimHome or AliExpress. There are at least two threads on this forum on the subject.
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Duh!!!! Because I bought the car used.. I didn't want them. Sheeze..
not trying to respond rudely🤦♂️
Don't use them? No choice. The CarTrimHome and AliExpress folding mirror kits automatically fold in the mirrors when you lock the car. There is no setting to change that. Only way to keep them from folding in is to unplug the connectors behind the door panels.
Sorry that you haven't really gotten a solid answer to your question yet. I did some quick Internet searches because I was actually also curious to the answer.
Most folks say it doesn't cause any issues, maybe just don't use the force of a thousand suns when doing it.
I'm sure you will be fine with the occasional manual fold, though just keep in mind most of these auto fold add-ons are from China and not always as high quality as an OEM part.
Can you safely manually pull in power folding side mirrors?
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The answer I gave in post #6 above is not good enough: "it will not damage the mirror motors if they are manually folded."
The outside rear view mirror is required by law to fold manually. The OP was asking about mirrors that have a power electric motor in them; they fold with a push of a button on the dash.
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Had a problem with small birds perching on the car to admire themselves in the side mirrors. The problem was what they left behind when they flew away. The solution was to manually fold in the side mirror (which were adjusted electrically) and then problem was solved.
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That was a response to an individual who just wanted to make a dumb comment without reading the OP.
you are welcome to mind your own business also. 😝
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