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[Feature Request] Turn off Auto-Dimming Mirrors
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WilliamG
Hinge Fanatic
You won't be able to see anything when parking. I have 25% Llumar and the mirrors are useless at night now. If I had known just how bad it was going to be...
WilliamG
Hinge Fanatic
I had 35% in my last car (Golf R). I had no problems with the mirrors and the tint at night, but I can't really make a fair comparison since the R didn't have dimming mirrors... Are the Model 3 mirrors supposed to lighten up when you put the car into Reverse? I've never noticed this happen, and you literally can see nothing out of the window (25%) + dimming mirrors on the car at night unless you have a MASSIVE amount of street lights.
RayK
Active Member
no, all of that is very unnecessary. The mirror glass simply pulls out, move the mirror all the way inboard so you can fit your fingers behind and then pull, they will pop out. Unplug the connector for the dimming feature (there are also 2 wires which provide the heating which you want to leave connected) and secure it somewhere in the housing. Then just press the glass back into the clips.
for the rear view mirror you need to pop off the lower plastic housing and unplug a similar connector. This video shows how to do it
do not remove the larger upper housing area which starts at around 2:00 in the video, it’s not needed to access the dimming connector and it’s quite annoying to get it back on once removed.
AdamMacDon
Member
They seem to adjust annoyingly slow, so when someone is behind you with their highbeams on you get blinded, but if you want to see what is behind you and there are streetlights or other light in the area, it is too dark to be useful to see much except maybe other headlights. Makes checking for cyclists when I turn at night quite sketchy.
Interesting. Model 3 must be quite different from my 2015 Model S, which in my opinion does not dim the mirrors enough! I find the auto-dimming feature to be weak, not cutting out enough light from behind.
jkoya
NA2 NSX
I pulled off my side view mirror glass to install SUMA Performance mirrors. Driver's side came off easily, but the passenger side was a bear to get off. Thought it was going to break while I was trying to remove it....
Wonder why I just noticed this in my 3? But yes. This past month it’s been driving me crazy cuz I’ve been just driving down the street and I’m the only car on the road. So I’m like why the F are my mirrors all dimmed? I guess I never noticed it because during non Covid times I actually drive from work and on the freeway, so there’s other cars around. Now. It’s winter. Getting darker sooner. And I’m driving down the street. So I’ve noticed it’s all dark!
this needs to be fixed.
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I thought mine worked the way they’re suppose to for 2.5 years until this winter! LoL try driving down a dark street by yourself. No other cars around and report back. During Non Covid times I’ve always was driving back from work. With other cars.
AdamMacDon
Member
Yeah, I'm not sure if it's just certain cars, but mine does this all the time and it's kind of dangerous and annoying. Before the side repeater camera update I HATED backing up in my friend's rural property at night. The mirrors would always be completely tinted and I couldn't see anything at the sides of the car. Pretty much had to rely 100% on the backup camera, which isn't ideal at all. It's weird too, because every other car with autodimming mirrors I have driven will cut out the autodim effect when in reverse, but mine won't.
so mine will cut out the auto dim when in reverse. It just slow. I’ll be 3/4 way up the driveway by the time the auto-aim is off.
I wonder if it was the latest update that affected my auto dim now. Cuz I swore i never noticed it as dark.
WilliamG
Hinge Fanatic
Elon stated we’d get control of this in an update. I’m hoping the V11 holiday update rumored to be coming on 12/22 introduces this, because it really is annoying. And needlessly so.
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