Mirrors stuck due to frost

[Subevo]

hi folks
Slightest frosty morning and mirrors won't open .i have to give them a helping hand whist pressing the unlock button on key.
I'm wondering if the mechanism for opening and closing the mirrors is being damaged by not being able to operate as they should.in my head I'm imagining plastic gears being stripped of teeth.
Also tried switching off auto fold to stop mirrors sticking tomorrow but after a while they have folded.then when I unlocked car and got in they were still folded not due to frost.so I enabled auto fold again and pressed open on key fob then mirrors opened again.
The mirrors seem to be possessed.

 

[PeterHG]

Having the same trouble. I have turned off auto fold, but they have folded twice at random (?) times over the past week.

 

[WannabeOwner]

Same on an ice too ... I read of folk in, e.g. Norway, turning off auto-fold for the Winter. I don;t think trying to fold and failing will damage anything, pretty sure the mechanism is deigned to detect the resistance and "stop". Chucking some cold, or possibly warm, water over them should sort them out.

I've put some "stuff" on the rubbers around the windows too, because they get stuck in the cold.

 

[CotswoldSara]

A slight smear of silicone grease on the window rubbers is a must when it's really cold & leave the mirrors out if you know it's going to be a hard frost. We have the same issues on the GTR in this weather - also frameless doors.

 

[WannabeOwner]

A slight smear of silicone grease on the window rubbers is a must when it's really cold

Sounds more straightforward than getting special "stuff", but I'm not sure I have silicone grease lying around ...

... the "stuff" I got was this: Nextzett Gummi Pflege Stift Rubber Care Stick

 

[CotswoldSara]

Ahhh, we *do* have silicone grease lying around but no special "stuff"