Rearview and side mirrors dimming

[C141medic]

I’ve noticed that my rearview mirror isn’t dimming at night as much as my side view mirrors. Lights from other vehicles behind me are quite bright when I look through my rearview mirror. Has anyone experienced this? Short of a service call is there any way to determine if my rearview or even side mirrors are functioning correctly?

 

[C141medic]

Anyone? Am I the only one with this issue?

 

[Kilotango74]

I’ve noticed that my rearview mirror isn’t dimming at night as much as my side view mirrors. Lights from other vehicles behind me are quite bright when I look through my rearview mirror. Has anyone experienced this? Short of a service call is there any way to determine if my rearview or even side mirrors are functioning correctly?

Do you have tint? This can reduce the effect of your rear view mirror auto dimming.

 

[bradbissell]

All three of my mirrors no longer dim at all anymore, so you’re not alone with dimming issues.

 

[C141medic]

Do you have tint? This can reduce the effect of your rear view mirror auto dimming.

No tint.

 

[C141medic]

Thanks for the replies. It looks like I have to get it looked at then. I’ve read about rear view mirrors getting replaced for this issue on the other Tesla forum. The manual also indicates that the mirror darkness at night is “medium.” For me, I don’t think medium is high enough (if it’s working at all). Wish Tesla would introduce user controllable dimmer settings through the UI on the screen.

 

[EnrgyNDpndnce]

I agree with you 100% and this has been one of my few gripes since buying the car. From day 1 I noticed the rear view mirror did not tint enough at night for my liking. Never took it to service because it’s more of an annoyance than anything else, plus once I got the rear glass tinted the problem became much less noticeable. Would love it if Tesla could allow us to increase the amount of the dimming effect to suit our own tastes.

 

[m3supra]

I had my rearview replaced once because the right 1/4 was not dimming. You could definitely tell if the dinner was not dimminhg as it is quite dark when working properly

 

[RayK]

From day 1 I noticed the rear view mirror did not tint enough at night for my liking. <snip> Would love it if Tesla could allow us to increase the amount of the dimming effect to suit our own tastes.

And my complaint about the autodimming mirrors is that they dim at all. I'd rather NOT have them dim, or like you suggest, allow the user to control the amount of dimming to their preference. Going a little bit further, I'd like to have individual control over all three mirrors. My old BMW only had autodim on the inside rear view mirror. The outside mirrors did not and that's what I prefer at night so that I can see as much as possible.

 

[groovidad]

Sucks getting old!

 

[alseTrick]

How do you even tell if it's auto dimming?

Maybe it says in the owners manual but whatever.

 

[m3supra]

How do you even tell if it's auto dimming?

Maybe it says in the owners manual but whatever.

There isn't any indications as far as I know, but LED headlights these days are bright as hell even on SUV's. I could definitely tell it wasn't dimming because it was blinding.

 

[outdoors]

Mirror Dimming Issue

Check this thread for some more information on dimming for the 3.

 

[alseTrick]

There isn't any indications as far as I know, but LED headlights these days are bright as hell even on SUV's. I could definitely tell it wasn't dimming because it was blinding.

I can't see the headlights in the car directly behind me anyways do the the high backend of the 3...