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| LR Nuts Member Since: 10 Aug 2022 Location: UK Posts: 1197  
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My door mirrors fold in when locking on my MY20 reg.
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14th Sep 2023 12:13pm |
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| Hairy Dan Member Since: 25 Apr 2013 Location: NW Durham Posts: 1426  
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Have the mirrors been folded in or out manually? You could try resetting them
An amount of knock protection is designed into the door mirrors. If a mirror is accidentally knocked or manually folded inwards or outwards, the mirror head disengages from the folding mechanism. To re-engage the mechanism, manually return the mirror to its central position, then fold and unfold the door mirror using the button Cheers Ian -------------------- 22MY Defender 110 D200 SE, Fuji White. Kielder 4x4 Safari Instagram @defender_v8 |
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14th Sep 2023 12:39pm |
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| colinsb Member Since: 15 Oct 2022 Location: Radnorshire Posts: 49 
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Sorted itself! After a couple of times cycling the manual folding by pressing the two buttons, auto-folding seems to have woken itself up. 90 D250 HSE, Pangea Green with tan interior and fabric sunroof.
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14th Sep 2023 4:28pm |
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| lightning Member Since: 23 Apr 2009 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2917
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ls there any way to actually STOP the mirrors auto-folding when you lock the vehicle? l am in and out of the vehicle all day in my business and the mirrors constantly whirring in and out gets on my nerves TBH.
Also when towing the caravan l can't lock the vehicle as the mountings of the extension mirrors hit the door when the mirrors fold. |
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14th Sep 2023 5:15pm |
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| WizzardPrang Member Since: 05 Nov 2020 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 160 
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If the mirrors are folded before locking the Defender, they won't unfold when you unlock it. It's called "Garage Mode".
There doesn't seem to be a solution for your caravan mode, which seems like an oversight by JLR to me. Current vehicle: 2020 Defender 110S Gone: Defender 90 HT 200Tdi, Discovery Sport, Freelander 2 Insta: wizzardprang |
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14th Sep 2023 8:48pm |
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| LR Nuts Member Since: 10 Aug 2022 Location: UK Posts: 1197
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15th Sep 2023 1:55am |
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| lightning Member Since: 23 Apr 2009 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2917
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Yeah l read that but it's the wrong way round for my needs, l need the mirrors to stay out, not stay in !
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15th Sep 2023 6:47pm |
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| pacatx Member Since: 12 Mar 2023 Location: Seattle Posts: 9 
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Yea wish there was a way to stop the auto fold of the mirrors
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15th Sep 2023 9:17pm |
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| RDR Member Since: 27 Apr 2018 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 595
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Having just spent the week in cold icy conditions the ability to prevent the mirrors folding would be very useful. Having it as an option in the menu with the winter wiper position setting would be an easy and useful feature.
Every morning the car was covered in thick solid ice and hearing the mirrors grinding away trying to open with little chance of success didn’t sound good and trying to defrost them to get them to deploy was a pain. 110 MY23.5 X Dynamic HSE RR MY23 HSE PHEV D5 MY19 HSE - Now Sold D4 MY16 HSE Luxury - Now Sold D4 MY12 HSE - Gone D3 MY06 S - Gone but not forgotten |
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4th Jan 2025 8:09pm |
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| Crazymind Member Since: 11 Jun 2024 Location: Glasgow Posts: 205
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Not great in icy conditions… but I am sure they have been designed to survive ide as well… or too good to be true?
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4th Jan 2025 11:50pm |
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| RDR Member Since: 27 Apr 2018 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 595
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I hope there’s a clutch mechanism inside but it sounds awful when they are trying to deploy. There’s nothing really to scrape around the hinge so it’s a case of getting de-icer in it. I tried driving off with them folded thinking they would sort it out but with the wind chill added from driving 20 miles in and they still wouldn’t unfold not ideal when driving in poor weather, if only they hadn’t folded the night before … 110 MY23.5 X Dynamic HSE
RR MY23 HSE PHEV D5 MY19 HSE - Now Sold D4 MY16 HSE Luxury - Now Sold D4 MY12 HSE - Gone D3 MY06 S - Gone but not forgotten |
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5th Jan 2025 8:06am |
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| LR Nuts Member Since: 10 Aug 2022 Location: UK Posts: 1197
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Spray the hinge plates with GT85, on a regular basis. That sorted mine !
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5th Jan 2025 9:47am |
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| lightning Member Since: 23 Apr 2009 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2917
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l turned off the auto folding mirrors with the GAP tool.
Of course they are now completely manual (there's no way to make them fold in or out and the buttons on the inside of the door no longer do it) but l don't mind folding one manually on the rare occasions l need to. |
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5th Jan 2025 4:41pm |
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| LR Nuts Member Since: 10 Aug 2022 Location: UK Posts: 1197
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did you use the "Two buttons" left and right, pressed together ?
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5th Jan 2025 8:36pm |
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