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Dec 5, 2011 | 09:37 AM

myblack04tl

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Over a year and a half now.....

Wow, its been over a year and a half now since I bought the TL and just discovered I have heated mirrors.

I kept saying "how lame, this car does not have heated mirrors"
I misplaced my owners manual and just found it a week ago!

Dec 5, 2011 | 10:12 AM

stevemk07

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Just curious, what did you think the heated mirror button did?

Dec 5, 2011 | 10:12 AM

combat mediC

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Just curious, what did you think the heated mirror button did?

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Dec 5, 2011 | 10:18 AM

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Dec 5, 2011 | 10:21 AM

imj0257

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Took me a while to find that out too.

Dec 5, 2011 | 11:24 AM

Jcaron9gt4

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I smell a "why is my mirror brown" thread coming up soon...

Dec 5, 2011 | 11:39 AM

Will Y.

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Originally Posted by myblack04tl

...I misplaced my owners manual and just found it a week ago!

FWIW, you can also access the owner and Navi manuals on the Acura ownerlink website (http://owners.acura.com/) if you register your car.

It's useful for those of us who don't want to go to the car to look up something in the manuals in the glovebox, too.

Last edited by Will Y.; Dec 5, 2011 at 11:43 AM.

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Dec 5, 2011 | 12:17 PM

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Dec 5, 2011 | 12:21 PM

myron

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so you never bothered to look on the side of the steering wheels where usually the mirror heater buttons are on cars?

Dec 5, 2011 | 10:21 PM

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Just make sure to turn it off when they are all melted because if you leave it on too long, it will cause rust spots on the mirrors. I learned it the hard way.

Dec 5, 2011 | 10:28 PM

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I never turn mine on lol

Don't want to RISK these showing up on my mirror again:

Dec 5, 2011 | 11:07 PM

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I just realized we have heated mirrors.

Thanks OP.

Dec 6, 2011 | 12:03 AM

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I was driving around NJ last night and it was beyond misty. You can barely see street lights and not even the car in front of you at 3-4 seconds(3-4 dashes). The heated mirrors instantly worked and I turn it off right after. Make sure to keep them off unless needed.

Dec 6, 2011 | 12:16 AM

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My driver side one, right on the bottom edge has some rusting going on. I've only used it like twice, and one of those times I left it on all day. Oops!

So it isnt noticeable but now it bugs me that the rust is there.

Dec 6, 2011 | 11:08 AM

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myblack04tl

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Quote:

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Just curious, what did you think the heated mirror button did?

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Originally Posted by myron

so you never bothered to look on the side of the steering wheels where usually the mirror heater buttons are on cars?

Who knows what I thought, the button is pretty small. Maybe I need glasses

On my other cars it's a bigger button, except for the Buick, that car doesn't have shit for options.

Dec 6, 2011 | 02:37 PM

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Shit happens man...

Dec 6, 2011 | 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by MandoTL

My driver side one, right on the bottom edge has some rusting going on. I've only used it like twice, and one of those times I left it on all day. Oops!

So it isnt noticeable but now it bugs me that the rust is there.

That's not rust. As you mentioned, that is caused from leaving the heated mirror button pressed in while turning the car off.

If you leave the mirror heating switch on when the car is un attended and has no ice to melt, it will eventually heat up so hot and burn your mirrors, creating a nasty brown color.

Be glad that you don't have it as bad as GuitarPlayer does