A bit of a weird one.

My heated mirrors only come on when the dial is selected on the drivers door, which is annoying as I expected it to come on when I press the heated rear screen. I usually have it on the L position as it helps with reversing dipping the mirrors so having to move it to heated each time is a pain, on other cars the heated mirrors come on when the rear screen heater is on.

Am I missing a setting or is this how it is ? On a 2012 superb estate

Thanks

Thats how it is on mine. This is rather silly unless I'm missing something too 🤷‍♂️

15 hours ago, KirkJames said:

Thats how it is on mine. This is rather silly unless I'm missing something too 🤷‍♂️

At least i'm not doing something wrong then! Cheers for that.

It does seem a rather strange way to go about it!

I mean it’s a weird design. You can have the mirrors heating constantly. But why would you want to. Some things are beyond me. I too would rather see them in with the heated rear screen.

I’ve always assumed that the heated mirrors are thermostatic, rather than on constantly. Either that, or the power is low enough that they reach a sensible equilibrium.

I find it’s quite useful to be able to switch them on independently and have the mirrors kept warm, because otherwise they can mist up again after being cleared initially on really cold and/or humid days or when you go through a foggy area. This is much less likely to happen with either the front or rear screen, because they’re kept warm by the heat of the cabin.

Edited 22 September, 202522 Sep by Dr_Mike_Oxgreen

Good point, although I forget that I've turned them on then wonder why my mirror isn't dipping down when reversing.

Not a biggie just a bit annoying.