heated mirrors on 09 model?

[DerFlosser]

Originally Posted by 127.0.0.1

Yaris has heated mirrors in other markets. the manual in US says 'if so equipped, defog also defogs mirrors'


about if it is needed or not...YES. My 4runner has them and I use them daily from october to april and yes they will melt ice, and take dew off the glass in 1 minute. it is not laziness it is a fact of living in a 4 season climate the mirrors will get dew coated every morning.

Interested in seeing what is involved and what it would cost to retrofit my Yaris with heated mirrors.

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by DerFlosser

Interested in seeing what is involved and what it would cost to retrofit my Yaris with heated mirrors.

There are some inexpensive kits where you stick the defroster to the back of the existing mirrors and then wire it in.

[DerFlosser]

Originally Posted by CTScott

There are some inexpensive kits where you stick the defroster to the back of the existing mirrors and then wire it in.

Scott,
Thanks. Yeah...I was thinking that may be a route to take. I'll have to check it out some more....

[kameele]

A little surprised that no one has mentioned this before. my 2009 sedan came with the cold weather package and heated mirrors are part of it. Also bigger battery and vents into the rear seats.

[127.0.0.1]

Originally Posted by kameele

A little surprised that no one has mentioned this before. my 2009 sedan came with the cold weather package and heated mirrors are part of it. Also bigger battery and vents into the rear seats.

fyi

2010 5 door [U.S.] 'all weather guard package' does not have heated mirrors

[kameele]

Ooops. Guess the reason no one mentioned it, is that it doesn't exist. Faulty memory on my part. guess I got excited by seeing it in the manual. Checked my window sheet when I got home and it wasn't there

[127.0.0.1]

Originally Posted by kameele

Ooops. Guess the reason no one mentioned it, is that it doesn't exist. Faulty memory on my part. guess I got excited by seeing it in the manual. Checked my window sheet when I got home and it wasn't there

yeah the US manual states a lot of [*if equipped] stuff that doesn't
make it to all models.

on my 4runner, when it was new, I said hey neat, heated mirrors

then over 11 years forgot how much I totally rely on those things to clear
up in 3 minutes after a button press. ice or dew or anything.


I am going to mcgyver a heater into my mirrors someday....12v switch
should be fairly easy. I want to get a wrecked Yaris mirrors to experiment on