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Folding Side mirrors on Jetta 2.5 '05
by j_jones
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Jun 23, 2007 (7:24 am)
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Replying to: buzzz1 (Jun 20, 2007 12:55 pm)
ok. I'm not sure if anyone else have noticed. I have a '05 Jetta 2.5. I have read the manual inside out and found all the features of the mirrors (self-dimming, heated outside mirrors). 3 days ago, I was at a soccer field waiting in my car for other players to show up while also on the phone. There were few guys kicking the ball around. All of a sudden, one of the guy kicked the ball over the goal post and the ball came at my car with 30-35mph or more and the ball hit my side mirror and i noticed immediately that the mirror bent. I thought it broke. When I stepped outside to check, i figured the mirror folds. So i went to the passenger side and slowly apply the force to fold that one too. I was surprised after driving my car for nearly 2 years. I thought I knew my car inside out with all d features. This discovery forced me to go back and read the manual again and nothing about folding mirror popped up in there. The thing now is, is there a button to auto fold this that I'm not aware of? or the VW engineers expect me to manually fold this mirrors everytime?
If you have '05 -'07, please double check to see if you have folding outside mirrors. Please be very careful while trying this. Apply pressure gently and progressively otherwise, you might break the mirror.
j-jones
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Re: Folding Side mirrors on Jetta 2.5 '05 [j_jones]
by tidester HOST
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Jun 23, 2007 (11:46 am)
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Replying to: j_jones (Jun 23, 2007 7:24 am)
Consider reposting that information in either Volkswagen Jetta 2005 and earlier or Volkswagen Jetta 2006+.
tidester, host
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Folding mirrors.
by mschmal
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Jun 25, 2007 (10:45 am)
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Replying to: buzzz1 (Jun 20, 2007 12:55 pm)
This is really a shipping convenience. Think of the space that is saved by folding the mirrors, now multiply that time 50+ cars in a ship's hold and you have space for more cars.
Mark.
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Re: Folding mirrors. [mschmal]
by jhesselbein
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Jul 16, 2007 (1:14 pm)
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Replying to: mschmal (Jun 25, 2007 10:45 am)
When the sticker reads dual folding power/heated mirrors, it is referring to the fact that the mirrors can be folded manually. All expeditions have manually folding mirrors. If you pull the mirror towards the window, it will fold in. This is convenient for parking on narrow streets to prevent someone from taking your mirror off. However, on Expedition Limiteds and Lincoln Navigators, these mirrors are power-folding power/heated mirrors. This means that if you pull straight back on the driver's side mirror adjustment knob, the mirrors should fold in automatically without having to get out of the vehicle to do so. Once again, as far as I know, this feature is only on Expedition Limiteds (I'm unsure of King Ranches, but it's not on Eddie Bauers, XLTs, or XLSs) and Lincoln Navigators.
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