What the heck is going on with your truck’s mirrors?!!!They declared war today....
...so it got an impromptu bath
What the heck is going on with your truck’s mirrors?!!!They declared war today....
...so it got an impromptu bath
Lol, converted to a GM style mirror. Sooo much better than the moose antlers. I actually can use the blind spot mirror now.What the heck is going on with your truck’s mirrors?!!!
I'll have to admit that it does look a lot better than the moose antler style!Lol, converted to a GM style mirror. Sooo much better than the moose antlers. I actually can use the blind spot mirror now.
So a few of us over on the forum originally took a GM mirror and weld built up and machined/ground the base so it would fit our door frame because the plastic trim is about perfect. We re-tapped the holes based on our door's stud location. Tapped into the turn signal/running light/reverse wires to power the turn signal in the mirror, reverse light on the mirrors housing, and running/puddle light. So have full function on all of the lights on the mirrors.
It became quite the thing that a company actually started making a plug and play bolt up system with the GM mirrors for our trucks, except they charge a lot of money based on how you want the lights on the wiring to function. Everything I wired was internal to the mirror housing so I just needed to run the power wires for the running, turn, and reverse lights. Basically what the company is doing now, I just did it myself.
I recently (within the last 4 or 5 months) had an erratic alarm going off. The car wasn't sensing that the door was being closed. Therefor open door would equal the alarm sounding.Woke up 4 times last night from 3am-4am, thanks to my alarm going off. Around the 4am, I realized it was perhaps not someone trying to steal my catalytic converter nor an errant squirrel. I decided to stay up and Googled around a lot. After getting a rough idea of what was going on, and the alarm going off two or three more times, I finally had the bright idea to just disconnect the battery. No, my thinking at 4am wasn't the quickest, lol.
The behavior at first was that the car would fail to "beep" when all five doors were closed + locked. Sometimes, about 10 minutes later, I would hear the car "beep" on it's own. Then at some point, between 3-10 minutes later, the alarm would go off. On two occasions, I went around and manually locked each door. On one of these two occasions, I got an "all doors locked beep," and on one I didn't.
Other things to consider:
My best guess right now is the rear passenger door lock module has been failing for a long time, and the window switch replacement either exacerbated it or is coincidental. At lunch today I'm going to go around and test to see if one door is in fact causing the issue.
- My rear passenger door does not lock or unlock reliably via remote control.
- I replaced my original window switch with a Chinese-made OEM VW switch the other day.
Bob, I'll experiment with the unlock twice + lock. Would you mind sharing the logic behind this?Yes, Krash has got this.
In the mean time, when you close the doors, click the unlock button twice, then click lock.
Nuts! Not sure why I’ve never seen that before. Pretty neat!Lol, converted to a GM style mirror. Sooo much better than the moose antlers. I actually can use the blind spot mirror now.
So a few of us over on the forum originally took a GM mirror and weld built up and machined/ground the base so it would fit our door frame because the plastic trim is about perfect. We re-tapped the holes based on our door's stud location. Tapped into the turn signal/running light/reverse wires to power the turn signal in the mirror, reverse light on the mirrors housing, and running/puddle light. So have full function on all of the lights on the mirrors.
It became quite the thing that a company actually started making a plug and play bolt up system with the GM mirrors for our trucks, except they charge a lot of money based on how you want the lights on the wiring to function. Everything I wired was internal to the mirror housing so I just needed to run the power wires for the running, turn, and reverse lights. Basically what the company is doing now, I just did it myself.
It's only been in the last couple years that we started/people have been doing this swap. It may not look right at first, but the functionality is hands down 100% better than the Dodge mirrors of that generation, which have a worthless blind spot mirror. Can't even see your wheels to back up into spots. I've always been function over fashion, this is up there with all the mods I've done on the truck as one of my favorites/most usefulNuts! Not sure why I’ve never seen that before. Pretty neat!
I do like my moose mirrors though, doesn’t seem to look right with anything else.
Aha yes I bet they do work better, probably don’t flap in the breeze like the moose mirrors do haha.It's only been in the last couple years that we started/people have been doing this swap. It may not look right at first, but the functionality is hands down 100% better than the Dodge mirrors of that generation, which have a worthless blind spot mirror. Can't even see your wheels to back up into spots. I've always been function over fashion, this is up there with all the mods I've done on the truck as one of my favorites/most useful
Wow yeah that's interesting for sureAha yes I bet they do work better, probably don’t flap in the breeze like the moose mirrors do haha.
Actually I have a buddy that swapped 2nd Gen moose mirrors onto his ‘97 Silverado, not exactly an upgrade but it was interesting lol
Don't they also make an air filter that has a big foam pad in front of it that's for snowy conditions?
I wouldn't call it "big", it's a 3/8" layer of foam that helps to protect the paper filter from moisture damage - and does nothing to stop the airbox getting plugged up with snow pre-filter because someone decided cutting out the screen would be a good idea.They do indeed
Hmm ok now I’m kinda wondering, how would snow even get in there? You’d think with that mess of piping it would have a hard time finding its way into the air box.I wouldn't call it "big", it's a 3/8" layer of foam that helps to protect the paper filter from moisture damage - and does nothing to stop the airbox getting plugged up with snow pre-filter because someone decided cutting out the screen would be a good idea.
I can confirm around 40-50% restriction from just a "clean" snow screen, with a new air filter.In my opinion that screen is useless……it gets plugged up with more bugs than anything I’ve seen….just for S&G’s , I cut the screen out and measured the thickness of the screen. Then figured out approximately how much of the intake was restricted…..if I Remember correctly it was somewhere in the neighborhood of 42% restriction….and that’s if nothing is plugging it up.
I’ve removed them from all our cars and never had an issue in the winter……now you people up north and higher places out west….that I can’t speak for you…..this is just me……and my .02 .
I won't forget being stranded on the side of the highway in a snowstorm, young family on board, with a plugged air filter. I was not aware the PO had removed the snow screen.In my opinion that screen is useless……it gets plugged up with more bugs than anything I’ve seen….
Was this on a NB or your Jetta? (I ask as the snow screen on the Jetta is larger)Once I removed the snow screen section of the pipe, the restriction was gone.
Cleaning the screen and reinstalling it still showed ~40% restriction.
I finally removed the screen entirely and had no indication of restriction on the gauge until I put a LARGE number of miles on the car.
that's a good idea.. i've actually been thinking of doing something similar. doing lots of logging over the winter and seeing how much advance the cold fuel/air temps cause...28 years of driving in Canada, I never worried about snow. My 85 Hyundai pony had a summer/winter diverter valve on the air filter housing, in summer it got underhood air, in winter it got air from the exhaust manifold area
No logic, this is what worked for me when my drivers door micro-switch failed. Locked the key in the car, once. Never did fix that (my first Jetta 99.5 TDI), just lazy. Your results may vary.Thanks guys, ordered some new switches from Mouser.
Bob, I'll experiment with the unlock twice + lock. Would you mind sharing the logic behind this?
Actually that is listed at dusty/sandy conditions filter. At least when I look it up in ETKA, that's what they call it.Don't they also make an air filter that has a big foam pad in front of it that's for snowy conditions?
The car does store the last 4 times an alarm was triggered, and what the source was. Someone with VCDS could read the MVB in CCM and tell which door or even loose radio contact set the alarm offWoke up 4 times last night from 3am-4am, thanks to my alarm going off. Around the 4am, I realized it was perhaps not someone trying to steal my catalytic converter nor an errant squirrel. I decided to stay up and Googled around a lot. After getting a rough idea of what was going on, and the alarm going off two or three more times, I finally had the bright idea to just disconnect the battery. No, my thinking at 4am wasn't the quickest, lol.
The behavior at first was that the car would fail to "beep" when all five doors were closed + locked. Sometimes, about 10 minutes later, I would hear the car "beep" on it's own. Then at some point, between 3-10 minutes later, the alarm would go off. On two occasions, I went around and manually locked each door. On one of these two occasions, I got an "all doors locked beep," and on one I didn't.
Other things to consider:
My best guess right now is the rear passenger door lock module has been failing for a long time, and the window switch replacement either exacerbated it or is coincidental. At lunch today I'm going to go around and test to see if one door is in fact causing the issue.
- My rear passenger door does not lock or unlock reliably via remote control.
- I replaced my original window switch with a Chinese-made OEM VW switch the other day.