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Is it me? When driving at night, I literally cant see anything out my rear view mirror? The dimming seems to be so strong, I cant see anything but headlights. I dont have any after market tinting on my rear window...
Is there a way to turn off dimming cause the manual gives zero direction...not sure how to even tell if I have auto-dimming (Im a 3LT)
The C7 autodim mirror does not have an ON/OFF button.
Remove Fuse #51: Fuse #51 is located in the engine compartment fuse box, and is a grey 5A fuse located near the center of the box, and is wider that the other fuses. This fuse is a special "dual" fuse, called a "Micro 3", because it contains two separate 5A fuses, and has 3 pins.
The C7 autodim mirror does not have an ON/OFF button.
Remove Fuse #51: Fuse #51 is located in the engine compartment fuse box, and is a grey 5A fuse located near the center of the box, and is wider that the other fuses. This fuse is a special "dual" fuse, called a "Micro 3", because it contains two separate 5A fuses, and has 3 pins.
Thank you - does that fuse have any other impact to something other than the mirror dimming?
Earlier this week I had an issue with my left mirror and my inside rear view mirror. in full daylight, both were completely darkened, but the right mirror was fine. Several times I could see the mirrors becoming lighter, but they both darkened again immediately. When I drove home after dark, all three seemed to operate by design and all have been fine since. Not sure if something similar is happening with your mirrors. I'm going to see if I have the problem again. I'm only 3K miles into my warranty, so I have plenty of time to have them corrected if they continue to be a problem.
Fortunately my night vision is fine and the rear view vision in the mirror is fine.... now, my wife's vision has gotten so bad she no longer drives at night.
When you are close to cataract surgery, night vision is the first to go. I, too, wouldn't drive at night a few months ago. The glare of oncoming headlights was just too much. I had the surgery in May and life is all better now. I can provide more details if you want, but do check into the possibility.
For a split second that sounded insulting; then I remembered I cant see schitt at night anymore.
I can see how you would think that, but I wasn't trying to insult him at all. As another poster has said, the start of cataracts (and we're all aging) affects night vision, especially headlight glare, first. I had mine fixed and couple of years ago and the results are nothing short of amazing.
What I find annoying is that the night coating on the rear view mirror and the left mirror don't fully cover the glass surfaces, meaning you get the blinding lights on the edges of them. Dumb oversight, IMO. My $46K MSRP 370Z had the same stuff but covered the whole mirror.
What I find annoying is that the night coating on the rear view mirror and the left mirror don't fully cover the glass surfaces, meaning you get the blinding lights on the edges of them. Dumb oversight, IMO. My $46K MSRP 370Z had the same stuff but covered the whole mirror.
Not just a C7 thing -- It's the same on my wife's M-B -- the electro-tinting patch doesn't quite cover the entire mirror... there is about a 1/3-1/2" margin all around the outer edge that is NOT covered by the night tint.
What I find annoying is that the night coating on the rear view mirror and the left mirror don't fully cover the glass surfaces, meaning you get the blinding lights on the edges of them. Dumb oversight, IMO. My $46K MSRP 370Z had the same stuff but covered the whole mirror.
Is it me? When driving at night, I literally cant see anything out my rear view mirror? The dimming seems to be so strong, I cant see anything but headlights. I dont have any after market tinting on my rear window...
Strange. Seems to be you or at least I have no problems with the autodimming and I have aftermarket tinting. I wonder if it has something to do with inidividual's eyesights though mine keep getting worse every year.
07-10-2018, 08:05 AM
Rear View - Night Driving - Can't See Anything
