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Old 06-30-2005, 05:39 AM
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Default All of my mirrors are leaking ...seriously they are

Left side view and rear view (auto dimming). Has this happened to anyone here? What are my cheapest options to fix? (other than let it run out)

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Old 06-30-2005, 05:42 AM
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Never heard of rear view, but ECS sells euro ones that aren't bad. No auto dimming though.
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Default Refill with synthetic mirror fluid. And send your old stuff off to be analyzed.

You're supposed to flush every 20k. Mirror failures have been reported, and are said to be catastrophic.
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STFA. no cheap fix except finding a used one. get a euro blind spot for driver's side.
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Just had mine replaced by the dealer known problem =[
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Tell more than I got leaking mirrors..... what in the world is leaking out of them?
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Default Auto dimming mirrors are filled with liquid crystal. A crack must of formed and it's now leaking out

About half has leaked out of the rear view already. There's a large bubble in the middle. I can still see out of it but it's not easy.
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My rear view mirror is acting weird also. All of it is dim except for an area in the middle-top?!
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vagparts has the auto-dimming euro blind spot mirrors for like $600
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Default I'm just going to buy another RV mirror, link inside to ECS Tuning for it if interested

if you're interested I have the link below. Although I have no idea what "Anti-Dazzle" is ???<ul><li><a href="http://www.ecstuning.com/stage/edpd/pagebuild_v2.cgi?make=Audi&amp;engine=2.7T&amp;mod el=B5%20S4&amp;submodel=&amp;category=Interior&amp ;subcategory=OEM">ECS Website - Scoll down for RV MirroRs</a></li></ul>


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