Side mirror defrost power is activated with the REAR window Defroster button...,and I like the fact it is simply not just another random button specifically for the side mirrors, I know took me awhile to catch onto that, but the thinking is the rear window grid doesn't take very long to thaw out,so side mirrors Will Not need to be powered very long.

Cheers

Troutbum

 

they are all tied into that one button ... the side mirror do not light up ...

 

... the side mirror do not light up ...

That is reassuring, thank you! I'll make a point of touching them next time to see if they get warm or not.

 

The only thing I wish, it's the defrost auto activate when it is under 7'c outside and via by a start remote. Right now, it only warms up the engine but when i get into the car.. I had press the defrost button and wait another 5min to defrost my mirrors and windows...

 

That's where the good old fashion ice scraper comes into play. Plus, letting your car warm up for 5 minutes before driving isn't great for the fuel economy.

 

I agree that it would be nice to have the rear defrost activate when the auto start is on... it would also be nice if the car would remain on when you open the doors too!

For me, being an part-time/paid-on-call firefighter, I don't have time to warm the car up when the pager goes off, so for extra help I have been using Aquapel on my windshield and it makes a world of difference not only when driving, but when it comes to clearing ice and snow off too. I also use Rain-X washer fluid to maintain the beading effect.
I also have Rain-X De-Icer in a spray bottle for when I get fire calls and have to run to the station on a frosty morning, it saves the wipers from the extra scraping across frost and light ice.

 

I know we have beaten this one to death for some of you new folks on here the application of Collinite 845 to the body ( I did mine just prior to the winter temps we are currently having out in BC)

It is available for those of us in Canada, from

Collinite Liquid Insulator Wax - Caswell Canada

Fantastic product, ice/snow simply DON'T STICK to your ride,makes for much quicker starts to work in the cold am's IMHO

"This Product HAS BEEN TROUTBUM APPROVED " :rock:

Cheers

Troutbum

 

"This Product HAS BEEN TROUTBUM APPROVED " :rock:

You need to get a logo designed and printed for that!

 

When you turn the rear window defroster on the mirrors don't. You have to press and hold the switch again.

 

The side mirrors will come on during the first press for the manual controls. There is only an on or off.

 

From the 2016 user manual:

To activate the defogger and deicer system, press the control switch that is located on the climate control panel. The rear window defogger, outside mirror defogger and windshield wiper deicer are activated simultaneously. The indicator light on the control switch illuminates while the defogger and deicer system is activated. To turn them off, press the control switch again.

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I have the same question in 2017 ... but why does the yellow defrost light not come on, on the mirror iteself? I would think it should when the defrost button is depressed.

 

It's because the defrost symbol on the mirror is just that - a symbol and not a light. There's no need for another light on the mirror itself when you know it's on by looking at the rear defrost button on the dash.

 

Now I understand why there is so much confusion about the defrost symbol on the side mirrors lighting up because I remember seeing a Subaru brochure out there that shows that mirror symbol illuminated.

When I was looking for my 2014 there were brochures with interior pictures of a sliding cup holder, nice padded arm rests, engine cover and the color MFD. That stuff wasn't even an option.

 

Unfortunately, many of the 'stock' pictures in the brochure is probably taken from the JDM model...

 

There's a very cool site called auto-brochures.com, that archives PDF copies of each year's full set of brochures from major car manufacturers ... a car geek can spend hours there. Just out of curiosity, I pulled up the 2014 Crosstrek brochure, and as best I can tell the photos in it are all completely accurate. (There's one photo of a center console MFD, but only on the Hybrid page, which of course did have an MFD.)

 

Thanks for the site. When shopping new models you can browse to the global site and see pictures of the car that are different then what is sold locally.

Like this 2017 XV Subaru Global | Cover