nomis_nehc

Hold up. So you didn't test out what ETnav suggested 6 months ago? To put your old mirrors back and see if you get functionality?

Obviously this should have been your starting point. Would tell you right away whether or not you just coincidentally have two broken modules from both mirrors.

nemex12

well, that's something. I don't think the old mirrors have leds. here's a picture of one of my old mirrors. what should I do?, is there a DIY or something to figure this out with my dealer in case the problem is that mine didn't come with led lights.
btw, I never got to try the old ones again because I am not that handy and don't have much time either. Guess I was hoping it was a connection problem or something that could be figured out by the dealer. Guess I was wrong.

nemex12

looking at the pics I uploaded before, it seems like the old mirrors have 4 wires and the m5 ones have 5 wires, but the connector is the same. (there's a yellow wire that the m5 ones have but the old, non m ones, don't)
edit: it seems like the old ones have 5 wires but the black one merge with a brown one so at the plug there are only 4. I find it weird as those are the original mirrors

nomis_nehc

Ah that sucks. It doesn't take more than an hour to change the mirrors with simple tools to be honest. Really should just do that if it's an option. It'll basically let you know if what you have is defective.

awt

Your old mirror have a 4 pin connector, and the M5 mirrors should have a 3 pin connector. Could you take a picture if the connector on the M5 mirrors? I find it hard to believe that they have 4 or 5 wires, and it that case they could be designed for cars build before 2006.

nemex12

Thanks AWT you strike me as someone who knows a lot about this and I really appreciate your help. this is the only pic I have of the m5 mirrors as they are installed

bruce_miranda

There are no M5 mirrors with 4 or 5 wires. It's either 3 wires in one plug or many wires in 2 or 3 plugs. What is slightly confusing is that the 3 wires in the m5 mirror may actually terminate in a plug with 4 spaces, fooling you to think that it can slot into your old 4 pin socket when you removed the old mirrors.

I've done so many conversions from any year car to any m5 mirror set.

nemex12

As the m5 mirrors are already on the car, I've been looking at pics so I think I made a mistake and the m5 mirrors have 3 wires. What should I do to make em work, given that the regulat ones have 4 wires into a single plug?

awt

You need to do some rewiring at the KGM module behind the glovebox. You also need to know how the wires from the M5 mirrors are connected to the plug in the door.

nemex12

well, that's a good start. It's my understanding that the rewiring at the KGM module is only necessary for pre lci cars and mine is lci. just wanted to make sure. can you provide more information on the work that has to be done so I can put it in practice? thanks bro