Heated Mirrors

[zippee]

Whilst replacing the drivers side door button last night I noticed that my mirror had no wires attached - in fact I can see the 2 wires taped up inside the mirror housing and not attached to anything. I'd guess that at some point the mirror glass has been replaced and the wires not re-attached. Question is though how do you attached the wires to the mirror glass? I can see no terminals or anything on the back of it...

[Big Al.]

Can you see the back of the mirror/glass through the plastic holder, or can you see a sort of flat PCB matrix?

If you can see glass doesn’t sound like it has a heater attached.

Normally on heated mirrors attached to the back of the glass is a flat heater this will have a couple of metal tabs to attach the wires.

Hope that helps.

[zippee]

I'll have another look tonight but sounds like the previous owner took the cheaper option and went for glass only rather than some with a heater matrix on it.
Thanks for your help!

[puffsorted2]

Before buying a new heated mirror glass check the voltage across the wires as it may have been replaced as it wasn't working.

[Cider Andy]

Here's a picture of the back of a heated mirror glass. Mirror is mounted on its carrier, but you can still see the heating elements and the connection tails.