New MINI, a few Q's
 

Hello there,

Just pickked up my MINI yesterday! 2 Questions after 1 day with her.

1: In the center of the dash, right up by the winshield, there's a little hole a little smaller than a quarter. I assume this is for some kind of light sensor.
I'm guessing there's a cap that goes in there. If so, what would you call that, as I need one

2: My rear view mirror does not seem to dim. The mirror has a light sensor on it (it's the mirror with the 3 buttons on the bottom left for the Garage), and from what I read in the manual, it should auto dim. Any ideas?

Thanks!

Sorry I can't help I don't have that Mirror. Congratulations on the new MINI though.

well i dont know what it would be called, but just take it in and show them and they will get you one...yes it is a cap that goes on so if they dont know what you mean just show them on one of the cars in the lot

Do you have the rain-sensing wiper? You can tell from the black rectangular piece attached to the windshield behind the mirror. If you do then the mirror should auto-dim but I think that can be turned off on the unit. If the bottom of the mirror has the manual knob for at night then it just has the homelink and that is it. Depends on the options on the car.

DOn't think I have rain sesning wipers, but i'll check. It wasn't listed on the spec sheet. There's no knob on the bottom of the mirror.

If It has the three buttons on the underside it is the homelink/auto dimming mirror. It should auto dim. How far are you from the dealer?

You can get homelink without dimming mirror; you can get dimming mirror without rain sensing - although in recent cars there's a "convenience package" including everything, you can also order individual items.

Anyway.
If the mirror has auto-dimming, it will have a light sensor at the bottom center just below the mirror glass. It will also have another sensor on the "back" of the mirror, facing oncoming traffic (there's a hole in the casing which you should be able to see from outside the car).

If you cover the rear facing sensor during daylight, the mirror should dim over a few seconds.

It has the sensors on front and back, but it didn't seem to dim on my drive 2 days ago. I'm 100mi from the closest dealer. I'll have them check it out when I go there to have them install roof racks. Just wamted to make sure it wasn't something silly I was missing.

Thanks

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