Symptom Table
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2006 Mercury Montego, 2006 Ford Freestyle, and 2006 Ford Five Hundred. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
SYMPTOM TABLE
| Condition |
Possible Sources |
Action |
- The mirrors are inoperative
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- Battery junction box (BJB) fuse
- Smart junction box (SJB) fuse
- Circuitry
- Exterior mirror control switch
- SJB
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- A single mirror is inoperative
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- Circuitry
- Exterior mirror control switch
- Exterior mirror motor
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- A single mirror does not function with switch logic
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- Circuitry
- Exterior mirror control switch
- Exterior mirror motor
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- The memory mirror is inoperative
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- Driver seat module (DSM)
- Circuitry
- BJB fuse
- Exterior mirror motor
- Mirror control switch
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- The memory mirror is inoperative - does not operate from the memory set switch
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- Circuitry
- Driver seat module (DSM)
- Exterior mirror motor
- Memory set switch
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- The heated exterior mirrors do not defrost
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- Circuitry
- Exterior rear view mirror
- BJB fuse
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- The auto-dimming mirror does not operate correctly
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- Obstructed rear-facing sensor
- Stickers, window decals, tags
- Non-OEM window tinting
- Obstructed forward-facing sensor
- Stickers, window decals, tags
- Non-OEM window tinting
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- If possible, REMOVE the obstruction. If the obstruction cannot be removed, GO to PINPOINT TEST D to test the auto-dimming mirror for correct function.
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- Light source near or inside of vehicle
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- None. Any light source the rear-facing sensor is exposed to can be considered glare.
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- Vehicle inside garage or tunnel
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- None. Any light source the rear-facing sensor is exposed to can be considered glare.
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- Fuse
- Auto-dimming interior mirror
- Circuitry
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- None. Ambient conditions are similar to night time conditions.
- GO to PINPOINT TEST G .
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