MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: TOMMYG474 on August 03, 2025, 06:15:13 pm

Title: Help with powerfold mirrors
Post by: TOMMYG474 on August 03, 2025, 06:15:13 pm
Recently brought some powerfold mirrors with the modules.  fitted the drivers side today methinks worked on the drivers door put the old module on all works but no folding and won't let me code it . Car is a 56reg gti

Original motor and module
(https://i.postimg.cc/rmnRddPc/20250803-132244.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/MMBpNGwr)

(https://i.postimg.cc/PJ0L4gHR/20250803-132249.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/jnQdqkLH)
Title: Re: Help with powerfold mirrors
Post by: TOMMYG474 on August 03, 2025, 07:44:24 pm
New module (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250803/a0e65085ba8e7299bd03f5c33511ecbc.jpg)

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Title: Re: Help with powerfold mirrors
Post by: ZoliWorks on August 04, 2025, 06:19:50 pm
If the car is pre 2007, you most likely have the old wiring, which is not compatible with folding mirrors as far as I know. You'll need the entire door harness from a 2007+ car plus check if you need to do anything with the plug that runs between the door and body.
Title: Re: Help with powerfold mirrors
Post by: bacillus on August 04, 2025, 07:52:09 pm
If the car is pre 2007, you most likely have the old wiring, which is not compatible with folding mirrors as far as I know. You'll need the entire door harness from a 2007+ car plus check if you need to do anything with the plug that runs between the door and body.
fwiw my 2006 (06 plate) car came with power folding mirrors...
Title: Re: Help with powerfold mirrors
Post by: ZoliWorks on August 05, 2025, 10:11:59 pm
fwiw my 2006 (06 plate) car came with power folding mirrors...

Lemme rephrase it then. If your car is pre 2007 and you're trying to fit post 2007 power folding mirrors with post 2007 window controllers, it wont work because the wiring is different. You need pre 2007 door controllers for pre 2007 cars and post 2007 controllers for post 2007 cars or swap the wiring around. Among a few other things, doors were the biggest overhaul of this wiring update.

Here's a list of all door controllers and what they are. I dont remember which PN is pre or post 2007 anymore since it's been a while since I worked with them but I dont think they did any gen 1's and 2's post 2007. Gen 2 high should be pre 2007 and support power folding.

(https://i.postimg.cc/pXR1rLB3/IMG-20250203-WA0024.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Title: Re: Help with powerfold mirrors
Post by: ZoliWorks on August 05, 2025, 10:26:55 pm
These are gen3 post 2007 modules that support power folding, underlights, reverse dip and mirror tinting. I tried fitting them to my pre 2007 car and while I could connect VCDS onto them, it wasnt working very well. They worked fine in my post 2007 car tho.

Also dont be fooled by "Oh these modules are from a 2 door car so they wont work on a 4 door". You can literally code them in VCDS for that.

(https://i.postimg.cc/Fz3gm8zj/20250116-131323.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/m1ZFydQD)