[Magic Rat]

The weather here the past week has got me thinking (always dangerous) and one of the things I miss from the Dodge is the heated mirrors which of course the American X doesn't have.
So the following thoughts popped into my head:
1) Are the electrical connections already there? Tried a Google search for the electrical connections, but came up short. Plus I'm not real good on reading those schmatics(sp?)
2)If the connections are there, would the mirrors from a Pathfinder fit? Physically they look the same, but couldn't find part numbers to see if in fact they are the same. Yes I could also get someone in Canada (or ebay canada) to buy them, but was thinking of a cheaper (and more readily available) solution.
What do you guys think?

 

[hattrik21]

There has been talk of someone taking theirs apart and looking but so far no one has as far as I know.

 

[Muzikman]

Last year I had my mirror off, but at the time I wasn't thinking about heated mirrors, so I didn't look.

If the cricket comes back this winter, I'll be taking the door panel off again and I'll take a look.

It would be interesting if a Canadian would take off his panel and snap a pick of the mirror plug too.

 

[dpatton]

If you do a Search of this site, you might have missed the existing info on this topic, because there are various discussions about "mirrors" (e.g. the ones about the rearview mirror). The trick is to use both "heated" and "mirror" as Search Keywords, and select the "Search for all terms" option:
http://thenewx.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=1686

To the Moderators - maybe posts in this thread should be moved to the above thread, and this thread deleted? (no sense in having questions/info about the heated mirrors in two places) Also, maybe the rename the above thread to something more meaningful than "Calling All Canadians"?

 

[Magic Rat]

Thanks for the replies.
dpatton:
I used the search, but must not have checked the "search all terms"
4 day weekend looks like a perfect time to take off a door panel.

 

[Herms]

I don't understand why the Xterra is different in Canada...

Heated Mirror I "can" understand but should be optional.

In Canada we have the 380-watt Rockford Fosgate standard in the Offroad Model and American OffRoad don't have it? Why?

:cussing:

 

[max6spd]

Because you Canadians make more $$$ than us poor Americans.

 

[dpatton]

I don't understand why the Xterra is different in Canada...

Two different corporate entities operating in two different countries. While some differences may be mandated by regulations, others are based on what the corporations think best suits their needs. For example, you can't buy the "X" model of Xterra in Canada, and I think that's because the X-trail is sold in Canada. On the other hand, the Americans can't buy an X-trail. In Norway, you can get the X-trail, but not the Xterra. Depending on how Nissan USA operates, you might find that Xterras sold in the US North East have the heated mirrors while those sold in the South West do not.

 

[Deltaphi216]

So is there any news on this? Do we have to be Canadian to get them?

 

[hollywoodstylin]

I emailed Brian over at yournissanparts.com regarding this issue:

Brian,

I was just wondering if you could confirm for me if the heated side view mirrors that come on the Pathfinder LE (or the Pathfinder SE, Pathfinder Off-Road w/ Leather packages) would fit the 05-07 Nissan Xterras. If so, would it be just a simple plug-and-plug and all that would be needed is just the replacement of the mirror glass? If this is possible, can you also place the side view mirrors on yournissanparts.com? I know that they guys from thenewx.org and from xterraownersclub.com have been asking about it, but no one has confirmed it yet. They have also said that heated mirrors actually come standard on Canadian models. So, if the Pathfinder mirrors won't fit, maybe you can track down some heated Canadian mirrors for us?

Thanks for all the work you do.



His reply was the following:

I can not confirm that they will work; when I look at the part numbers they share a common Mirror on the base model, so it is a Possibility, but I do not have any concrete proof. They would not be plug_and_play though, because the Xterra would not have the wire connections for the Heated Mirror. I am sorry to say, I do not believe this will work without adding a new wiring harness to the vehicle.


Brian

 

[max6spd]

But since the Canadian models do have heated mirrors, there is a remote chance that a harness already exists, no?

 

[Muzikman]

It's possible that you don't need another harness.

I might be willing to try if a Northern North American (AKA Canadian) would pick up a mirror and ship it to me. I would pay them of course.

 

[dpatton]

It's possible that you don't need another harness.

I might be willing to try if a Northern North American (AKA Canadian) would pick up a mirror and ship it to me. I would pay them of course.

According to the service manual, it looks like the non-heated mirrors have a connector on their wiring harness that has 3 wire, but that the heated mirrors have a 10-conductor connector.

 

[VanX]

Because you Canadians make more $$$ than us poor Americans.

Maybe (but I can't confirm that)...but we have to spend more as well.

 

[vspec]

I'll quote what I posted in the "Calling All Canadians" post on this topic. So where it basically stands is that we need someone to take off the door panel and take a pic of the harness inside the door and where it connects to the mirror. I've been busy at work and haven't had the time to do it myself, maybe I'll get to this weekend...

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After talking to several Canadian dealerships, I can confirm that the Pathfinder and Xterra uses the exact same side mirror housing, but go by different part numbers. I also looked over the wiring diagrams and found out that fuse# 43 in the IPDM is for the heated mirrors and the relay already exist for them as well in the IPDM. This leaves the issue of the wiring of the door harness, the heated and non-heated harness is different. The manual I referenced stated that the Canadian heated mirrors use the B10 harness in the door and I confirmed that the harness is available from my local dealership.

I haven't had a chance to take my door apart to take a look at the harness and take some pics, but will do so when I take off my bump to kick out a dent left by some hit&run driver. I'm thinking since we have the main parts, it may just envolve getting the whole heated mirror housing and the B10 harness for our doors and you can have a plug-n-play factor heated mirrors. The B10 harness connects to the heated mirrors harness, then connects to the main harness in the door, which also supplies power/leads to the mirror/door locks and speaker.

The heated mirror housing are around $200 each plus $55 for the harness I recall. So figure about $500 to have a factory heated mirror setup on your Xterra.

 

[Fezzik]

Someone needs to pop the door off and see if teh wiring is already there. I figured out that the maxima already had the wiring there, and the max was wired in with the rear defroster. Here is a write up i did on the maxima. I even created my own wiring harness. total cost of that was oh. a dollar.

http://www.nicoclub.com/articles.php?id=157845

Hope this helps someone trying to find out. If i can ever get warm garage up here in Minneapolis i may try to find out when i have time.

 

[duckhunter71]

Heated mirrors are super nice. My Silverado has them and they sure come in handy. I hope ya'll figure this out by the time I get my Xterra!!

 

[Magic Rat]

Another cold weekend (with snow or so they say) so it'll have to wait.
But I'm thinking that the additional harness will be needed.
I was thinking a trip to the salvage yard might be in order as soon as it warms up.

 

[vspec]

I've uploaded some of what I've gathered here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/cuong.p.pham/XterraHeatedMirrors

tried linking to one of the images from my google album, but it didn't work.

 

[Magic Rat]

Well if finally warmed up, and had enough time to tinker with this.
I got the door panel off, and after peeling back the white insulation I found the harness from the mirror. Yep only the 3 wire connector from the mirror and only a 3 wire connector to the main harness. No extra wiring.
I got interrupted and by the time I got back to it it was late, otherwise I would have pulled back the wrap on the harnnes and seen if there was connections for the other harness. Another time.