Side Mirror Cracked when I used defrost

For the first time on my 2021 I hit the side mirror defrost button and the mirror cracked a little bit later. There was no impact and it was only philly cold so not so bad. Has anyone else heard of this. It should be a warranty item.

 

Call the dealership?

 

Dealer warranty claim.

 

Wow you would think that the external mirror glass with a heater would have been designed to handle this better. But then again, glass is a strange animal!

 

I would say it's not impossible to get them to warrant it, but I'm not sure I've seen any glass warranted. I have seen a lot of threads discussing it, but I don't recall what the outcome was. IMO, if there's no clear impact area, they should warrant it. Could very well be a defect in the glass that caused it. Hopefully they don't try to say it was too cold, because I don't believe they heat up that much.

 

Yes I have a call into the dealership and would assume it is just a bad batch of glass. There is no impact marks. A replacement mirror off Amazon is 30 bucks so if they don't cover it, I just do it myself.

 

While you’re at it consider getting the rav 4 mirror instead

 

I've used my mirror defrosters plenty of times and never had any issues, must have been defective mirror glass.

 

My 2022 is a week old. Same thing happened this morning. Turned on the mirror defroster and watched it crack all the way across the mirror in slow motion. Very odd.

 

In Maui county, I've yet to need the heated mirror feature.

 

If you have to pay to replace, consider the Spotter mirror.
https://spottermirror.com/p/toyota/2016-2022-tacoma-with-bsm/

 

Anyone have first-hand experience installing and using Spotter Mirror?

 

I've had them on my Tacoma for over a year - easy to install and work well.

 

Ditto.

 

So I was told today that as long as it doesn't have signs of trauma it is a warranty item

 

Hopefully glass that has been cracked isn't considered a "sign of trauma"

All jokes aside, glad it will be covered!

 

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