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      01-31-2013, 01:20 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Chitown-Irish View Post
My theory is that the mirrors are higher up that the sensors are not picking up the ambient light from the headlights in back but you probably are right.
I thought all sensors for mirror dimming were in the rearview mirror assembly, not the sideview mirrors. Perhaps that's not the case. Even if there were sensors in the sideview mirrors, you would think they would "see" more light than the rearview mirror, not less.
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