Power folding mirror update (not a good result)

[svfetter]

Anyone purchase the Kool Vue mirrors. They look pretty good but are packed terrible. One was damaged and was replaced. The way they are packed it is a wonder any of them get anywhere in one piece. Made in Taiwan.

So I did the research and found that you should be able to purchase a ford special relay that was used a few years ago on trucks along with the door switch for the folding units. Everything pointed to successful install on a 2011 XLT which did not come with these mirrors.

I set up all my wiring as instructed in the diagrams using the new door switch as the trigger. No matter what I did I could not get the mirror to fold. Even tried to put a straight 12 volts with ground to the mirrors and nothing. Everything else seemed to be good as far as function. ( or so I thought) After giving up for the day and leaving the one new drivers side mirror installed, I was going to do some more research to see if I missed something or had 2 bad mirrors.

Upon buttoning everything back up, I noticed that the new mirror only adjusted in 2 directions instead of 4. So I stripped the door panel once more and plugged my original mirror back in and it worked fine. At that point I am done with trying to do this upgrade. First a damaged mirror from a company that does not care if they survive shipping or not, and now a defective function on the other one. So much for the Passed QC sticker. Both of these are headed back to the seller.

I guess it is possible I got 2 bad power fold units but just don't know. Very disappointing to spend several hours running wires and accomplish nothing.

Just thought I would pass along the experience. Can't recommend Kool Vue mirrors and I am not going to spend almost 500 each for mirrors from ford.

 

[k9education]

Sorry it didn't pan out. Junkyard?

 

[drokmofo]

I replaced my passenger side p/f mirror with 1 from kool vue and it is great. Easy install, no problems. Sorry it didnt work out for you.

 

[Dannyboy11222]

So! you want to know how to do it? All you have to do is swap pin 6 to pin 5 then tap pin 5 to pin 4 on both mirrors wire harness n that's it, left,right,up,Down will work like its suppost too, for your power folding issues! You wired it wrong! For anyone that wants to add powerfold turn signals on their exp, take a look at my forum at ford-truck.com

 

[svfetter]

So! you want to know how to do it? All you have to do is swap pin 6 to pin 5 then tap pin 5 to pin 4 on both mirrors wire harness n that's it, left,right,up,Down will work like its suppost too, for your power folding issues! You wired it wrong! For anyone that wants to add powerfold turn signals on their exp, take a look at my forum at ford-truck.com

I am very happy that you were able to complete the modification on your Expedition. I do not know whether there is a difference between my 2011 wiring and your 2013 wiring or not. When I wired my relay exactly like you did in your hand written diagram, every time you would activate the fold button on the door it would blow a fuse.

Interacting with others on these forums, I believe we determined that because I did not actually cut and isolate the associated wires in the existing truck harness it was probably creating a short when trying to activate. I was not comfortable hacking into the Ford Harness. That plus having a lot of problems with Kool vue mirror quality and damage in shipping, I just determined it was not worth it.

Congratulations.