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I'm sorry, not again. Last batch I had privatly manufactured, i've paid Tax, duty, delivery, handling fees.. That happen 2 months after I received it.. they taxed me/charged me retroactively. These fees are killing it in EU. I'd promised myself I will not go trough this ever again. This was never bussines to me, it all started with my own defective heating pad and as a help to SK/CZ audiklub community forum. This story is over .. I'd found one EU passenger side pad that i'd forgot somewhere on the shelf. .but you need the opposite side :(

I was thinking you could order a 3rd party replacement glass with the heating element in it, split them both up like Stan has shown in his video, and glue back together with the new heating element and the dimming glass from the existing mirror. Just an idea...

@@Tarnge11 that would be great, but the impedance would still be too high and it would only generate about 15 W instead of the 40 W that is needed. Does that sound correct?

Pisal som Vam email.. prisiel?

​@@staman_81Prosím vás, dá sa od vás kúpiť to výhrevné teliesko na spolujazdcovú stranu ? Vopred ďakujem.

@@tatrovak563 Nasiel som 1ks spolujazdcova strana pri upratovani.. cize stastie v nestasti, prosim napiste mi na meno.priezvisko(zavinac)gmail.com a dohodneme sa.. to je uplne posledny kus ktory zostal z minulosti a ziadne ine uz nemam a mat nebudem

Hmm, interesting.. did you measure this voltage on booth sides? I would reckon that its a coroded connector contact at some point.. Try to clear the connector on the pad gently by scratching it with cutting knife or some non-agressive chemistry for contacts cleaning. I don't see how this is a problem with fuses..

Hello, i have heaters for this model

What electrical specs?@

I have no clue .. in my case, i bought a used part from the wrackyard.. I did communicate with the seller and he send me a pictures of the part available.. So I saw that it's the same connector (of course the first time I tried to solve it out, I just ordered the same PN.. fifty/fifty.. received the wrong one :)

Please read the description under the video :(

@@staman_81Ok. Thank you

Is that a question? I explained everything under the video describtion

@@staman_81 no question friend. This is the actual part numbers from audi for anyone looking for these parts. thanks

@@gerrardalamat9072 It was already asked somewhere in the comments bellow but OK, thank you :)

Nope. Right PN is 4G0 857 042 D. When you buy another index you'll get the old one again with thin plastic and it will break again soon.

I did explained the whole story here in comments.. I'm a owner of an A6 4G that had problems with heating pad in the past. Figured out there is no solution for this kind of issue except pay full price (almost 600eur now for heated autodimmed glass). Wasn't happy about that at all so created a solution. This was very very time consuming and also bit pricy because they also had to produce some amount of theese pads especially for me so the manufacturing process will make sence (economically). So I designed, communicated, paid, waited, tested, etc.. almost all is gone now, my investment paid back but i'm not making any profits on it. I do not care/mind. I just wanted to fix my own issue in the first place. Now with an EU tax/duty regulation for chinease goods, it make almost no sence to me. Last time I ordered a batch of 20 pieces and it took almost a year to sell it all to have the money back.. Its very seasonal, nobody cares that heating is not working in summer.. Maybe someone smarter, bussiness orientated and mostly someone with the drive and time would be able to do bussiness with it.. but it wont be me.. Therefore, I'm sorry.. no more A6 nor A4 heated pad from me

@@staman_81 thank you for the respond. Do you have contact to manufacture where did you ordered heating pad?

@@staman_81 I can see in the video description that heating pads are available again. It's true or old description? ;)

@@adi5497 I have 0 pcs left for Driver side (EU) and 2 pcs left for passenger side (EU) .. I will edit the description ASAP.. If you need a driver side, i'm sorry.. there wont be more :(

@@staman_81 ok thank you for the fast reply. I'm also spending so much time to find a factory which will be able manufacture custom thermal pad for me, but as far now, without success. I have also found your post on some Czech forum :) Maybe can you share with me (here or in pw if you are worrying about something) info where did you order your custom thermal pads?

Neviem kde zmizli vsetky komenty z tohoto videa.. ak si dobre pamatam tak po vymene startera to uz bolo OK. .starter odchadzal a trapil sa a znicil aj bateriu.. cize menil som aj aj

@@staman_81 vďaka, batériu som už vymenil, tak dám vymeniť štartér. Veľa som o tom pozeral, mnoho ľudí s touto motorizáciou malo s tým problém a príčina bola štartér...

@@miroslavchudoba1615 Ano, neviem kam zmizli komenty lebo bolo to tu vysvetlene detailne.. chod na fordclub a pozri moje vlakno, tam to snad este ostalo..

Most likely the issue above. Run the VCDS diagnostics or at least the meter and check the voltage on plugs/resistance of the pad. We will be just guessing without these informations.

@@staman_81 thanks for answer but I have another question. Mirror has heat connections but there is another cable. What is that for?

@@MURAT55_c7a6 Two plugs are for heating purposes (those can be upnlug directly on the mirror side). Other two is an autodimm feature (this is optional).. You can get original A6 heated mirror for 100eur, but you can't get one with autodimm feature under 500EUR ! that's the reason why I've made this pad

@@staman_81 thanks for responding.

Yes, please drop me an email to name.surname@google.com

Yes I do.. please drop me an email to name.surname@gmail.com .. No problem to send it to EU

Done. Have you received one?

Drop me an email to name.surnameATgmail.com and we can discuss it later.. I still have last pieces left

Yes I do.. drop me an email to name.surname at gmail

As I wrote in previous comments, I get mine here on local wrack-yard for a very reasonable amount.

skus meno.priezvisko at gmail :)

It comes from wrecked A6 .. local garage nearby. I'm not sure from what country are you, you might check the Allegro.pl or some other second hand dealers

@@staman_81 okay thank very much, excellent video.

Man, you took your time :) Winter is half over! Mounting should be fine. I did mine one 1.5 year ago and no problem so far.. enjoy

Do you have the link from ebay of the exact pad ? Thanks!

@@sshpaga3612 Man, please read the description and mabye few comments. There is NO link .. this product doesn't exist, it was a custom order from the scratch. All pieces are gone, will not manufacture more.. sorry.. As I said, i had left the video online because it might be helpfull to at least diagnose what is wrong. Thank you for understanding

@@staman_81 i know, I've readed already...that's why i was asking Gmstudio Galati

@@staman_81 also i have checked on mine and I'm only receiving like 4-6 v power into the mirror...the heating pads are 4-5ohms...so i don't know what to check...i think I'll open the the door to see the and check on there the power. Thanks for the video very helpful!

All VAG mirrors of this type have a double-sided adhesive mat. When repairing, this can be replaced/retrofit with several strips of double-sided tape (Tessa, 3M etc.)

Yes, that's correct. I've got the email offer from the official dealer and also search for it online. Cheapest (new) one starts at 400eur.. Are u absolutely sure that is autodimmed version? Because there is the one without it that cost ca 80-90eur by dealer. Can you look at the part number directly on the mirror? PS: Do you think I would put that many effort into all this if the price wouldn't be like I'm saying? :)

@@staman_81 This morning I checked the model on my car. According to your instructions - I removed the damaged mirror only with my fingers, thanks for that! Then I called an Audi dealer and ordered a new mirror according to my chassis number, it is a model with self-dimming, same as yours! The price is 8.184rsd ( 70e ) netto + 11e for hands...Total 81e with VAT, maybe the price is like that in Serbia, because the standard is low here... Cheers and happy holidays !

@@staman_81 My mistake, I checked again today, is not dimmable... Audi seems to be keeping quiet about having a problem with the mirror glue on it's vehicles... pity for such a brand...

Hello, if you only have a faulty actuator, replace part only. As you could see in my video, I also noticed some flap damage inside the duct. So, without that damage, I would also only change the actuator. In my case, I found a whole duct (with booth working actuators) from some wrecked A6 for few euros, no brainer.

@@staman_81 Makes sense. I assume these motors just fit left or right? No need to buy them specific for each side?

@@sinoperture From what I recall, it was the same P/N. Replace it and try.. PS: I did the flap alignment using VCDS after the replacement

@@staman_81 OK parts arrived.... time to put them in. Then need to find a mate with VCDS as I sold my cable years ago when I sold my then Audi to buy a Porsche. Unfortunately having kids has sent me back down the car ladder. :-(. I retrofitted CarPlay the other day so this should be much easier I hope.

I think most of the heated mirror problems come from foldable mirrors. Maybe the engineer at Audi has not taken into account the wire power wire length when the mirror is folded and it got pulled out from the connector when the mirror is folded 😄

Please read the description and comments. I just explained it today :)

Thank you.. it was challenging because this isn't my area at all.. Just to make the video, comment it and cut it is very time consuming. To answer your initial question. It's custom made espacially for me. I've contacted several Chinease factories that I hardly found on Internet and told them what I wanted. And I just needed one piece of this pad for my own broked A6 C7 side mirror. Nobody is interested to produce it in such a small numbers product that doesn't exist on the market. Every single factory wanted an order 5000-10000$+ just to talk to you. Payment in advance.. Found a one and we agreed on 5 pairs, 10 pieces.. Created a layout in Adobe Illustrator, exchanged like 50 emails about multiple issues (cuts offs, connector types, soldering, protection etc). Diffucult from EU do deal with China. Figured out, that ristricted use of Internet in there.. simply, another world.. This all took like 6 weeks altogether. After one year I had sell all remaining 9 pieces (mostly in Czech and Slovak Audi community). All my initial investement had returned back to me with 0 profit :) but that wasn't a goal for me .. I just wanted to have it fix. It's fixed, working for almost a one year now .. cost me 30EUR (after one year :)))

@@staman_81 Wow. You should write a blog post about it or post a thread on Audi forms.

@@staman_81 Custom made by who?

@@lawrencebell6012 By Chinese factory that was interested in such a small low profit order

@@staman_81 hi mate, where exactly did You buy it from?

For my A6 C7 2014 it was 4G0.857.042

Please read the description under the video. Everything is explained in details

@@staman_81 if I understand correctly the problem is solved by replacing the starter and battery? i ask because i don't speak english so well and i want to be sure. so I apologize.

@@janoskrisztianszabo9613 Janos, it was 7 years ago :) As I said in description and comments, it was the combination of dying battery + dying starter motor. Please use Google Chrome browser and right click "Translate into Hungarian?" :)

Hi, This is bit tricky but easiest way (without dissassembly) would be this: At night, start the car. Take you mobile phone and turn on the flashlight. Do flash the light into internal back mirror, into the photo-resistor located on the bottom edge. You will shortly see that your outside mirrors will get total black (despite there is night outside) Unfortunately, if it doesn't work you don't know whre the problem is. Can be the internal mirror, can be some wiring, can be the outside side mirrors, fuse, etc But give it a try The other way is to dissasembly the mirror, use two cable and connect to the 1.5V AA battery. You will see that it will go dark in a while