Hello everyone,

Unfortunatly my car was involved in a hit and run. The driver side mirror was knocked off. I figured it wouldn't be to big of a problem but it seems I have been wrong.

I went to a mitsu dealer, they wanted $300 for the mirror (power non-heated). I decided to get a replacement oem. I paid $150 for the mirror.

I took off the motor and the remains of the mirror and when I was ready to connect the new mirror I got I realized that the pigtail's are totally different.

The pigtail I have coming out of the car is a male pigtale with 4 cables (red, yellow, blue, white) and is square in shape with rounded corners.

The pigtail on the mirror I have has only 3 cables (yellow, blue, white) and looks almost like an L in shape from the side view.

I figured that I must have got the wrong part so I went back to the part shop and we called the distributor here in Canada. Turns out all of the mirrors they had (power and electric) were of this pig tail and were 3/5 cables respectivly.

I looked at the wire drawings on the forum here, and saw 3 cables on the mirror. Does everyone have the same configuration of only three cables? I bought my car used, but I wouldn't imagine anyone changing the electrics of the mirror.

I might be forced to find the pigtail for the ending I have and try hooking up the cables by joining two into one. Does anyone have any better ideas or ran into this before?


Thanks,
Jack.

If you do try to make the 4 wire system into a 3 wire system make sure you connect two that isnt going to cause a short and fry your electrical system.

When you went to the dealer - did you give them your VIN #? If you do that, they pull the parts SPECIFIC to your vehicle.

Want my opinion? Return that $300 mirror and order a OEM replacement mirror off eBay or carparts.com for around $40 bucks.

You can buy a used one for $35 from this place. Standard Auto Wrecking (800) 922-8281

If I only knew what each wire was in the car :(


I guess I wasn't clear. I choose not to get the dealer mirror at all, I therefore don't know if the mirror would match or not.

I got a OEM replacement mirror. It costed $150 since I am in Canada. No usa store i could find sends to canada. The mirror is a three wire system, while the car has a four wire system