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What is this switch for?

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by damnfingers, Jul 10, 2016.

  1. Jul 10, 2016 at 3:24 PM
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    damnfingers

    damnfingers [OP] Well-Known Member

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    I have a 2016 Limited and I can't find the switch image.jpg mentioned in the owners manual anywhere. It looks like it would be for heated side mirrors but supposedly they're not available for the Tacoma. What am I missing?
     
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  2. Jul 10, 2016 at 3:25 PM
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    RNJNKE

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    Defrost side mirrors.
     
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  3. Jul 10, 2016 at 3:26 PM
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    damnfingers

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    That's what I thought but they're not mentioned anywhere.
     
  4. Jul 10, 2016 at 3:31 PM
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    '16TacomaTRD

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    Yep, that exactly what it is for
     
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  5. Jul 10, 2016 at 3:32 PM
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    splitbolt

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    You're right; it's the heated mirror.
    Page 372, owners manual.
     
  6. Jul 10, 2016 at 3:33 PM
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    Man of Steel TRD

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    I was surprised my TRD Sport 4x2 came with that too.
     
  7. Jul 10, 2016 at 3:38 PM
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    Thanks...could not find that.
     
  8. Jul 10, 2016 at 4:52 PM
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    I'm happy even my Access Cab Utility package still has it. :D
     
  9. Jul 10, 2016 at 5:19 PM
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    Weird that it's not listed at the front of the manual with all the other controls and switches...instead they stick it 3/4 of the way back. Afterthought maybe?
     
  10. Jul 10, 2016 at 5:29 PM
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    Here in Canada that switch is to activate the fan in the seat to blow your farts away ASAP...!! At least that was what I was told.. hehe;)
     
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  11. Jul 22, 2016 at 7:57 AM
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    Our farts don't stink down here in the USofA so we don't need that function.
     
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  12. Jul 22, 2016 at 8:10 AM
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    went and looked it up and learned it automatically turns off after 15 minutes...sweet!
     
  13. Jul 22, 2016 at 8:13 AM
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    I used it once so far just to see if it was a mirror defroster, a couple weeks ago. Mirrors were fogged up pretty badly due to humidity, cleared them up almost instantly. I'm really going to like that button in the winter....
     
  14. Jul 22, 2016 at 8:16 AM
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  15. Jul 22, 2016 at 8:46 AM
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    R T F M !
     
  16. Jul 22, 2016 at 8:48 AM
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    It works amazingly in the winter. This is my first vehicle with a mirror defroster. Turn the truck on, hit the switch, not 3 minutes later any ice on it is gone.
     
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  17. Jul 22, 2016 at 8:55 AM
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    windshield eject button. Don't use unless it's during a cinematic car chase and you need to shoot through the front of the vehicle.

    :D
     
  18. Jul 22, 2016 at 8:57 AM
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  19. Jul 22, 2016 at 8:59 AM
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    thats the snake whisperer switch, page 286
     
  20. Jul 22, 2016 at 9:01 AM
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    If you look close its actually a finger thumbing through the pages of the owners manual to show what does what.
     
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