Heated Mirrors; Blind Spot Mirrors - GMC 2012 Terrain Owner's Manual

Heated Mirrors

For vehicles with heated mirrors:
The heated outside rearview mirrors
turn on when the rear window
defogger is on and help to clear
fog or frost from the surface of the
mirrors.
1
(Rear Window Defogger):
This button is on the climate control
panel.
See Rear Window Defogger under
Automatic Climate Control System
on page 8 3 for more information.

Blind Spot Mirrors

The blind spot mirror is a small
convex mirror built into the upper
and outer corner of both outside
mirrors. It can show objects that
may be in the vehicle's blind zone.
Driving with the Blind Spot
Mirror
Actual Mirror View
Keys, Doors, and Windows
1. When the approaching vehicle is
a long distance away, the image
in the main mirror is small and
near the inboard edge of the
mirror.
2. As the vehicle gets closer, the
image in the main mirror gets
larger and moves outboard.
3. As the vehicle enters the blind
zone, the image transitions from
the main mirror to the blind spot
mirror.
4. When the vehicle is in the blind
zone, the image only appears in
the blind spot mirror.
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