Citroen Xsara Picasso - Replacing electric wing mirror, connector mismatch

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Thu 8 Jan 2015 12:30
Citroen Xsara Picasso - Replacing electric wing mirror, connector mismatch - Amygdala

Hello all, I hope you can help me.

I had a broken wing mirror on my old first edition Citroen Picasso. I went to the breakers yard and they only had one left, so I took it. Everything appears identical except that the connectors are different, and the new one (on the left) has more wires!

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It's not easy to see, but the 'new' replacement one has 7 wires, 2 brown, 2 red, 1 grey, 1 blue and 1 green. The old one only has 5, 2 brown, 1 green, 1 red and 1 blue.

So I figured I could take off the old connector and put it on the new one, but the question is, how do I map the 7 wires onto the 5?

Thanks in advance.

Edited by Amygdala on 08/01/2015 at 12:33

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Thu 8 Jan 2015 12:33
Citroen Xsara Picasso - Replacing electric wing mirror, connector mismatch - Amygdala

I should probably add that the wing mirrors are both motorized and heated, if that helps anyone understand what the wires might be responsible for.

Edited by Amygdala on 08/01/2015 at 12:34

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Thu 8 Jan 2015 15:58
Citroen Xsara Picasso - Replacing electric wing mirror, connector mismatchc - elekie&a/c doctor
Possibly the best solution would be to dismantle both mirrors and transfer the old wiring to your new mirror.
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Thu 8 Jan 2015 16:15
Citroen Xsara Picasso - Replacing electric wing mirror, connector mismatchc - brighteyes
Suggest you wire the mirror as per the old one ie splice the same colours together. I suspect your replacement is a folding mirror and that's what the two odd wires are for.
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Thu 8 Jan 2015 16:31
Citroen Xsara Picasso - Replacing electric wing mirror, connector mismatchc - xtrailman

I agree with the doc. You need to trace each wire to find their function.

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Sun 9 Aug 2015 16:18
Citroen Xsara Picasso - Replacing electric wing mirror, connector mismatch - Rhonjon

Did you find the mapping out in the end- having trouble dismantling each- same issue reversed

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