2023 stinger. Noticed that when I put my car in reverse, my side mirrors will continually switch between tilting up and tilting down. Also, I noticed, because it was at night time, that my door switch lights such as the window switches, will turn off and then turn back on. A last point is that there is a ding sound when you put the car in reverse. When all of this glitching is going on, I hear the ding sound (indicating reverse) continuously go off and on. Help...
Electrical issue when in reverse
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rpoffen
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Still under warranty, take it back to the dealer. Any mods at all (like switching to LED backup bulbs)?
The mirrors tilting down in reverse is a feature that can be turned off, but it shouldn't keep doing it or causing ding sounds. Perhaps the switch that detects reverse has an intermittent contact, not sure where that actually is, if it is part of the TCU or a switch inside the trans.
Have someone look from behind when in reverse, do the backup lights stay on or do they go on and off too?
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This is definitely a known issue to owners but not to the dealers in my opinion. I have taken videos of the issue but that means nothing if it isn’t happening when at the dealer. Consequently, it only happens for me about 3-4 times a year. No rhyme or reason to it. Regardless, my local dealer’s mechanics aren’t very bright and would not know where to begin either way to solve this based on the stupidity I have witnessed already.
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Ya, if you take it to the dealer, guaranteed you'll get the standard response: It's operating as designed and this is perfectly normal.
To be fair though, troubleshooting intermittent electronic glitches like this is difficult for any person/tech, regardless of experience.
It could be anything. It may not even necessarily be a hardware problem. Could be a software glitch that happens only under certain conditions.
To be fair though, troubleshooting intermittent electronic glitches like this is difficult for any person/tech, regardless of experience.
It could be anything. It may not even necessarily be a hardware problem. Could be a software glitch that happens only under certain conditions.
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I agree on the harness. Weird thing is that when it happens to me, sometimes the seat will even go back and forth like I’m getting in and out of the car. Sometimes just the lights on the door blink and sometimes the mirrors fluctuate up and down when backing(this only happened once). The last time it happened, I was driving at night(2/1/23) and noticed the door lights blinking. After parking and driving again it hasn’t come back.
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