Hi,
I have a 2023 F150 with the tow mirrors. The mirrors have the power fold and telescope, the blind spot detection, the camera, etc. Meanwhile, I did something dumb in a parking lot the other day. I didn't see a bollard which was obscured by said giant mirror and I ran into the bollard. I broke the mirror housing and glass pretty good, but thankfully I didn't do any damage to anything else, so it was a $700 screwup and not worse than that. The question I have has to do with the fact that previously, I had used Forscan to implement the Lincoln AutoFold feature.

So now I have a replacement mirror which I am about to install and want to know what to do with Forscan for this (if anything).
1) Just plug and play and hope for the best?
2) Revert back to the factory as-built code (that I saved before doing the Lincoln AutoFold), install the new mirror, and then re-apply the changes per the spreadsheet?

I guess the question is whether the mirror is controlled by a module that is physically part of the mirror or if it is just in the door and wired to the mirror.

Thanks for any tips on this.

 

If it's the same part, it should just be plug and play and go, you shouldn't have to do anything with Forscan.

 

I agree with above post but it’s a good idea to remove the negative battery terminal before you disconnect the 22pin & camera lead and hook it back up after the swap is done. Truck won’t know anything happened.

 

I went for the plug and play method. Seemed to work fine. When I first drove the truck after the swap, I got a warning that reverse brake assist was not available but after driving from home to work, I found that the warning had ceased to come on when I put it in reverse.

one tip I learned was how to swap the mirror cap. The parts guy suggested that I save $ by reusing the old cap since I hadn’t broken it in my parking lot mishap. Instead of just trying to pry it off the old mirror, first pry off the mirror glass (which I had shattered anyway) and then remove the three recessed screws (6mm socket) that hold the forward-facing housing (that the cap clips into) from the rest of the mirror. Then it is very easy to remove the mirror cap without breaking any of the little tabs that hold it on. I suppose the other option would be to buy a replacement cap.