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06silver3
11-19-2011, 03:03 PM
Here is a challenge for someone.
I have an '06 Hatch that came with rain sensor and standard rear view mirror. I bought, from eBay, an autodim mirror that was supposedly from an '04 Mazda3. It also came with the wiring harness.
It arrived yesterday and I installed it. No problem with the basic power and ground wiring - I did that. Once I powered it up I saw that it is also a compass and ambient temperature mirror.

The compass is not a problem - I will calibrate that and it should be fine. It is the ambient reading that I am looking for help with.
The harness has a black and a black/green wire that I assume (due to the length) are for the under hood outdoor temperature sensor. I didn't get that sensor. Can I tie into the existing Info Center wiring to get that ambient reading or should I try to get another outdoor sensor?
If I can tie into the existing, which wires are they that send the reading to the Info Center?
TheMAN
11-19-2011, 03:48 PM
no, you need the separate sensor
06silver3
11-19-2011, 03:58 PM
no, you need the separate sensor

Is there no way to tie in to existing?
Noisy Crow
11-19-2011, 05:17 PM
Is there no way to tie in to existing?


Not really, no.
06silver3
11-19-2011, 06:36 PM
Not really, no.

Any idea where I can find (aside from oem) one, and what they are worth?
Noisy Crow
11-19-2011, 08:26 PM
Any idea where I can find (aside from oem) one, and what they are worth?

Almost guaranteed that Gentex made the mirror, so a bit of work with Google should do the trick......
06silver3
11-20-2011, 12:29 AM
I thought I read "Donnelly" on the backside, but I will search both to see where I end up.
thanks.
06silver3
12-04-2011, 05:12 PM
I picked up another sensor off of eBay and now all is operating properly.
Noisy Crow
12-04-2011, 05:49 PM
I picked up another sensor off of eBay and now all is operating properly.

Excellent! How hard was it to run the wiring?
06silver3
12-04-2011, 11:44 PM
Excellent! How hard was it to run the wiring?

Not to bad.
I made it from the mirror down the drivers side "A" pillar, down to the kick panel and out through a plastic plug. From there I went along the drivers fender to the area behind the drivers side headlight and then down to the lower grille. It pobably didn't take me 30 minutes to run it.