# Outsside rear view mirror **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** corolla, toyota\ **Created:** [May 25, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/outsside-rear-view-mirror/177062 "2021-05-25T18:25:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WALLY155587](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wally155587/32/12082_2.png) [@WALLY155587](https://community.cartalk.com/u/WALLY155587)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/outsside-rear-view-mirror/177062/1 "2021-05-25T18:25:52Z")
What do the squiggly lines on the outside rear view mirror mean? ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/outsside-rear-view-mirror/177062/2 "2021-05-25T18:28:40Z")
It is a heated mirror, the mirror heaters will operate when the rear window defogger is on. ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/outsside-rear-view-mirror/177062/3 "2021-05-25T18:33:27Z")
Attach a picture of them. And tell us what make, model, and year of car. These aren’t universal. On one car i had, they illuminated orange to inform me the outside temperature was below 40 degrees, and roads could be slippery, ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/outsside-rear-view-mirror/177062/4 "2021-05-25T18:38:09Z")
Yes, I would like to see a picture. Are they on both the driver side and passenger side mirrors? I would think if for a heated mirror the line would be straight. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/outsside-rear-view-mirror/177062/5 "2021-05-25T18:57:30Z")
Have you looked in the owners manual of this mystery year Corolla ? ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/outsside-rear-view-mirror/177062/6 "2021-05-25T19:11:54Z")
This is what a Toyota Corolla mirror looks like; ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/d/d/dd2bfc0dbf38c8bdbcdbae26a0564a38fc6861c8.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/outsside-rear-view-mirror/177062/7 "2021-05-25T19:18:47Z")
… and that is the symbol for a heated mirror on every car make with which I am familiar. As was already suggested, the OP can confirm this info by perusing his Owner’s Manual. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/outsside-rear-view-mirror/177062/8 "2021-05-25T19:21:40Z")
Hmm, could mean ‘this side up’, I couldn’t resist. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/outsside-rear-view-mirror/177062/9 "2021-05-25T19:52:47Z")
You beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![WALLY155587](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wally155587/32/12082_2.png) [@WALLY155587](https://community.cartalk.com/u/WALLY155587)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/outsside-rear-view-mirror/177062/10 "2021-05-26T18:19:59Z")
It’s on a 2015 Corolla ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/outsside-rear-view-mirror/177062/11 "2021-05-26T19:41:01Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/8/c/8c5d29b83d59d5394651ffafa70e278f660d19c4.jpeg) unless he is talking about something like this. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/outsside-rear-view-mirror/177062/12 "2021-05-27T13:43:26Z")
I think Wally has had this vehicle since at least 2019 and he has just now noticed the heated mirror symbol . I wonder if he will return to verify that is what he is asking about. ---
**Author:** ![WALLY155587](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wally155587/32/12082_2.png) [@WALLY155587](https://community.cartalk.com/u/WALLY155587)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/outsside-rear-view-mirror/177062/13 "2021-05-27T19:09:15Z")
Yes I returned and appreciated the replies. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/outsside-rear-view-mirror/177062/14 "2021-05-27T19:14:29Z")
Is it for heated mirrors and do you have them ? ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 10:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/outsside-rear-view-mirror/177062/15 "2021-05-29T10:43:58Z")
> [@VOLVO-V70](#): > > I wonder if he will return to verify that is what he is asking about. > [@WALLY155587](#): > > Yes I returned and appreciated the replies. Returned and verified nothing.