Outside mirror magnification

[rickh]

Has any else noticed that their outside mirror on the driver's side has a magnified image but the one on the passenger side doesn't? That's exactly the reverse of what most other cars have. I still have the traditional warning printed on the passenger side mirror that reads "OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR". That warning always made sense on previous cars where the image on the passenger side was magnified, but it makes no sense when it's not. If anything, that warning should be on the driver's side mirror. I wish I could reverse them because the magnification on the driver's limits the field of vision too much. Has anyone else experienced this problem, and can you understand why Hyundai would do this?

 

[Richard Ft. Lauderdale]

Sounds to me like your mirrors are reversed. Perhaps someone not paying attention at the assembly plant.

 

[rickh]

I would agree that it could simply be an assembly mix up if it weren't for the fact that the unmagnified mirror on the passenger side is the one that the "OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR" emblazened on it. If this were an inadvertent mix up of the mirror locations, then that warning would appear on the magnified driver's side mirror and not on the unmagnified passenger side mirror.

 

[Richard Ft. Lauderdale]

Hmmmm? I misread your first post. Your mirrors make no sense. My guess is that no one else's mirrors are like yours.

 

[rickh]

"Hmmmm? I misread your first post. Your mirrors make no sense. My guess is that no one else's mirrors are like yours."

That's what I was hoping to determine from this thread. If others who own a 2012 4.6 say that their mirrors are not like what I describe, then I can ask the dealer to fix my mirrors. Otherwise they're just going to tell me that it's normal.

 

[GENESIS2012RV]

I have 2012 Genesis with the 3.8 V6 and my mirrors are perfect. Both are the way they are supposed to be.

 

[jmo51]

"Hmmmm? I misread your first post. Your mirrors make no sense. My guess is that no one else's mirrors are like yours."

That's what I was hoping to determine from this thread. If others who own a 2012 4.6 say that their mirrors are not like what I describe, then I can ask the dealer to fix my mirrors. Otherwise they're just going to tell me that it's normal.

EDIT

My R-Spec is the same

 

[jmo51]

Has any else noticed that their outside mirror on the driver's side has a magnified image but the one on the passenger side doesn't? That's exactly the reverse of what most other cars have. I still have the traditional warning printed on the passenger side mirror that reads "OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR". That warning always made sense on previous cars where the image on the passenger side was magnified, but it makes no sense when it's not. If anything, that warning should be on the driver's side mirror. I wish I could reverse them because the magnification on the driver's limits the field of vision too much. Has anyone else experienced this problem, and can you understand why Hyundai would do this?

Again, my R-Spec is how you describe. Not sure that it bothers me but it is a bit odd.