Q: The right rearview mirror defroster isn't working but the left one is. What should I do?

asked by on November 27, 2016

I looked at the fuse schematic and I think there's only one fuse for both rearview mirrors so I didn't try replacing it because I thought that if the fuse was broken, then both mirrors would be not working. So what should I do?

My car has 144000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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