Lingerwood Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 2011 Fusion SEL without navigation screen. Following windshield replacement, the compass reverses its east and west directions. North and south are OK but east and west are reversed. I have recalibrated and reset the compass according to the manual instructions (several times) but cannot correct the error. Can anyone help? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FusionDiffusion Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Did they mount the magnetometer sensor upside down? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lingerwood Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 Did they mount the magnetometer sensor upside down? I don't know. I asked the body shop if they could have done anything that could have caused this problem and they said they did not think so because they put everything back the way it was. Can you tell me more about the magnetometer -- where is it and how is it connected to the windshield. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FusionDiffusion Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 It's the box behind the rear mirror. If the sensor was inverted, the N and S axes would be the same, but the E and W would be inverted. Your sensor will look different, but here's a general picture of where it is: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lingerwood Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 It's the box behind the rear mirror. If the sensor was inverted, the N and S axes would be the same, but the E and W would be inverted. Your sensor will look different, but here's a general picture of where it is: There is no box behind my mirror. There is only a black metallic-looking mat embedded in the windshield behind the mirror. Remember, I don'd have a Nav. system only a compass and external temperature, both of which display in the radio and climate control panel on the dashboard. Many thanks for your help on this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FusionDiffusion Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Could you post up a picture of your rear mirror and any/all boxes behind it? Do you have automatic wipers? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lingerwood Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 Could you post up a picture of your rear mirror and any/all boxes behind it? Do you have automatic wipers? Here is the picture you asked for with the mirror tilted sideways so you can see the connections behind. The wires go into a connection block in the mirror. I did not remove the block but it looks like it would only go in one way. I do not not have automatic wipers but the mirror is auto-dimming. There is also some sort of sensor on the back of the mirror -- it looks like a small square lens. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FusionDiffusion Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 (edited) Okay, I got it now. The sensor is inside the rear view mirror casing, and it appears your mirror was rotated upside down. Rotate it counterclockwise (so it doesn't pull on the wires) so the two little photocell windows are on the bottom and the window on the back is on the driver's side. So the sensor was upside down because it was hiding in an upside down mirror!Correct orientation: Edited January 24, 2013 by FusionDiffusion 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lingerwood Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 Okay, I got it now. The sensor is inside the rear view mirror casing, and it appears your mirror was rotated upside down. Rotate it counterclockwise (so it doesn't pull on the wires) so the two little photocell windows are on the bottom and the window on the back is on the driver's side. So the sensor was upside down because it was hiding in an upside down mirror! Correct orientation: Fantastic, amazing, your a genius. Problem instantly solved. Many, many thanks. Well done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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