I have just bought a 08 focus titanium with an auto-dimming rear-view mirror and privacy glass. When driving at night with a car behind me i cannot see what the hell the car is as it is so dark in the rear view mirror. Is it possible to deactivate the auto dimming mirror so i can at least make out what type of car is behind me, ie police car etc.

 

Does it not say in the handbook ?
tabetha

 

alas no

 

I would ask a dealer as there are often loads of hidden extra features that you can access that ford don't routinely tell you about.
tabetha

 

Permanent or temporary?

You can just disconnect at the small white connector under the trim on the screen. Fail-safe is non-dimmed.

Put a switch in the power feed at a point further back in the dash loom.

Put a switch in the reverse override supply to swap from reversing lamp to 12v feed.

Unfortunately both the power feed and reversing wires are the same colour (Bk/Rd IIRC).

Don't know why Ford deleted the Mk3 Mondeo 'auto' switch.

Martin