freelander 2, wing mirrors, hawkeye

Hej, finally picked up the freelander 2, a nice SD2, with 110,000 k on the clock. Love it. But here is the question, due to the sever winters we get up here -35c and a meter of snow I want to disable the power fold on the wing mirrors. I have a hawkeye for the now defunct disco 2, If I get the unlock key for the freelander 2 will I be able to disable the powerfold using the hawkeye.
I will eventually get the unlock code, just so many pennies are being spent on getting, wheels and snow tyres, tower, dog guard etc if I can hold out on the price of the unlock code for a while it will be a nice relief for my wallet.

Why not just pull the power fold wire? I don't think the Hawkeye has that kind of programming ability. I'm not even sure if the far more advanced IID would do it, but that is the most likely device to do such a CCF modification.

thanks Nodge68, that is an option, I know a dealer can disable it but my nearest dealer is over 700 kilometers away, Just wondered if the Hawkeye would have the capability on more modern vehicles.

Snaggapuss said:

thanks Nodge68, that is an option, I know a dealer can disable it but my nearest dealer is over 700 kilometers away, Just wondered if the Hawkeye would have the capability on more modern vehicles.

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From memory. The power fold uses a separate controller. So it could well be a case of simply unplugging the controller from the harness.

It's controlled by the front door modules and no separate feed to the module - but you could remove the pins for the mirror fold in the mirror connector as a temporary fix

okay thanks, think it is daft that they don't give the option to disable this within the vehicle, they must know that these vehicles are going to land up (excuse the poor pun) in some very cold places. Awaiting a reply from Gap to see if their diagnostics will disable it for me then I'll have a hawkeye going cheap.

okay contacted Gap and their IIDtool will disable it, just waiting a reply from Bearmach then depending on that is wether I upgrade the hawkeye or get the Gap.

Snaggapuss said:

okay contacted Gap and their IIDtool will disable it, just waiting a reply from Bearmach then depending on that is wether I upgrade the hawkeye or get the Gap.

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Gap are always happy to help. They can even do a personal update for a specific problem, if they have developed the code already.
The IID BT is amazing by comparison to all other diagnostic tools out there.

Nodge68 said:

From memory. The power fold uses a separate controller. So it could well be a case of simply unplugging the controller from the harness.

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does seem to do a lot as expected for an iid

https://www.gap-diagnostic.com/products/iidtool/

Nodge68 said:

Gap are always happy to help. They can even do a personal update for a specific problem, if they have developed the code already.
The IID BT is amazing by comparison to all other diagnostic tools out there.

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know what u mean and can definitely agree there regarding the after sales service , extremely helpful and will always answer u within 24 hours

Snaggapuss said:

okay contacted Gap and their IIDtool will disable it, just waiting a reply from Bearmach then depending on that is wether I upgrade the hawkeye or get the Gap.

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these seem to be the cheapest at the moment , bluetooth model so can easily use it with ur mobile or ipad

http://www.island-4x4.co.uk/integra...411-da6412-da6413-da6414-tfiidbt-p-27303.html

gstuart said:

know what u mean and can definitely agree there regarding the after sales service , extremely helpful and will always answer u within 24 hours

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There's always a 24 hr lag to get a reply. This is because they are in Quebec which is 5 hours behind the UK. They will always get back to you though and sometimes offer select user's beta testing updates.

Nodge68 said:

There's always a 24 hr lag to get a reply. This is because they are in Quebec which is 5 hours behind the UK. They will always get back to you though and sometimes offer select user's beta testing updates.

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very true , they've also sent me some beta updates , in the tested and untested section allowing further live data

think it was 2444 version

I can't remember my SW version but I was a beta user. I had to give occasionally feedback to Pat at Gap on the SW version I was running.