Seat Ateca Wing Mirror: Specs, Fitment & Common Faults
On the Ateca, a genuinely bizarre but confirmed free fix resolves mirror auto-fold failures — resetting the electric windows, despite no obvious connection between the two.
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OEM Part Number: 576857507N (LH) / 576857508N (RH)
| Passenger side (LH / nearside), complete mirror | Genuine Seat: 576857507N. Aftermarket: Van Wezel 4907807 (electric, heated, primed, 6-pin, LHD/RHD); Van Wezel 4907827 (power-folding, puddle light, blind-spot, 11-pin); Alkar 6139094 (6143094 folding, 6145094, 6149094 lane-keeping); Prasco ST8107344 (11-pin); TYC 331-0090 |
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| Driver's side (RH / offside), complete mirror | Genuine Seat: 576857508N. Aftermarket: Van Wezel 4907826 (power-folding, puddle light, 9-pin); Van Wezel 4907828 (blind-spot, 11-pin); Van Wezel 4908828 (memory, 15-pin); Alkar 6140094 (6144094 / 6146094 folding); Prasco ST8107343; TYC 331-0089 |
| Mirror glass only (aftermarket) | LH Prasco ST8107512 / Alkar 6431094 / Johns 67 81 37-81 (convex, heated; Van Wezel 4907835 blind-spot); RH Van Wezel 4907838 / Johns 67 81 38-81 / Prasco ST8107511 (Johns 67 81 38-82 blind-spot) |
| Spec variants to match | S / SE: 6-pin heated indicator; SE Technology / FR: 9–11 pin power-folding with puddle light; Xcellence: memory and blind-spot glass (15-pin). Covers Van Wezel 4907843 / 4907844. |
A Genuine, Bizarre-but-Confirmed Free Fix for Mirrors That Won't Auto-Fold — Seat Ateca Wing Mirror
If your mirrors have stopped auto-folding via the key fob, but still fold correctly using the manual dial or switch inside the car, this genuinely rules out a mechanical or motor fault — and points instead to a software glitch that many owners have resolved with a specific, well-documented trick that has no obvious logical connection to mirrors at all: resetting the electric windows. The procedure reported to work consistently: lower each window (doesn't need to be fully down), hold the window switch in the "up" position for a second or two after the window finishes closing, release, then hold "up" again for a further few seconds — repeating this for each window individually. Multiple owners confirm this resolves the mirror auto-fold fault entirely, despite nobody having a clear explanation for why resetting window position affects mirror behaviour.
Seat Ateca Wing Mirror: More Electronics Hiding Inside Than Most People Realise
What looks like a simple glass-and-plastic assembly on the outside is often anything but on the Seat Ateca: its wing mirrors typically house folding motors, heating elements, indicator lights, and sometimes blind-spot sensors, so a "faulty mirror" isn't really one specific fault.
Seat Ateca Wing Mirror: Watch: Replacing It
The Ateca shares the Leon Mk3's MQB mirror mounting.
Seat Ateca Wing Mirror: Driver's Side or Passenger Side? Sorting Out the Terminology
One thing worth getting right before you buy a Seat Ateca wing mirror: terminology for left and right isn't applied consistently across UK retailers and parts catalogues, which trips up plenty of buyers. On a right-hand-drive UK car, the convention runs like this:
- Driver's side = right-hand (RH) = offside (OS) — the side closest to the centre of the road.
- Passenger side = left-hand (LH) = nearside (NS) — the side closest to the kerb.
Part listings may use any of these terms interchangeably — "RH mirror," "offside mirror," and "driver's side mirror" all refer to the same physical part on a UK-spec Ateca. Double-check which convention your supplier is using before ordering, since a mix-up here is one of the most common reasons the wrong mirror turns up.
Seat Ateca Wing Mirror: What It Does
Beyond the obvious job of rear visibility, modern wing mirrors on higher trims of the Ateca often integrate turn signal repeaters, puddle lights, heating elements to clear condensation, and power-fold motors for tight parking spaces. Higher-spec versions may also house blind-spot monitoring sensors, making them considerably more expensive to replace than a basic mirror.
Seat Ateca Wing Mirror: Generations, Derivatives, Colour & Mirror Adjustment
| Standard trims | Bila White (no-cost solid), Energy Blue (no-cost solid), Reflex Silver, Rhodium Grey; electric adjustment is standard on most trims from this generation, with heated glass increasingly common too — though the most basic specification may still be manual; confirm your exact trim |
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| Nevada White | Genuinely shares the same paint code (2Y2Y) as Skoda's Moon White — both are cooler, whiter metallics sitting under a VW Group shared platform, and confirmed distinct from the warmer solid Bila White |
| FR/FR Black Edition | Velvet Red and Crystal Black are FR-associated shades; electric adjustment and heated glass are standard on this trim |
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Seat Ateca Wing Mirror: Common Faults, DIY Difficulty & Aftermarket Advice
These are the same regardless of make or model — see our full Wing Mirror Guide for common faults to check for, confirming the exact spec against your VIN, how difficult this job is to DIY, and aftermarket advice.
More Seat Wing Mirror
The same part, covered across other Seat models.