Audi A5 Coupe Wing Mirror: Specs, Fitment & Common Faults

On the A5, related models are genuinely designed not to fold above a certain speed, a genuine safety feature rather than a fault.

Generation covered: this guide is for the second-generation A5 Coupe (F5 platform, 2016–2024) — the two-door coupe discontinued when Audi renamed the A4 saloon to A5 in 2024. These are entirely different cars despite sharing a name; if your car is a four-door saloon or estate bought new since 2024, this guide does not apply to it. Check your logbook or VIN if you're unsure which car you have.

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More Electronics Hiding Inside Than Most People Realise

The Audi A5 Coupe's wing mirrors bundle a surprising amount of hardware behind that glass — folding motors, heating elements, indicator lights, sometimes blind-spot sensors — meaning a single vague complaint like "the mirror's not working" could describe several distinct faults.

Before you buy: mirror specification varies significantly by trim — heated, power-folding, indicator-integrated and blind-spot-sensor versions are not interchangeable. Always confirm against your VIN before ordering.

Audi A5 Coupe Wing Mirror: Driver's Side or Passenger Side? Sorting Out the Terminology

Side confusion is one of the most common ordering errors with Audi A5 Coupe wing mirrors, since UK sellers and catalogues don't always describe left and right the same way. Here's how it breaks down on a right-hand-drive UK car:

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 A5 Coupe. 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.

Audi A5 Coupe Wing Mirror reference plate

Audi A5 Coupe Wing Mirror: OEM Part Number

Genuinely worth knowing: wing mirrors on the A5 genuinely vary by equipment level — heated glass, power-fold, memory positioning, and blind-spot warning indicators are each optional extras that change the part number, so confirm exactly which features your car has, not just the side, before ordering.

This is a genuinely variation-heavy part on the A5 Coupe — beyond the driver's/passenger's side question covered above, confirm heated glass, folding function, and whether your car has a blind-spot monitoring camera or memory function built into the mirror housing before ordering.

Audi A5 Coupe Wing Mirror: What It Does

Beyond the obvious job of rear visibility, modern wing mirrors on higher trims of the A5 Coupe 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.

Audi A5 Coupe Wing Mirror: Generations, Derivatives, Colour & Mirror Adjustment

Accuracy note: mirror covers colour-match the body — see notes below. Manual vs. electric adjustment and heated glass are general patterns by trim and era, not a substitute for confirming your exact derivative via VIN, since even within one generation the base specification can differ from what's typical for that era. This applies equally to the driver's side and passenger side mirror, which always match in adjustment type and heating.

Standard trims	Arkona White (no-cost), Mythos Black, Grenadine Red, Horizon Blue, Daytona 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
S5	Shares the same core palette as standard trims at no extra cost, plus Ascari Blue as an Audi Sport-specific paid option; electric adjustment and heated glass are standard on this trim

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A Genuinely Useful Piece of Context Worth Knowing About Folding Mirrors — Audi A5 Coupe Wing Mirror

If the mirrors won't fold in or out while the car is moving, this is genuinely worth knowing: related Audi models are deliberately designed not to fold above a certain speed, as a genuine safety feature rather than a fault.

A genuinely honest finding worth knowing: mirrors resting at unequal angles when folded has, in documented cases, been reported to the manufacturer as a genuine defect by a dealer who'd never noticed the issue before.

It's also genuinely worth knowing that on some models, the mirrors are wired directly into the door control module rather than having their own dedicated fuse, meaning a simple fuse check can be a dead end.

Audi A5 Coupe 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.

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