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Your 2007-2013 Silverado or Sierra never had one standard mirror. GM stacked the same shell in levels: power glass, heating, memory, power fold, LED turn signal. Buy one level down and it still bolts on, but the buttons for the features you paid for sit dead. The Driver Side Power Mirror for 2007-2013 GMC Chevy trucks with memory, heating, and an LED signal covers the loaded level for $113.92.

Why the driver side gives up first

Driver-side mirrors fail far more often than passenger-side units on these trucks. The reason is mechanical, not mysterious.

• The driver folds the mirror at curbs, drive-thrus, and tight garages more often.
• The folding gear inside the assembly is plastic, and one cracked gear kills the fold.
• Fold motors are a known weak point once the odometer passes six figures.

The pattern is consistent: the driver side stops first while the passenger side keeps working.

One shell, five feature levels

Work out what your truck actually has before you compare prices. Every level below the top still fits — it just does less.

• Base power: the glass adjusts with the joystick. No heat, no signal, manual fold.
• Heated: adds an element that clears frost and fog from the glass.
• Memory: the mirror position stores and recalls with your memory seat settings.
• Power fold: a button on the door pulls the whole mirror inward.
• Signal and puddle: an LED arrow on the housing plus a lamp under the glass.

GM option codes sort these builds into two buckets, DL8 and DL3. DL8 means power, heated, signal, manual fold. DL3 adds power fold, memory, and auto-dimming, common on loaded 2007-2013 LTZ and Denali trims.

Planning a trailer instead? The 2026 tow-mirror guide for the 2007-2013 Silverado and Sierra covers the larger heated and signal towing units.

The two-minute configuration check

Walk to the truck with these four checks before ordering. Each one maps to a wire in the door harness.

Skipping this check is how buyers end up with a perfect fit and silent buttons. The connector plugs in; the missing functions stay missing.

What the OE numbers really tell you

This assembly cross-references three numbers, and their story matters. Aftermarket catalogs reuse GM numbers across sides, years, and feature builds.

Match by year, side, and feature list — never by the number alone. That is the whole trick with these GMT900 mirrors.

The one trade-off: no auto-dimming

This assembly ships without light sensitivity. In plain words, the glass does not darken automatically, so night headlights behind you reflect at full strength.

The price ladder, honestly explained

Three driver-side mirrors sit within $28 of each other here. The difference is features, not build quality.

• $111.96: the textured black power-fold mirror for 2007-2014 Chevy GMC trucks — arrow signal, puddle lamp, the value pick if you fold with a button.
• $113.92: the 2007-2013 driver-side power mirror with memory, heating, and LED signal — the match for loaded trucks without a fold button.
• $139.91: the chrome power-fold driver mirror for 2007-2013 Chevy GMC — the full-load look with signal and puddle lamp.

Paying more buys the next level up, not a better mirror. Paying less buys fewer wires, which is fine when your truck has them. The rest of the exterior range sits in the exterior parts collection.

Swapping the mirror in your driveway

This is a driveway job with hand tools, about an hour for your first side.

1. Drop the door panel: remove the trim screws (usually 7mm), lift the panel off its clips, and unplug its connectors.
2. Prop the mirror, unplug its connector, and note how the loom routes.
3. Remove the three mirror nuts (usually 10mm) holding the base to the door skin.
4. Seat the new assembly, hand-start all three nuts, then tighten them evenly.
5. Reconnect the harness before the panel goes back, then run the full function test.

Reinstalling the panel is the fiddly half: push each clip straight in until it clicks.

Before the tools go away, test everything you paid for:

• The joystick moves the glass in all four directions.
• The heat clears fog within a couple of minutes.
• The LED signal flashes with the turn signal and the hazard switch.
• A memory seat button recalls your stored mirror position.
• The fold button pulls the mirror in, if your truck has power fold.

Does the 2007-2013 mirror fit a 2014 truck?

The 2014 model year split this platform in two. The redesigned GMTK2 body arrived, while the classic body continued on some 2014 trucks.

• A 2014 with the classic body keeps the 2007-2013 mirror shape and connectors.
• A 2014 with the redesigned body uses a different assembly entirely.
• Some catalogs, like the power-fold listing above, cover the classic run into 2014.

The fast check is the face of the truck, not the badge on the tailgate. Classic front end takes the 2007-2013 mirror; the redesigned front end does not.

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