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Near-side mirror stopped dipping in reverse?

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Near-side mirror stopped dipping in reverse?

Post by Busterboo » Fri Dec 09, 2016 4:17 pm

Had the SDrive 35is for a week. Today the near-side mirror stopped dipping in reverse. Have I done something wrong or is it bust?
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Near-side mirror stopped dipping in reverse?

Post by pvr » Fri Dec 09, 2016 4:20 pm

Do you have the mirror slide in the right position? It won't drop if it is set to the wrong mirror.
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Near-side mirror stopped dipping in reverse?

Post by cerbera » Fri Dec 09, 2016 5:35 pm

What he said. You need to have the mirror switch set to the drivers side.

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Near-side mirror stopped dipping in reverse?

Post by DMC63 » Fri Dec 09, 2016 6:56 pm

Busterboo wrote:Had the SDrive 35is for a week. Today the near-side mirror stopped dipping in reverse. Have I done something wrong or is it bust?
Reverse is to make the car go backwards not dip the mirror... :rofl:
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Near-side mirror stopped dipping in reverse?

Post by Busterboo » Fri Dec 09, 2016 7:59 pm

DMC63 wrote:
Busterboo wrote:Had the SDrive 35is for a week. Today the near-side mirror stopped dipping in reverse. Have I done something wrong or is it bust?
Reverse is to make the car go backwards not dip the mirror... :rofl:
Kuh ... and I thought it was meant to do both. :headbang:

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Near-side mirror stopped dipping in reverse?

Post by kinger » Fri Dec 09, 2016 10:08 pm

Mirror Select slide has to be in the drivers side postion or it wont dip
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Near-side mirror stopped dipping in reverse?

Post by Busterboo » Sat Dec 10, 2016 12:42 am

Thank you, all.
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Near-side mirror stopped dipping in reverse?

Post by Steve S » Sat Jul 22, 2017 4:18 am

Thanks for that information - I couldn't find anything in the manual to help you if the mirror stopped dipping. Thumbs up to the Forum :thumbsup:
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