side mirror stuck in up position

tuco · Post by **tuco** » Tue Nov 22, 2016 11:50 am

Thanks for the offer but I'm in Suffolk.

z4all · Post by **z4all** » Tue Dec 27, 2016 4:09 pm

ok, so weirdest thing happened. the last 2 times i have gone to put the wing mirror down using the button, both of them went down! so now i'm convinced its not a software issue, i'm sure its 100% mechanical. when the pass one went down, there was a loud clicking sound both times as if it was forcing itself to unlatch from its "locked" position. i will take it apart at some point to inspect when i have some time although i'm hoping it will slowly fix itself lol as it is doing currently.

anyone else seen this with their car??

z4all · Post by **z4all** » Tue Dec 27, 2016 10:51 pm

It happened again! Again with the same loud click before it rotated down.

I'm thinking something has shrunk in the mechanism due to the cold.....

Anyone else experienced anything similar ?

z4all · Post by **z4all** » Sat Jan 07, 2017 9:18 pm

ok...so....it hasnt failed since the last time i reported it was working....seriously freaky, the car is fixing itself

mac27040 · Post by **mac27040** » Sun Jan 08, 2017 5:36 pm

100% not coding as you cant code the wing mirrors independently, must be mechanism

z4all · Post by **z4all** » Sun Jan 08, 2017 5:48 pm

I defo didn't do any coding

NaweedMustafa · Post by **NaweedMustafa** » Fri Apr 21, 2023 4:05 pm

left98204 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 08, 2016 2:42 pm I get a little movement when I try to bring it down and it appears like something is blocking it from returning to down position.

I may need help. im having the same issue since i purcahsed the car a year ago. didnt bother with it because its on the driver side that it gets stuck, so i just manually do it after the motor stops. anyone got around to finding out what causes this? should i spear the swivel part with WD40? to displace some grime and dirt?

If i manually fold the mirror down WHILE the motor is running, the mirror umm.. rotates down more than it should

looks absolutely funny but its easy to manually recover.

Any help is greatly appreciated

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