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Electric Folding Mirrors Intermittently Won't Fully Open/Close


Rich.2211

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This is a problem I've had since I bought the car but kind of forgot about it as I leave the mirrors out. Now though I really want to get it sorted in a quest to make the car 100% "niggle free". Basically when I press the button to fold the mirrors in or out sometimes one of the mirrors will only move half way out or even not at all. This happens most of the time but not all the time and can happen on either mirror. I'm guessing it's worn cogs or something like that? How can I fix them or is it new mirrors time?

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Can you actually hear the motors turning when the wing mirror stops moving?

Could possibly be the wires running into the door for the mirrors are broken?

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No, tried it the other day when I was bored. Took it all apart to try and pull the motor to clean/look at it but I was stopped by one small screw. Sounds silly I know but tried to unscrew it and just ripped the head off. If I would of manged to get this small cover off I reckon you could of spit the two halfs of the motor. While it was apart as far as I could go, wd40'd it up but no difference. Must be the cogs have gone or something like that, motor making a noise but still got nothing.

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No, tried it the other day when I was bored. Took it all apart to try and pull the motor to clean/look at it but I was stopped by one small screw. Sounds silly I know but tried to unscrew it and just ripped the head off. If I would of manged to get this small cover off I reckon you could of spit the two halfs of the motor. While it was apart as far as I could go, wd40'd it up but no difference. Must be the cogs have gone or something like that, motor making a noise but still got nothing.

 

How difficult do you think it would be to fit a new motor? That is if they're available separately from Toyota. I keep meaning to pluck up the courage to disassemble mine but, like you say, I think it will be a worn cog so I won't be able to fix it without new parts anyway.

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It isn't difficult. It's one whole unit tho so you've got the motor then the actual outer wing mirror. It just takes some time getting it out the shell, loads of screws and just taking the wires out of the connector to then pull through. Pretty much that is it mate.

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It isn't difficult. It's one whole unit tho so you've got the motor then the actual outer wing mirror. It just takes some time getting it out the shell, loads of screws and just taking the wires out of the connector to then pull through. Pretty much that is it mate.

 

I'll have to see if the motors are available separately then. Failing that I'll have to hope a set of fully functioning electric folding mirrors pop up in A202 black :D

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Nah mate, its hooked on the bottom part iirc. So you have to unclip the top then pull it down to unclip the bottom, if that makes sense. If you tilt the glass and have a look behind it you will see what I mean. Other then that its just screws and unclipping the wires out of the connector.

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Nah mate, its hooked on the bottom part iirc. So you have to unclip the top then pull it down to unclip the bottom, if that makes sense. If you tilt the glass and have a look behind it you will see what I mean. Other then that its just screws and unclipping the wires out of the connector.

 

Cheers mate, will be doing that on Friday then. Thanks for the advice.

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