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Broken folding mirror - mkiv Supra


cered

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So at work yesterday I hit the button to unfold the mirror, left one unfolded however the right one stayed folded, so wound down the window and opened it manually.

 

Drove back home, and when I closed the door there was a crack/snapping noise and the right mirror can now be pushed from left to right slightly as if one of its mounts has snapped.

 

When pushing the powerfold button the left mirror works as normal but the right mirror does nothing - locked in open position, no whirring noise from motor either so it's completely dead.

 

Any ideas / suggestions? Did try looking but only threads I could find where for if both mirrors stopped working

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I have no clue (and could be wrong) but I would take the mirror apart and test to see if current is flowing using a multimeter? Hopefully there is and then you can just change the mirror/motor otherwise I guess you'd have to search down the line and see if there is a break or fail in the wire?

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So you can just change the motor out, and keep the casing as I really don't want to have to get a new set and a respray

 

If so how do you go about it?

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They strip down fairly easy, the worst part is prying the glass off at the bottom, just use a small flathead, and use that from the back to pry the glass of the motor, pull the bottom rubbers away revelaing screws, and theres some screws holding the motor to the shell. Easily swapped

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They strip down fairly easy, the worst part is prying the glass off at the bottom, just use a small flathead, and use that from the back to pry the glass of the motor, pull the bottom rubbers away revelaing screws, and theres some screws holding the motor to the shell. Easily swapped

 

Cheers, so just a case of getting some working ones and swapping them out, I've had the glass in and out a few time because people like to target smashing my glass, luckily it's only £35 from toyota

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