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Thought I'd make a thread on how I fixed my heated and automatically folding side mirror. A few years back I crashed the right side mirror into another car's mirror and the mirror folded in all the way. I folded it back but I noticed when folding it in it goes too far, so far it hits the window seal. Nothing wrong with that if you don't mind a notch in the window rubber that it makes over time.
So for the past 2 years I have been stopping the mirror manually every time I lock the car. This year I finally got some time to investigate it.
To open up the mirror cover I followed this thread: http://www.ds3club.co.uk/showthread....-mirror-covers
1. First I pried the mirror part off using a inside trim/holster tool. I have heated mirrors so there are wires for the heater to watch out. Just tape the mirror part somewhere higher so the wires stay loose.
2. Next, unclip the mirror cover. You don't need to remove the middle part for this. Just unclip all the clips that hold the cover on.
3. Now unclip the the rest of the mirror assembly. It comes off in 2 pieces. Just follow the clips that keep the back part on first and remove the sensor in the bottom of the case (what sensor is it btw?). Then unclip the front part (the one in the mirror side). If you have heated mirrors you can't rmeove the mirror side half without removing the heater cables. I chose not to do that because I was worried they would not come off intact. So you have to tape the mirror and the other half together somewhere.
4. At this point you're left with the skeleton of the folding servo and wire assy. For me the servo casing was broken so when folding in, it missed the pin stopping the movement. NOTE: I folded the mirror manually over the "unfolded" position to be able to access the crack more easily. It seems that this is a safety feature if the mirror hits something. Not sure if this is wise though so be careful!
In this picture you can see the crack at the bottom of the folding servo casing:
This is after the first layer of Plastic Padding Chemical Metal. I also roughened the surface next to the crack to make the padding stick to the plastic better:
And finally after the second layer of the Padding. I had to do 2 layers because it cured so fast, literally in minutes it was impossible to work with. (You can also see the mystery sensor on the right):
Here's a pic of the open casing along with the heater/mirror part hanging on a tape:
So far it seems to hold. If it doesn't, I may have to disassemble the entire servo. There seems to be a few screws under the servo that are accessible after removing the casing but I'm not sure if that's enough to remove the servo without removing the entire thing from the door. I hope the padding holds, this fix was considerably cheaper than the 700 eur for a new mirror that I was quoted. Plus the work of course.
So for the past 2 years I have been stopping the mirror manually every time I lock the car. This year I finally got some time to investigate it.
To open up the mirror cover I followed this thread: http://www.ds3club.co.uk/showthread....-mirror-covers
1. First I pried the mirror part off using a inside trim/holster tool. I have heated mirrors so there are wires for the heater to watch out. Just tape the mirror part somewhere higher so the wires stay loose.
2. Next, unclip the mirror cover. You don't need to remove the middle part for this. Just unclip all the clips that hold the cover on.
3. Now unclip the the rest of the mirror assembly. It comes off in 2 pieces. Just follow the clips that keep the back part on first and remove the sensor in the bottom of the case (what sensor is it btw?). Then unclip the front part (the one in the mirror side). If you have heated mirrors you can't rmeove the mirror side half without removing the heater cables. I chose not to do that because I was worried they would not come off intact. So you have to tape the mirror and the other half together somewhere.
4. At this point you're left with the skeleton of the folding servo and wire assy. For me the servo casing was broken so when folding in, it missed the pin stopping the movement. NOTE: I folded the mirror manually over the "unfolded" position to be able to access the crack more easily. It seems that this is a safety feature if the mirror hits something. Not sure if this is wise though so be careful!
In this picture you can see the crack at the bottom of the folding servo casing:
This is after the first layer of Plastic Padding Chemical Metal. I also roughened the surface next to the crack to make the padding stick to the plastic better:
And finally after the second layer of the Padding. I had to do 2 layers because it cured so fast, literally in minutes it was impossible to work with. (You can also see the mystery sensor on the right):
Here's a pic of the open casing along with the heater/mirror part hanging on a tape:
So far it seems to hold. If it doesn't, I may have to disassemble the entire servo. There seems to be a few screws under the servo that are accessible after removing the casing but I'm not sure if that's enough to remove the servo without removing the entire thing from the door. I hope the padding holds, this fix was considerably cheaper than the 700 eur for a new mirror that I was quoted. Plus the work of course.
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