Originally Posted by stemirra

The power folding mirror on the driver’s side of my otherwise perfect 2001 LS430 (which I purchased on Saturday from Lexus of Austin) would click and stumble when moving and would be loose most of the time when extended. Here is how I fixed it for .05 cents. 1. I carefully used a screwdriver to pry away the lower portion of the glass mirror snapping it out of the two lower tabs then pulled it down and out from it's top clips. 2. I disconnected the wiring to the glass, and removed it. 3. I removed the four screws holding the outer mirror shell to the inner ring like shell portion and separated it like pulling a clamshell apart. 4. I studied the problem and found that the plastic encasement to the motor that drives the folding mechanism pops up and out of place when in motion causing an insufficient detent in the open/extended position therefore over/under extending and it is not fully locking unto place after unfolding or just loosely moving around a bit in the extended position even if not folded/unfolded electrically). I put my finger on top of the encasement and operated it to find it works fine if it would just stay in place. So here is where I spent some money. I cut about 1.5 inch of 1 inch coolant hose and filled the gap between the top of the encasement and the inside metal support. NOW the motor encasement can not move upward when operated and all is good. 5. I re-assembled the mirror and it works like new. Look for the small piece of coolant hose in the photo attachment. I know this saved me $$$ and I hope it does for you too. Regards, Stephen

Originally Posted by 740ilsamue

Thanks Stephen, I'm going to try this today. But, I'm a little confused about the '1.5 inch of a 1 inch hose?'

Originally Posted by T900RR

Does the mirror have to come off the car

Originally Posted by T900RR

Hello all
Anybody do this on an 04 the wires to disconnect the mirror glass are different
My mirror will not fold in if I help it it will fold out by its self
Any help we be appreciated

Originally Posted by 740ilsamue

Thanks Stephen, I'm going to try this today. But, I'm a little confused about the '1.5 inch of a 1 inch hose?'

Originally Posted by yuri.ber

Did not work for me! Did everything as per instructions, left mirror closes worse than before, right mirror is same - does not fold in or out all the way, I have to click the switch back and forth 5-7 times to fully open or close the mirror. Also right mirror did not want to come off, I applied more force and plastic brackets broke off on the back of the mirror element. Used tape to get the mirror held in place for now. Guess I need new mirrors, 12+ years is a long time for electric, used all the time components.