airtime

My passenger side mirror only retracted half way last week so I took it in to the dealer this morning. Said it was covered under my extended 3year/100k so I said go ahead and fix. They replaced it due to a bad motor and when I said replaced, they replaced the whole thing, glass, housing, everything. The invoice said $613.89 for the part and 0.5 hour labor at $50.00 and it came to $663.89, Yikes

Only thing they didn't cover was my clear 3M rock protection that was on the previous mirror. Told me it was $50 for them to put on. I declined.

If I wasn't covered under warranty, I would of just left the mirror in the driving position as I rarely park in parking lots.

biga27110

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i had the same problem, it seems one closes and shuts faster then the other now because of new motor vs old i think. Anyways my question was when you put it in reverse does the passenger side mirror angle downward? Mine doesnt and i cant remember if it used too. i have an 02 ls430

airtime

I believe to angle the mirror down, you need to click the mirror adjustment selector to the passenger setting and leave it there IIRC.

scottmcc

For mirrors to angle downward in reverse you need to have the mirror adjustment to either left or right. IF it is in the middle the mirrors will not angle downward in reverse.

lexusthai

[QUOTE=airtime;3175259]My passenger side mirror only retracted half way last week so I took it in to the dealer this morning. Said it was covered under my extended 3year/100k so I said go ahead and fix. QUOTE]

You know, this happens to me a lot, sometimes they don't fold back out all the way. One some days they do, on some days they don't! What bother me is the last two times I took my car to the dealer, the darn mirrors worked fine!

airtime

[QUOTE=lexusthai;3183125]You know, I had complained to the dealer a while back that both my mirrors had a slight mechanical whirling sound when they retract and the service advisor just says its normal. Now that they swapped out a new passenger side, it is virtually silent on that side while the driver side still makes that noise. I actually hope it breaks now so I get a new one . Same goes with the retractable steering column. It made a whirling noise and they fixed it and now its silent.

mixednuts

I finally left mine in extended position. My extended warranty ran out last month. I have had two replaced on the driver side and one on the passenger side replaced in the last 3 years.

drink300

[QUOTE=airtime;3183356]Same thing happening to me. My passenger side mirror makes a whirring sound and open much slower than the driver side. My warranty is up, so let's hope it doesn't get worse.

sid02

I have had the same problems usually when it rains. I believe the problem is caused in some cases because of grime/dirt under the mirror casing. In my case I've cleaned out the gunk which is a black film between the stationary part and the moving side mirror and no more problems.

airtime

Good to know, I'll try that out on my driver side. BTW, does yours make any motor noise when retracting or detracting (not sure if that's the right term).

sid02

I don't recall any motor noise but will check next time it happens. Also, you can try shooting some silicone to help the retracting mechanism.

Hybrid-JD

i had the problem of one only closing half way.. i used some WD-40 .. sprayed some on and it worked perfectly fine again. So hope that helps.

DRWChicago

Same issue here with the passenger side. Really bad when it was cold out. They replaced the whole mirror. The only issue is that the glass on the mirror is VERY reflective around the far right edge and is annoying as ****. I'm tempted to take it back in, as it was not like that on the previous mirror.

Tried WD-40, but that didn't fix it.

I assume that the replacement ships all in one piece...does the dealer have to put the glass on themselves? Maybe they just didn't set the mirror well enough.

-rob

airtime

DRW, on your replacement mirror, is it tinted at all or auto dimming at night? Curious to see how a mirror and be more reflect in one place than another? I'm trying to imaging what that would be like.