Ok. Cannot get to my electricsl documents as wife is using her laptop for work, so maybe someone here has the quick answer. Drivers side power mirror does nothing at all. Passenger side works, am i hunting a fuse? Or am i going into door???

 

Both door mirrors share a common fuse, so probably need to look further.

 

Hi Darren,

Can you hear the electric servo when you move the mirror adjustment stick?

If no, then, yes probably electrical in nature.

If yes, you can hear a little motor whirring, then mirror has most likely separated from the three mounting brackets / gimbals behind the mirror surface.

Easy but delicate fix.

With your fingers gently push on either the top OR bottom of the mirror surface so as to make enough space to get a couple of fingers over the back of said mirror (ie. push in the top or the bottom).


Middle point will probably be OK and together.

Either or both points to the left and right may have separated.

By eye, line these up and carefully push on the mirror surface in the area of the two outer points.

Plastic should meet and pop into place

Cheers,

Nigel

 

Nigel. Nothing at all happens,.no noise. No clicks.nothing

 

could be one of the door switches too,

one way to check is to remove the 2 phillips screws at the door switch,

carefully pull the switch assembly until you see the two plastic wiring connectors,

invert the driver's side switch connector with the passenger's side switch connector,

test to see if the passenger side mirror runs.

if it does, it is the switch, which can be dismantled and repaired.

 

Hi Darren,

That's no fun.

OK, servo motor could have died, but from what I gather, that is pretty rare.

However, you mention "no clicks"?

When powered and in use the servo should hum, not click.

If yours was clicking before it stopped working, that sounds more like something obstructing the movement of the mirror and possibly burning the motor out if you kept asking it to move when it couldn't.

Someone may chip in and help with their thoughts on the inside door mounted mirror adjuster unit. I don't know if they can become a bit flaky.

No power is hopefully a bad electrical connection somewhere, or a connector that has decided to separate after 30ish years.

Nothing concrete, but hope this helps.

Cheers,

Nigel

 

when i said no clicks, i meant no nothng, clicks, whirs, bonks, thumps!!

Guess in opening up the door, again!!!!!

 

Darren, when you check the switches also check for current with a circuit tester. I recently fixed 3 electrical issues that turned out to have very simple causes - one was a slightly displaced switch connector, the other two were broken wires right at the connectors (not visible until they fell apart when disturbed). A lot of the wiring, and in particular the insulation, has gone brittle in these aging cars.

 

Damned thing started working again, hard to find a.problem.that doesnt exist!! Now i wait!!!

 

Hi Darren,

Sounds / Looks like a dirty connection somewhere

Cheers,

Nigel

 

Yeah, that exercise thing. I rarely mess with mine. As they are smallish, the right mirror adjustment must be optimum to see RR action. My car is LHD.


The toggle that governs is the front one. It would respond in one axis, but not the other. Off and on messing with it at last, the other axis responded.


I adjust it to get just a bit of Jag RR body in the glass for reference.


Carl