Exterior mirror "clicking"...

[skipgen]

Got in the car today and while folding out the side mirrors I heard the drivers mirror click while moving - is it about to croak?

 

[Dad2Two]

Yup. Nylon gear issue

 

[skipgen]

Yup. Nylon gear issue

Figures - Mirror fully deploys. Keeps running afterwards - strange.

 

[Husam]

Got in the car today and while folding out the side mirrors I heard the drivers mirror click while moving - is it about to croak?

Try to stop the auto fold of the mirrors for a few days and enable it again and check.

 

[glennk]

Try to stop the auto fold of the mirrors for a few days and enable it again and check.

If that doesn't do it, I wonder if is a plastic gear that stripped.

 

[skipgen]

Try to stop the auto fold of the mirrors for a few days and enable it again and check.

I don't use auto-fold - I use them manually when needed.

If that doesn't do it, I wonder if is a plastic gear that stripped.

Probably the plastic worm gear - it's a known issue. Fortunately, there's a long thread on the DIY repair - unfortunately, it's a PITA.... Still beats going to the dealer, they'll just try to sell you a new one for $1K.

 

[Ragnar]

Yeh,frankly I don’t use the auto fold feature,the chitzsey plastic gears will not hold up and as stated the dealer will want 1k to replace the whole damn mirror instead of just repairing yours.

 

[Husam]

I don't use auto-fold - I use them manually when needed.

Probably the plastic worm gear - it's a known issue. Fortunately, there's a long thread on the DIY repair - unfortunately, it's a PITA.... Still beats going to the dealer, they'll just try to sell you a new one for $1K.

Worst case, you can buy a used part on eBay and paint it and have it installed, less than half the quote of what the dealer is going to charge you for the part and the job.

 

[skipgen]

Worst case, you can buy a used part on eBay and paint it and have it installed, less than half the quote of what the dealer is going to charge you for the part and the job.

Yeah... I've thought about doing that.

 

[skipgen]

Yeh,frankly I don’t use the auto fold feature,the chitzsey plastic gears will not hold up and as stated the dealer will want 1k to replace the whole damn mirror instead of just repairing yours.

True. That's why I hadn't been using "auto" since I bought it....

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