Where to start diagnosing my power mirrors
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TeggyLeo
Teggy Newbie
Yeah Beatbox is right. I found that out accidentally when my brother moved my power mirror by hand. It still works.
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max
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Good to know, I tried moving with my hand and felt significant resistance, so I thought I'd better leave it alone... I'll give it a little extra push next time I go out to the car. I checked the fuses, they're all fine. I'm guessing, since both mirrors are dead, that they aren't getting power, so I guess the next step is to see if the switch is getting power, or does anyone know where to look for the power lead under the dash that goes to the switch?? THANKS!
TeggyLeo
Teggy Newbie
I have the schematics for the wiring. My left power mirror won't go up or down. There's 2 motors for the mirrors. I think one of my motors on the mirror is gone. But I have another set from my old car.
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max
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Thanks, I'll try to trace that wire and see if I can figure out where my problem is... I tried moving the mirrors by hand again and I can't get them to move, I put a decent amount of force into it and am afraid to push any harder. I don't want to break anything, especially if they will work fine once I get power to them.
TeggyLeo
Teggy Newbie
No prob. Get back. I have a similar problem. Would like to know how it turned out.
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max
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Okay, so I'm really glad I didn't splice the wires together.
I hooked up an external power source to the mirrors to aim them while I pondered how to fix it permanently and discovered they won't adjust to an acceptable position anyway. They must be some cheap ebay junk.
So my next, and probably last question for this thread is, where's the cheapest place to get mirrors that will actually work and have the right connectors?
I hooked up an external power source to the mirrors to aim them while I pondered how to fix it permanently and discovered they won't adjust to an acceptable position anyway. They must be some cheap ebay junk.
So my next, and probably last question for this thread is, where's the cheapest place to get mirrors that will actually work and have the right connectors?