folding mirrors
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I've had similar issues before. It gets stuck for a while and then it comes down on its own. I've yet to figure out why.
do any of you guys know why the mirrors have a fold button on the elctric mirrors?, because when you pull it back when say stopped it doesnt fold mirrors or anything!!, only locking car and holiding button can fold mirrors for me!!!
You need to rotate it and point it at the rear screen to fold them. If that doesn't work your knob has a fault. 
My passenger mirror gets stuck in the mornings, I have noticed that if I start the car first then after a few seconds turn the switch it works fine but i think i need to put some wd40 on it or something
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i just need to start the car and the fold open??????, am i missing something ??, why do you even need the button on the electric mirro for folding ?, if i doesnt work????????/
Think about this.
Not everyone parks overnight in the street.
If I was to park it in my garage I would manually fold them so as I could get the car as far over to the left inside the garage, Once parked switch off the engine. This would give me more room on the right to open the drivers door. The following morning I wouldn't want them to auto unfold because the passenger side one would jam against the garage wall.
Same thing if I was to park close to a wall if I had an end parking space.
Also if you live in the sticks and farmer Giles comes the other way in his tractor, you may need to manually fold them in order to pass very slowly. In these cases you would want the button to work.
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Annoying when this happens...
It's become a habit regardless where I am I always tilt the mirrors before I leave the car
However when they are stuck I would normally brute force and twist the mirrors down and up again
Then it would be fine and also a bit of WD40 would help too
I would like to dismantle my mirrors are some point and re-grease all the cogs...
It's become a habit regardless where I am I always tilt the mirrors before I leave the car
However when they are stuck I would normally brute force and twist the mirrors down and up again
Then it would be fine and also a bit of WD40 would help too
I would like to dismantle my mirrors are some point and re-grease all the cogs...
It's not just cogs. There is a "detent" (spring loaded ball in socket. This is the health and safety bit to make it fold on impact.
the motor is on its way out then...just to update this i had the same creaking noise and was intermittant sticking so i took it back to the dealer and had the full unit replaced under warranty
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