Hi all,
My 2008 1.6 1P Leon has had faulty wing mirrors since I bought it about 3 years ago. I was wondering if anyone knows what the problem is, and has any advice or links to a good guide for fixing them.
They are electronically adjustable, folding, and heated. The heating element works fine in both. The adjustment seems to work fine itself, but see below for a problem there.
The symptoms are the mirrors will fold up, but not always go back down, and not always back to the position they were in before. They usually require being pushed back out manually, not sure if that's good for them.
The driver's side is a bit wobbly, and when they do fold down, they don't always go back to the same position. It sometimes looks like it's folded down too far as the mirror housing and the static base part don't line up.
The glass also seems to come back down at a weird angle too, in a way that makes the internal knob adjustment unable to put it back in a sensible position. Again this usually requires poking it back.
The folding is dodgy both from the key and the center console knob.
Are these reasonable to try and change myself? I did some research a few years ago and from what I recall it looked like you had to take the whole door card off and tape up the glass. Not too keen on doing that if so.
If anyone has part numbers for the passenger and driver wing mirrors that would be really helpful. They are the standard rounded back ones, not the FR style ones with the crease.
Thanks
My 2008 1.6 1P Leon has had faulty wing mirrors since I bought it about 3 years ago. I was wondering if anyone knows what the problem is, and has any advice or links to a good guide for fixing them.
They are electronically adjustable, folding, and heated. The heating element works fine in both. The adjustment seems to work fine itself, but see below for a problem there.
The symptoms are the mirrors will fold up, but not always go back down, and not always back to the position they were in before. They usually require being pushed back out manually, not sure if that's good for them.
The driver's side is a bit wobbly, and when they do fold down, they don't always go back to the same position. It sometimes looks like it's folded down too far as the mirror housing and the static base part don't line up.
The glass also seems to come back down at a weird angle too, in a way that makes the internal knob adjustment unable to put it back in a sensible position. Again this usually requires poking it back.
The folding is dodgy both from the key and the center console knob.
Are these reasonable to try and change myself? I did some research a few years ago and from what I recall it looked like you had to take the whole door card off and tape up the glass. Not too keen on doing that if so.
If anyone has part numbers for the passenger and driver wing mirrors that would be really helpful. They are the standard rounded back ones, not the FR style ones with the crease.
Thanks
