Real FIX for the auto folding mirror not stopping where it should

Cuba · 08-28-2017, 09:42 PM

I have been having this problem for a few months now and refused to get a replacement mirror. Found this solution posted on another site and decided to try it out before getting a mirror replacement.

I tried many many times to pull the mirror in all the way, click the mirror button, and click it again and it folding back into place. This never worked for me.

Solution:
1. Remove mirror cap
2. Drill a small hole down through the first layer with a 1/4" drill
3. You'll know you drilled far enough when you see the exposed hole.
4. The small hole is already exposed so you do not drill this hole.
5. Spray some WD40 into the hole and use a small allen wrench or a 1/16" drill bit to stick in there and push with some force (nothing will happen but will loosen the pin a bit)
6. Bring your mirrors all the way in
7. Click the mirror button and as the mirror is folding out push down into that hole with your small allen wrench or 1/16" bit. (basically you are manually pushing the pin down instead of relying on the spring)

At this point you can spray some WD40 or lithium grease in the hole to hopefully loosen the pin. Or snip the white wire to remove the folding function to this mirror, and eliminate the chance of this happening again.

Wolf 335 · 08-29-2017, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Cuba

I have been having this problem for a few months now and refused to get a replacement mirror. Found this solution posted on another site and decided to try it out before getting a mirror replacement.

Thanks man, hopefully this ends this damn issue once and for all.

How did you get this solution? I mean how did you know to drill that hole there?

Cuba · 08-29-2017, 08:31 AM

Someone had posted about it on a other website. forget the link, I'll try to find it and update the credit

Drifter2090 · 08-29-2017, 10:08 AM

Thanks! I had to buy another mirror

I'll save this for next time tho!

PTinVT · 08-29-2017, 04:36 PM

I've only folded my mirrors a handful of times in 8 years, and they missed half the time. I just don't fold them. :/

Johnny Boost · 08-29-2017, 05:05 PM

Is this an issue with pre-LCIs only?

djh2 · 08-29-2017, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Cuba

Someone had posted about it on a other website. forget the link, I'll try to find it and update the credit

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1129570

It's posted in the DIY on here, but the single-post poster has posted on several sites according to google.

PhaseP · 08-29-2017, 08:21 PM

That is not the real fix! This is the real deal fix!

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...7#post21716397

Seriously though, if you don't have access to a welder, there is nothing wrong trying to fix by drilling into.

Cuba · 08-29-2017, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djh2

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cuba

Someone had posted about it on a other website. forget the link, I'll try to find it and update the credit

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1129570

It's posted in the DIY on here, but the single-post poster has posted on several sites according to google.

Thanks I'll update main post

08-28-2017, 09:42 PM	#1
Cuba Cuba 81 Rep 1,676 Posts Drives: 07 328xi Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: PA iTrader: (12)	Real FIX for the auto folding mirror not stopping where it should I have been having this problem for a few months now and refused to get a replacement mirror. Found this solution posted on another site and decided to try it out before getting a mirror replacement. I tried many many times to pull the mirror in all the way, click the mirror button, and click it again and it folding back into place. This never worked for me. Solution: 1. Remove mirror cap 2. Drill a small hole down through the first layer with a 1/4" drill 3. You'll know you drilled far enough when you see the exposed hole. 4. The small hole is already exposed so you do not drill this hole. 5. Spray some WD40 into the hole and use a small allen wrench or a 1/16" drill bit to stick in there and push with some force (nothing will happen but will loosen the pin a bit) 6. Bring your mirrors all the way in 7. Click the mirror button and as the mirror is folding out push down into that hole with your small allen wrench or 1/16" bit. (basically you are manually pushing the pin down instead of relying on the spring) At this point you can spray some WD40 or lithium grease in the hole to hopefully loosen the pin. Or snip the white wire to remove the folding function to this mirror, and eliminate the chance of this happening again. Attached Images __________________ 07 328xi Monaco Blue\|Premium\|Cold\|Navi\|CA\|LLumar\|Mtec\|DDM\|aFe\|Ambe r-Gone\|Rear Fogs\|Bimmian\|PY-Speed\|OEM\|e92-lighting\|V1\|BavAuto\|Weisslicht\|Cyba\|Beyern\|Falken\| Sonic Tuning\|ECS Tuning\|JL Audio\|Rockford Fosgate
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Drifter2090 Colonel 910 Rep 2,091 Posts Drives: E90 M3 \| E92 335i \| E90 335d Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Ontario, Canada iTrader: (1)	Thanks! I had to buy another mirror I'll save this for next time tho!
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PTinVT armchair enthusiast 221 Rep 1,019 Posts Drives: 18 340xi, 02 325Cic, 93 850Ci Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Burlington, VT iTrader: (3)	I've only folded my mirrors a handful of times in 8 years, and they missed half the time. I just don't fold them. :/ __________________ '18 340i xDrive EB/Dakota, 6-speed manual, M-sport '02 325Cic vert AW/Montana leather, 5-speed manual, premium/removable hardtop '93 850Ci Oxford Green/Parchment, auto '71 Buick Riviera, 455 V8 land yacht
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08-29-2017, 08:21 PM	#8
PhaseP Colonel 1007 Rep 2,108 Posts Drives: 325XI Join Date: May 2010 Location: Earth iTrader: (0)	That is not the real fix! This is the real deal fix! http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...7#post21716397 Seriously though, if you don't have access to a welder, there is nothing wrong trying to fix by drilling into.
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