Wobbly mirrors

[Norfolk Jim]

Went to beach last night as weather so nice - north sea like a millpond with not a single breeze - superb.

Upon return home with one soaked through Labrador I needed to switch on rear screen heater as steaming up. Within a few minutes it was clearing but again I noticed the door mirrors went wobbly as if the heating element in them was softening some kind of fixing to make them loose! I tried pushing them but that made no difference so I thought I'd give em a little tug to see if they came off - nope, they were stuck fast - so what do you guys suggest.

Car is 55 Reg Vector Sport 2.2TiD estate. Mirrors are electric heated with reverse tilt but not folding

[collywobble]

Probably a mirage caused by the unseasonally hot weather!

[Audax]

The mirror glass is glued onto the backing that holds them on where the heated element is, maybe it softened the glue and they were heading towards a falling off?

[drmick]

mine did something similar during the winter - eventually the passage side mirror fell off the mounting while going round M25. Mine is a 2005 estate so about the same age, don't know if it effected both sides as the drivers side was replaced couple of years ago after being removed by a transit on a country lane.

I ordered a replacement online for £25 and there is the fitting instructions at the top of the messages on this forum - one of the few bits of car maintenance I could manage myself

[Norfolk Jim]

Mine seem to be fine afterwards though - its not a one off.

[Audax]

Turn the defrost back on and see if the mirrors become loose? if they do then you can do something about it before they fall off.

[Norfolk Jim]

Nope - even with the defrost on they still can't be pulled off! That's what's puzzling me

[zzf00l]

Both mine started to 'slip' off I could slide them back into position which lasted a short time and then they would slip down again which then cause the wobble. My glass was relatively easy to pull off tho' and I reattached with double sided tape. So far so good!

Ian