greg24580

I have a 2000 W-plate WRX STi import and my near side mirror will no longer retract electonically. I can still adjust the mirror angle but cant retract it. Does anyone know how I can diagnose the problem?

TonyBurns

iTrader: (3)

Probably the motor, you may have to strip the mirror down or get a replacement from a scrap yard.

Tony

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

Check the switch too. You'd need a circuit tester, mine is a brass body with a sharp point on one end, used for piercing the insulation on wires, and a metre long lead with a crocodile clip on the other end.

Clip to earth, use the probe to see if any power is going from switch to mirror to close it, then check again if it's getting TO the mirror at the connector under the doorcard.

The Rig

iTrader: (13)

Usually the motor

i replaced the n/s on mine, i found it very hard to find the exact type of motor,once i removed the old one, so the easiest was to buy another mirror,i couldnt find a white one etc,so luckily i found a cheap silver one for £5 and took the motor out of that, the inners vary in shape,the mirror etc so i couldnt swap the entire goubins over.

its quite a fiddly job,the switch is a constant live,the only reason the mirror stops where it does (closed/open) is becuase theres a copper strip where the motor sits and it has a very small break in it,its takes ages to line this up if you move it out of sink.

use hot water to remove the glass from out of the rubber lip it sits in

have fun bud

greg24580

Yea sounds bags of fun haha, thanks for the advice.

bish667

iTrader: (1)

my o/s wing mirror wouldnt retract once as one of the fuses in the engine bay fuse box had blown, my alarm also thought the bonnet was open.