R56 2008 R56 Right Mirror Moving While Driving
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2008 R56 Right Mirror Moving While Driving
Recently, I noticed my passenger side mirror moving while I was driving. I thought there must be something loose. Checking it while stopped, the mirror seems solid, no play, no looseness.
Observing the behavior more closely, I noticed that it seems to respond to acceleration: it points up when I press the throttle. It also responds to braking, in that if I'm traveling down the road and the mirror is dancing around, I can step on the brake and the mirror moves significantly less or locks down and stops moving entirely.
Generally, It kind of looks like it's floating. Originally I thought the movement looked like random wind was being buffeted by wind.
The remote adjustment seems to work normally and I can see it influence the "base" position of the mirror even while it's moving on its own.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts or suggestions.
Observing the behavior more closely, I noticed that it seems to respond to acceleration: it points up when I press the throttle. It also responds to braking, in that if I'm traveling down the road and the mirror is dancing around, I can step on the brake and the mirror moves significantly less or locks down and stops moving entirely.
Generally, It kind of looks like it's floating. Originally I thought the movement looked like random wind was being buffeted by wind.
The remote adjustment seems to work normally and I can see it influence the "base" position of the mirror even while it's moving on its own.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts or suggestions.
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Thanks, Troy. I had just figured out the same thing with mine and came to post that. It was hanging on just at the very top edge which made it hang tight/flat against the backing when observed statically. When I touched it, there was no movement. But when accelerating or driving at speed, it would swing out away from the backing. If only I had about 12" longer arms I could have figured it out while driving. :-)
Strange, simple, solved.
Strange, simple, solved.
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