Tri-Star

So while my car was in the shop I asked to have the right mirror light bulb replaced as it was burnt out. Turns out it isn't the light bulb but the "internal electrical switch" that went bad. Can anyone tell me how to take apart the visor and mirror so I can fiddle with this myself as I've read it might just be that the pins are lined up.

Additionally quoted in my free inspection report were various items that I had serviced recently (within the past year) and therefore I will be checking my records for review. Either the people never serviced my car or the dealership is trying to pull a fast one on me!

C230 Sport Coup

Time to sign up for free epc account to see exploded diagrams and find the offending part.

amanonfire

If you remove the entire visor (2 screws) you'll find a live electrical connection underneath the mounting point. Thus I assume flipping up the mirror cover just completes the circuit and there's a switch buried inside the mirror assembly. Thus I would try removing the visor and completing the circuit with a piece of wire to see if the light turns on. That should at least isolate it to the visor.

If it is the visor, the mirror assembly should just be pushed into the visor, so you should be able to pry it out somehow.

C230 Sport Coup

Before anything, just make sure it's making good contact.
Pop the visor out of it's uh...whatever it's called, like you want to flip it towards the side window. Then reseat it carefully so it makes good contact. I suppose you could check the voltage at that point too for starters. Use a pencil eraser to clean the contacts.

ncmudbug

$222.50 sounds about right. Did you check what they want to charge you to change your spark plugs? We don't call them stealers for nothing!