'03 Driver-side Mirror Issue - MBWorld.org Forums

Apr 11, 2008 | 11:31 AM

mor911

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'03 Driver-side Mirror Issue

This has become my worst nightmare. Last week I come outside of my friend's apartment and some a-hole stole my driver side mirror:

No damage to the car at all. So after doing a LOT of shopping (on my current limited budget), I found a website called 123mercedes.com. Truly a godsend in my eyes... The part was only $234, this was hundreds less than anywhere else.

http://123mercedes.com/W211/W211mirror.html

I ordered it and with 3-day shipping, I got it Wednesday. I take it to a local paint/repair shop. They look at it (I also looked at it when I got it), and it looked like the right part. All of the bolts fit in place, and the wire harnesses match up. They paint it (very well I might add) an go to put it on...

Here lies the problem.

The mirror has a motor on it... I'm certain this is an auto-close feature. The problem is, my old mirror (like my passenger side) wasn't motor operated. There's no open or close mirror buttons in my car. So there's no way for me to get the thing in the open position.

So I think they sent me the wrong mirror. I called 123mercedes.com (very nice and trying to be helpful by the way) and he tells me that that is the ONLY replacement mirror for the W211s. That's the only one they have. There are NONE without the motor. So I believe him... And come here. I don't know what to do. Am I supposed to pry it open and leave it open? Am I supposed to have a different part?

Help, please.

Apr 11, 2008 | 12:32 PM

MARK CUMMINS

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From: Jacksonville Florida

209/W210 Estate /W211 modded by MBENZNL

The W211 Power FOLDING Mirrors are a EURO Item..as the USA W211 do NOT have power folding mirrors...Contact a MB Dealer for the correct part number

or

purchase the OTHER side and order the power folding mirror switch you will also have to Version code the car to power folding mirror PRESENT via the STAR aka SDS ...then you will have Power folding mirrors ...I added power folding mirrors to our W211 and they work great

https://mbworld.org/forums/exterior-parts/239139-s500-mirror-light.html

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Its in near mint condition (white color).

Might ask him for the part number..and its WHITE

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Apr 11, 2008 | 12:34 PM

gnma

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'12 Mustang 5.0, '89 Supra Turbo, C55,

Sorry to hear this.

If its worth anything, at least they did not steal your beautiful wheels....

Apr 11, 2008 | 07:40 PM

Scambo

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Something similar happened to me as well, except they didn't steal the whole mirror and assembly, just the outer casing with the light strip on the back. I'm really mad at the guy for doing that ridiculous act, to then probably try to sell them and put them on a Honda or whatever. It cost me $1184 total for dealer to replace both mirrors. After my $500 insurance deductible, out of pocket expense was $684. There are some seriously sick people out there.

Apr 12, 2008 | 09:56 AM

vettdvr

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Why not just file claim on insurance, take it to MB dealer and tell them to fix?

Apr 12, 2008 | 10:53 AM

Scambo

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Yup, that's what I did.

Apr 13, 2008 | 12:27 AM

Dave858

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upgrade??

can you upgrade to the 07 mirrors. They are bigger and they look better

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Apr 13, 2008 | 02:43 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mor911

Here lies the problem.

The mirror has a motor on it... I'm certain this is an auto-close feature. The problem is, my old mirror (like my passenger side) wasn't motor operated. There's no open or close mirror buttons in my car. So there's no way for me to get the thing in the open position.

Shouldn't you be able to run the mirror folding motor to the open position, either manually or by feeding a drive signal to the motor? If you leave it disconnected, it should stay open.

The "auto close" mirrors neither close automatically if you apply correct settings, so this is not an internal feature at the mirrors but driven from the door control module. You also should have a separate wire pair, yellow and green, for the mirror fold-in motor. Did you mean your wiring harness matches the mirror for the rest of the wiring or did your door control module really have these wires included? In the latter case you could probably version code your car for auto closing mirrors.

I was just guessing it would be simpler for you to use these mirrors you've already got instead of spending time to find those that do not auto-fold.