Replaced The Drivers Door Mirror Housing (Pics)
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2011 E350 Sedan
Replaced The Drivers Door Mirror Housing (Pics)
When I bought my car a few weeks ago the only damage to the body was a cracked mirror housing:
So I ordered a color matched replacement from parts.com at a cost of $103:
Installation is pretty straight forward. You move the mirror all the way to its lowest position as if you were trying to see the ground in the mirror. Once moved you stick your fingers behind the mirror and gently pull. It snaps out pretty easy. There is a white plug and two wires to disconnect:
After you gently place this very expensive piece of glass somewhere safe, remove the torx screw in the lower left corner. There are two clips that hold the housing in place so you lift up in it to remove it:
The new part slides back down and you just have to make sure the plug for the signal light lines up:
Reassembly is the reverse order. When go to snap the mirror back in to place make sure the two small wires will not get caught. When you are all done it should look like new:
It took me about 10 minutes to complete. Just be very careful with the mirror glass.
So I ordered a color matched replacement from parts.com at a cost of $103:
Installation is pretty straight forward. You move the mirror all the way to its lowest position as if you were trying to see the ground in the mirror. Once moved you stick your fingers behind the mirror and gently pull. It snaps out pretty easy. There is a white plug and two wires to disconnect:
After you gently place this very expensive piece of glass somewhere safe, remove the torx screw in the lower left corner. There are two clips that hold the housing in place so you lift up in it to remove it:
The new part slides back down and you just have to make sure the plug for the signal light lines up:
Reassembly is the reverse order. When go to snap the mirror back in to place make sure the two small wires will not get caught. When you are all done it should look like new:
It took me about 10 minutes to complete. Just be very careful with the mirror glass.
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Excellent write up, thanks for sharing
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nice work .. what would that have cost you at the stealership? $300, $400?
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Mike - Thanks for the write up and decent pictures too - I'm sure this post will become useful for many.
Admins: Can we make it into a DIY / Sticky? At least prefix the subject line with DIY so that we can search for all DIY's.
thanks,
Richard
Admins: Can we make it into a DIY / Sticky? At least prefix the subject line with DIY so that we can search for all DIY's.
thanks,
Richard
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I am going to install an aftermarket blind spot system and have most things figured out (I think).
Two things I need some help with, I need power and I see this thing that appears to be a relay (red square) and it has a plus and minus on it, anybody know if it is safe to unplug and can it be used for power or is there better source ( if so what color wire).
Also I will need to feed a cable from the mirror into the door and I have removed the three screws that hold the mirror housing in place but it isn't coming off yet, it's loose but can't see to get it off?
Two things I need some help with, I need power and I see this thing that appears to be a relay (red square) and it has a plus and minus on it, anybody know if it is safe to unplug and can it be used for power or is there better source ( if so what color wire).
Also I will need to feed a cable from the mirror into the door and I have removed the three screws that hold the mirror housing in place but it isn't coming off yet, it's loose but can't see to get it off?
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I am also changing the mirrors to European version and will be connecting the blind spot led in the mirror to the after market system.
The led has three wires attached, I tried to use a 9v battery to determine which wires are needed to light up but could not get the led to light up. Any idea what that could be?
The wire colors are black with red wire, blue wire and grey wire.
The led has three wires attached, I tried to use a 9v battery to determine which wires are needed to light up but could not get the led to light up. Any idea what that could be?
The wire colors are black with red wire, blue wire and grey wire.
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I am also changing the mirrors to European version and will be connecting the blind spot led in the mirror to the after market system.
The led has three wires attached, I tried to use a 9v battery to determine which wires are needed to light up but could not get the led to light up. Any idea what that could be?
The wire colors are black with red wire, blue wire and grey wire.
The led has three wires attached, I tried to use a 9v battery to determine which wires are needed to light up but could not get the led to light up. Any idea what that could be?
The wire colors are black with red wire, blue wire and grey wire.
Pin 1 - yellow LED +
Pin 2 - red LED +
Pin 3 - ground
Good luck! BTW what is the aftermarket system you're installing?
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Nice work! We had to replace the cover on an 2009 ML we had. One dealer quoted $700, the other $250, so I just went with the $250, unfortunately our ML had the odd rectangular mirrors only around 1-2yrs so was hard to find the part online. $103 is a steal....
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Works for 2010 ML 350 as well
This instruction works for 2010 ML 350 mirror as well. I was searching for removal instruction for a long time and finally tumble onto this and want to let others know in case they are looking for ML 350 mirror removal instruction as well.