Drivers side electric door mirror stopped working

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Hi Guys,

I'm new to the forum - I recently bought a 2006 B7 Audi A4 2.0 TDI. Yesterday I noticed that the electric adjustment on the drivers side door mirror has stopped working. I took the mirror apart this morning using a guide on here. I removed what I assume is the motor - the round part which has a sort of ball joint in the middle? I noticed it was very stiff to move so gave it a good soaking of WD40 but sadly this hasn't helped. I also tried to get a voltage from the connector that attaches to the motor but I couldn't find one - I did try all combinations of the wires. The wierd thing is occasionally it will adjust up but all other directions don't work. I'm currently thinking it's a burnt out motor - what do you think? The next thing I'm planning to do is try the motor in the other mirror to rule out a wiring issue. How much is a replacement motor likely to set me back from Audi? Or am I better scouring fleabay for one?

Cheers

Alex
 
I should mention that when the upwards adjustment occasionally works it only moves a tiny bit and then stops again. I'm pretty certain it's the motor. One other thing - are the motors different for each side? I assumed they'd be the same. I've got a part no - 8E2 858 532 L but when searching for that I get the whole mirror assembly back when all I want is the motor.

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers

Alex
 
give it time for someone to come and answer
after all its a work day
im sure someone will be along soon.
 
Ok here's an update - I tried the motor from the drivers side mirror in the passenger side one and it works fine - typical! So it looks like it's an issue with the adjustment switch or perhaps some wiring. The wierd thing is that occasionally the upwards adjustment works on the drivers side for about 2 seconds then stops.

Has anyone seen this problem before?? I can't believe i'm the first to suffer it. Anyhow it looks like i'll need to take the door card off to get to the switch (something I didn't really want to do!). How hard is it to get the door card off? any walkthroughs on here? I remember on my old Gold MK4 it was a right pain! And any pointers to look for once I get it off?

Thanks

Alex
 
yes you need to look in the rubber boot between door and car
very comon for the wires to break
 
bez101 said:
yes you need to look in the rubber boot between door and car
very comon for the wires to break
Click to expand...

Ok thanks - any tutorials for taking the door card off? preferably with pictures? Is it a big job?

Cheers
 
its not a door card off job

open the door you will see a black rubber boot going from door to car
thats where the wires break check in there but have a good look as they break but sometimes done come apart.
 
Ah ok brill thanks, i'll have a look tomorrow. ****** rubber boots - I just fixed the rear washer on my wife's polo, the pipe had split inside one of those rubber boots going to the boot!

Thanks for your help.
 
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bez101 said:
its not a door card off job

open the door you will see a black rubber boot going from door to car
thats where the wires break check in there but have a good look as they break but sometimes done come apart.
Click to expand...

Checked the rubber boot today but no luck - I did find a wire that had started to break so I cut and re-joined but it turns out this is the speaker wire and nothing to do with the mirror! Any pointers of where to look next as it still doesn't work? Am I going to need to take the door card off now?
 
Sounds like it might be a door card off job. I'm going to do mine at some point, so if you do find a good set of instructions, do please post a link!
 
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