B8 S4 rear view mirror housing seized and shattered.

[RoyalBoob]

Hi all…. Total ballache - my S4’s rear view mirror has shattered. The ball joint which positions the mirror seized and snapped the moulding on the inside - which to be fair is totally brittle anyway.
Since it’s a dimmable mirror and also contains a forward facing sensor (all of which works fine still) I was wondering if anyone knows if Audi will sell the housing as a part? Otherwise it could get expensive. Thanks.

 

[NHN]

Nope it's not available separate.

I may have an autodimming mirror for your car available actually.

What's the part number, it's embossed into the plastics & has letters on the end, pic would be good.

 

[RoyalBoob]

Is this it? - such a bad design. There is no way the ball joint is serviceable.

 

[NHN]

Do you have high beam assist?

Can I see a pic of the whole mirror itself & housing.

 

[JohnS3]

I’ve never read about such a failure. No way mine will cease, if I don’t use the car for a while the mirror actually turns down so I’m looking at the back seats.
Hope NHN can sort you out.

 

[RoyalBoob]

I’ve never read about such a failure. No way mine will cease, if I don’t use the car for a while the mirror actually turns down so I’m looking at the back seats.
Hope NHN can sort you out.

Me too - NHN, can you sort me out - also, does it need to be coded to the car?

 

[JohnS3]

@RoyalBoob Nige needs more info. Please see post 4

 

[NHN]

1st as per John, never seem that happen in all my years, so that's definitely an anomaly, unfortunate yes, but it's not honestly 1st time ever & I wouldn't say it's a bad design, just maybe it was tightened too much at factory.

I have an autodimming mirror that's not high beam assist, the shell afaik is the same as I've stripped them down for r&d.

The hba mirrors are serious money new, we're talking hundreds, so I'd avoid that.

I'd happily offer this one to purchase as long as you didn't break or damage it & if it doesn't work out then pay the return postage & I'll refund you minus postage fees to post to you.

 

[quattrogone]

I have a spare mirror in black that I bought by mistake when I swapped my white headliner to black, it's auto dimming and has some sort of forward facing sensor.
I can dig it out and see if it has a part number e.t.c