Wow! This worked! Both mirrors were dead. Followed video exactly, cleaned everything with an old toothbrush, kitchen roll and ethanol. They both work like new!! Thank you
As I was searching for a replacement for the one in my 06 9-5 Estate Aero I came across this video - fantastic Sir - will be looking at doing mine tomorrow. Subscribed.
I was literally going to go to my local junk yard and pull one of these switches from a car and hope for the best. Glad I came across this video!! Taking this apart and cleaning all the contacts worked like a charm!! Thank you very much!
v good thank you. One thing is that there is a sharp point at the bottom of the panel to be pulled out to pop the switch and it digs into the plastic so it would be good to protect the plastic with some masking tape to protect the plastic on the door panel.
Thank you so much, Stuart - I just did this and indeed, the mirror glasses move much better, almost as they should be. Unfortunately though, the driver's mirror glass will still not move up as much as it used to (a problem that started after a workshop painted this triangular area adjacent to the mirror), so I guess I need to remove and disassemble that mirror to check for broken contacts and clean things inside there.
Very important that you try to get the switch contacts and the rubber piece that retains them to lay flat in the switch assembly prior to putting it back together. Otherwise the contacts will be slightly out of position, the switch won't fully work, and you will be pulling the whole thing back out again to reposition the contacts properly.
This worked for me, its surprising how little dirt can disable the switch, those release clips are a nightmare, why are such things always so delicate. Next job for me is to clean the contacts on the steering wheel buttons.
