frozen wing mirrors

[Majorslow]

My wife's car has electric folding mirrors, the near side one is fine in the frosty mornings, but the off side one gets stuck.

What is the best way to free this up?

I have thought about some wd40 spray or oil? I don't want to damage it by applying either.

suggestions please

[RedWhiteMonkey]

Can you turn off the autofold function, maybe just do that for the winter months.

[Red9zero]

RedWhiteMonkey said:

Can you turn off the autofold function, maybe just do that for the winter months.

This. Alternatively I pour lukewarm water over the mirrors before I unlock the car.

[Majorslow]

RedWhiteMonkey said:

Can you turn off the autofold function, maybe just do that for the winter months.

Yes we can but it's an S80 and wifey parks in a car park at work which has narrow spaces.... will suggest it to her!

[Majorslow]

Red9zero said:

RedWhiteMonkey said:

Can you turn off the autofold function, maybe just do that for the winter months.

This. Alternatively I pour lukewarm water over the mirrors before I unlock the car.

She isn't the patient type to go through that .... it's my fault it's frosty in the first place... not global warming

[119]

I am sure that if you manually fold the mirrors with the door buttons, they stay in that position until you manually unfold the with the buttons next time.

[Spare tyre]

Don’t forget you could pull the fuse if they can’t be disabled

[Skyedriver]

Mine have frozen a few times, usually forget when unlocking the car. I do worry abut the mechanism but so far no problems. 2013 V70.