mirrors with a mind of their own...

[Pupp]

Water related I suspect... n/s one self adjusts to sky/out, d/s points down/out... takes a few miles to occur and they do bog all to any inputs off the controls (haven't for years and I'm astonished there's still juice to 'em) Where do I guddle to fix/kill em (oh, and how)?

[Cider Andy]

It depends which adjustment switch is fitted. Earlier ones were controlled by a number of relays (in the driver's door?), later ones had a control ECU under the dashboard.

You got a pciture of the switch?

[Pupp]

Cider Andy said:

It depends which adjustment switch is fitted. Earlier ones were controlled by a number of relays (in the driver's door?), later ones had a control ECU under the dashboard.

You got a pciture of the switch?

No pic at the mo, sorry. It's a 97 facelift car and the mirror control is a flat silver anodised four direction rocking 'button' swith with two L and R selector buttons above. I'm guessing it's the 'later' type

[Cider Andy]

Yes, that's the later one with the ECU. Possible the connections to it are damp and giving false inputs to the ECU. Beyond that, as it affects both mirrors at the same time, it might be the ECU itself.

If you're not bothered about it, disconnect the mirror connectors behind the speakers. You can usually manually adjust the mirrors by pressing on the glass, although I haven't tried that with this model. Otherwise it will involve fiddling about with wires to these connectors to control the motors manually to set the mirror positions.