2008 S204 C220Cdi, Offside Wing Mirror Problem

[Chrishazle]

Had a coming together Saturday with BMW, offside wing mirror to wing mirror, glass on mine smashed - and I'm 120 miles from home staying with family! Daughter found a supposed heated replacement on Amazon for next day (Easter Sunday!) delivery. Found a couple of problems when it arrived. First, it has the 2 connections which make the adjustment and repeater indicator to work, but no connection for the heater 2. Behind the mirror it clips to a screwed-in piece that was also cracked, so SIL super-glued the cracks. 3. the mirror actually clips to a plactic ring that I suspect is not a replaceable part (we could not remove it) but is instead part of the motor assembly. Anyway, we managed to get it all together (held with gaffer tape!) so I could safely do the 120 mile mainly motorway journey home today, but obviously needs a proper fix - a proper new glass with the white connector for the heater, the screw-on bit that SIL glued and the "loose" ring that is part of the screw-on bit and that I suspect is part of the motor assembly.

I have looked at parts diagrams and cannot figure this, so wonder if the collective has someone knowledgeable who can advise. My suspicion is a visit to an MB main dealer (or email to MB Newcastle) and that my wallet will scream.

I'm also waiting to see if the young female black NHS worker in the BMW whose drivers side wing mirror was also damaged - rather more than mine - gets her insurance co to come after me, as she did not react well to "road narrowed, I was in my lane at below the speed limit, **** happens" view!

 

[Blobcat]

Had a coming together Saturday with BMW, offside wing mirror to wing mirror, glass on mine smashed - and I'm 120 miles from home staying with family! Daughter found a supposed heated replacement on Amazon for next day (Easter Sunday!) delivery. Found a couple of problems when it arrived. First, it has the 2 connections which make the adjustment and repeater indicator to work, but no connection for the heater 2. Behind the mirror it clips to a screwed-in piece that was also cracked, so SIL super-glued the cracks. 3. the mirror actually clips to a plactic ring that I suspect is not a replaceable part (we could not remove it) but is instead part of the motor assembly. Anyway, we managed to get it all together (held with gaffer tape!) so I could safely do the 120 mile mainly motorway journey home today, but obviously needs a proper fix - a proper new glass with the white connector for the heater, the screw-on bit that SIL glued and the "loose" ring that is part of the screw-on bit and that I suspect is part of the motor assembly.

I have looked at parts diagrams and cannot figure this, so wonder if the collective has someone knowledgeable who can advise. My suspicion is a visit to an MB main dealer (or email to MB Newcastle) and that my wallet will scream.

I'm also waiting to see if the young female black NHS worker in the BMW whose drivers side wing mirror was also damaged - rather more than mine - gets her insurance co to come after me, as she did not react well to "road narrowed, I was in my lane at below the speed limit, **** happens" view!

I’d give MB Grangemouth a call, they sent me a heated replacement glass for my SLK when a pheasant flew up in front of me and cracked the glass. Thankfully that’s all it damaged

 

[Chrishazle]

Thanks Russ, I saw your post about this, unfortunately I think/know it's not just the glass, it's what the glass clicks onto/over that I think is the problem, the obvious part is the part held on by a long screw which was obviously cracked so SIL super-glued the cracks closed, but then he had hell trying to get the glass clipped back in place and could only get some of it to clip in, the loose ring that it clips onto would not properly play (possibly also cracked) and we could not see how to get that loose ring to come off so supect it is part of the motor assembly. Gaffer tape to the rescue so I was OK for the 120 mile mainly motorway drive home from Aylesbury to near Ashford today, although I did have 1 hairy moment with a Disco that was right in the blind spot when I wanted to pull out! Thinking I'll visit MB Ashford tomorrow to enquire, unfortunately the EPC diagrams I've found are no help. Also tempting to get the repeater indicator changed at the same time, they're £25 on Ebay but I think the back of the wing mirror needs to come off to replace that (had it done once already, and had to get garage to do that!).