rover 75 electric door mirrors not working - Page 4

MattCholawo · 13th June 2016, 07:02

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Originally Posted by Sprinter

Enough good advice given already but just to add...

Even if it doesn't look dirty, clean it. Worked for me.

Plus one to that.
My contacts didn't look dirty at all, applied some contact cleaner (by the way it's really good stuff for lots of things like when people drop their phones down the loo, or just general crud on circuit boards), and I got one direction of mirror movement working. Took it out and cleaned again and then all of them started working!

BaconSarnee · 25th March 2017, 08:29

Fantastic advice, fixed mine with this method yesterday

Contacts all looked clean but a bit of brake cleaner on a cotton bud and voila! Working mirrors!

HarryM1BYT · 4th April 2017, 15:56

I have just had to do mine too, a mass of dust just under the top cover, but the actual switches looked clean enough. None the less the mirror up button had failed. A quick clean and full operation restored.

Headlight wash failure to investigate next.

wuzerk · 4th April 2017, 21:15

could somebody tell me how to release the White connector on the switch pack please?

HarryM1BYT · 5th April 2017, 07:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by wuzerk

could somebody tell me how to release the White connector on the switch pack please?

From doing it yesterday - I struggled to unplug it too. I failed to find any catch and just pulled harder and away it came.

Richard1973 · 1st July 2017, 16:27

Just had my switch pack apart and cleaned the contacts with some IPA. All working now. Black connector needs to be released by squeezing the side, but the white one just pulls out with a bit of persuasion.
Took me less than an hour and that included giving it all a good clean with a brush to remove all the dust and then a damp cloth around all the switches. Looks much better as well now.

stevenicks · 1st July 2017, 18:03

I have tried all the cleaning etc and mine are still not working on the ZT

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Stickman · 1st July 2017, 23:05

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Originally Posted by stevenicks

I have tried all the cleaning etc and mine are still not working on the ZT

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At a guess then I'd assume yr switch pack is fubared buddy
Regards
Chris

Skid · 16th September 2017, 17:34

This was one of those little jobs that I've put off for some time, but very straightforward when you take your time.
As mentioned earlier, the contacts looked clean, but a wipe over with a cotton-bud soaked with my daughter's nail polish remover, now has the switch/mirrors working perfectly.
Many thanks for the "how-to", guys.

alanaslan · 13th March 2018, 13:13

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Originally Posted by Hengist

It is a prety common thing - and a good clean up with anything from white spirit to aftershave on the end of a coton bud usually does the trcik nicely.

Perhaps your application of WD40 didn't help very much? I'd be tempted to try cleaning again to make sure all residue of WD is got rid of.

Angus

Totally agree WD40 is nasty stuff many years ago before I retired one of the swimming pool managers in one of the buildings I was responsible for, got his staff to spray every lockers lock barrel with the stuff 400 wet side lockers and 350 dry side lockers it took my maintenance team eighteen months to undo the damage his use of WD40 had done. For locks Kabba lock cleaner for any electrical board a high purity solvent like IPA which totally evaporates leaving no residue.
WD40 has its uses, but the fish oil in it attracts dirt and dust leaving everything sticky and very difficult to clean.
Best to strip down the controller and clean everything with IPA or aftershave terminals can be cleaned with a fibre glass pen before being cleaned again with a cotton bud with IPA on it. Removing the fish oil from the WD40 will take several attempts it is a very sticky stuff
Best of luck
Alan

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4th April 2017, 15:56	#33
HarryM1BYT This is my second home 75 Contemporary SE Mk II 2004 Man. Sal. CDTi 135ps, FBH on red diesel, WinCE6 DD Join Date: May 2010 Location: Leeds Posts: 17,273 Thanks: 2,160 Thanked 2,061 Times in 1,586 Posts	I have just had to do mine too, a mass of dust just under the top cover, but the actual switches looked clean enough. None the less the mirror up button had failed. A quick clean and full operation restored. Headlight wash failure to investigate next. __________________ Harry How To's and items I offer for free, or just to cover the cost of my expenses... http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...40#post1764540 Fix a poor handbrake; DIY ABS diagnostic unit; Loan of the spanner needed to change the CDT belts; free OBD diagnostics +MAF; Correct Bosch MAF cheap; DVB-T install in an ex-hi-line system; DD install with a HK amp; FBH servicing. I've taken a vow of poverty. To annoy me, send money.

4th April 2017, 21:15	#34
wuzerk Passed Away Rover 75 CDT 03 auto Conn. SE Join Date: May 2009 Location: London Posts: 2,885 Thanks: 104 Thanked 254 Times in 204 Posts	switch assembly could somebody tell me how to release the White connector on the switch pack please?

1st July 2017, 18:03	#37
stevenicks This is my second home MG ZT 180 Auto / Rover 75 2.0 Diesel Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Brecon. Posts: 7,465 Thanks: 3,297 Thanked 1,666 Times in 1,264 Posts	I have tried all the cleaning etc and mine are still not working on the ZT . __________________ "You're Not Laughing Now Are You?" Steve

25th March 2017, 08:29	#32
BaconSarnee Newbie MG ZT Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Lincoln Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Fantastic advice, fixed mine with this method yesterday Contacts all looked clean but a bit of brake cleaner on a cotton bud and voila! Working mirrors!

1st July 2017, 16:27	#36
Richard1973 Loves to post Rover 75 Saloon CDTi Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Mansfield Posts: 287 Thanks: 18 Thanked 69 Times in 52 Posts	Just had my switch pack apart and cleaned the contacts with some IPA. All working now. Black connector needs to be released by squeezing the side, but the white one just pulls out with a bit of persuasion. Took me less than an hour and that included giving it all a good clean with a brush to remove all the dust and then a damp cloth around all the switches. Looks much better as well now.

16th September 2017, 17:34	#39
Skid Regular poster Rover 75 Connoisseur SE 2.0 CDTI Manual Saloon Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Tredegar Posts: 30 Thanks: 5 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	This was one of those little jobs that I've put off for some time, but very straightforward when you take your time. As mentioned earlier, the contacts looked clean, but a wipe over with a cotton-bud soaked with my daughter's nail polish remover, now has the switch/mirrors working perfectly. Many thanks for the "how-to", guys.