rover 75 electric door mirrors not working

francyboy · 26th May 2011, 09:51

hi all my rover 75s electric door mirrors are not working. i have checked the connectors at the switch end and all fuses in the passenger side floor panel. is there any other fuses for these or any common wiring problems. the electric windows work of the same unit and they work fine. thanks folks

3disco · 26th May 2011, 16:37

Mine played up on my new addition and it turned out to be dirty contacts on the switch,a joy to take apart with no springs and small bits pinging off into the distance never to be seen again,just a silicon push pad with captured contacts,bit of brake cleaner and all well again.

chris75 · 26th May 2011, 16:48

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Originally Posted by 3disco

Mine played up on my new addition and it turned out to be dirty contacts on the switch,a joy to take apart with no springs and small bits pinging off into the distance never to be seen again,just a silicon push pad with captured contacts,bit of brake cleaner and all well again.

Agreed - that's the usual fix

Some meths on a cotton bud works well , also, to clean the pad.

Andy K · 26th May 2011, 17:38

Both metal contacts for each direction need to make contact for the mirror to move

Sprinter · 26th May 2011, 17:44

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

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

francyboy · 27th May 2011, 14:58

hi all i took it apart today and sprayed wd 40 onto everything but my electric windows work fine but mirrors still no sign of working. could part of the circut board be broken? or would the windows not work also? any advice appreciated. thanks

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.

Serge Verwest · 25th September 2013, 14:44

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Originally Posted by 3disco

Mine played up on my new addition and it turned out to be dirty contacts on the switch,a joy to take apart with no springs and small bits pinging off into the distance never to be seen again,just a silicon push pad with captured contacts,bit of brake cleaner and all well again.

Very usefull tip

26th May 2011, 09:51	#1
francyboy Regular poster rover 75 cdt Join Date: May 2011 Location: Castlewellan Posts: 30 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	rover 75 electric door mirrors not working hi all my rover 75s electric door mirrors are not working. i have checked the connectors at the switch end and all fuses in the passenger side floor panel. is there any other fuses for these or any common wiring problems. the electric windows work of the same unit and they work fine. thanks folks

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Sprinter Posted a thing or two Jag S-Type 4.2 V8 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Derby Posts: 1,645 Thanks: 271 Thanked 427 Times in 293 Posts	Enough good advice given already but just to add... Even if it doesn't look dirty, clean it. Worked for me. __________________ “Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.”

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3disco 3disco ROVER 75 CONN TOURER CDTI and ZTT V8 SE LPG Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: chardstock.axminster,devon Posts: 1,493 Thanks: 361 Thanked 94 Times in 85 Posts	Mine played up on my new addition and it turned out to be dirty contacts on the switch,a joy to take apart with no springs and small bits pinging off into the distance never to be seen again,just a silicon push pad with captured contacts,bit of brake cleaner and all well again.

26th May 2011, 17:38	#4
Andy K Avid contributor 75 Saloon petrol 2.5 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: England Posts: 193 Thanks: 11 Thanked 9 Times in 8 Posts	Both metal contacts for each direction need to make contact for the mirror to move

27th May 2011, 14:58	#6
francyboy Regular poster rover 75 cdt Join Date: May 2011 Location: Castlewellan Posts: 30 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	hi all i took it apart today and sprayed wd 40 onto everything but my electric windows work fine but mirrors still no sign of working. could part of the circut board be broken? or would the windows not work also? any advice appreciated. thanks

25th March 2017, 08:29	#8
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!