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My passenger wing mirror has lost it's left/right movement, I have stripped it all down and found it's the individual motor.
Anyone know where I could get one?
All places sell the actuator unit complete.
I have found one very similar from maplins but I obviously don't know the specs of the std motor.

Or anyone got a broken mirror I can buy?

Can I ask how you got the mirror glass off. Mine feels like it will break if I pull any harder.

I have the same problem as you except I have no up/down movement.

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If you pus the right hand side in as much as poss then pull the left side out gently you should be able to see behind the glass, there is a plastic circle with tabs on it holding it on, you need an angled pick to get behind and release the tabs, you need to release about 3 of them and the glass will left away.
Be very careful lol.


Mine had actually stopped moving up/down and I swapped the motors over so it did move up/down and not left/right. It's more important for me to see the kerb than adjust in/out. Once the left/right position is set you don't need to move it really.

Thanks for the reply.

I was actually planning on swapping my left up/down motor with my right up/down motor until I find a new motor like you (watching this thread with interest!!!) but what you say is correct - once its set left/right it doesn't really change unless someone else drives the car (and I don't let anyone drive my cars!)

Swapping the motors is easy
Pop the glass off, then the round backing plate, push a flat screwdriver into the square holes with arrows on them to release it off the moving arms
Then you need a T10 torq bit and there's 4 screws holding the motor on,
then remove the rubber cover, there's another 4 T10s under it (2 in the middle 2 by the arms)
Then lever the 2 1/2s of the case apart pulling the tabs out the way.
Now you should have the actuator unit apart and see the moving internals.

Pull out the red circuit board carefully (there 4 pins on the back) rest it over, then prise the black plastic bit off the motors, again there's 4 pins in the middle and 2 pins on each end that go into the motors so don't bend it.
Swap the motors then refit.
Should take you about 1/2hr.

This is who make our actuators
http://www.magna.com/about-magna

I've emailed them to see if I can buy a motor.

I've found plenty on the net that are the same size but none have the 2 pin power input like ours so might not work.
I will let you know how I get on.

Cheers. That's on my list today actually!

Hopefully the motor hunt proves fruitful

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Thanks for the excellent walkthrough.

Following your guide I did the motor swap with ease today. I finally have dip reverse.

It's really the only function that I require to be electric as none of the other positions ever change in my car.

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No probs, so yours and mine have exactly the same prob.
I was unhappy my car didn't have dip reverse, now it does.

No reply from magma yet.

I rarely use the dip but on the odd occasion that I need to it's invaluable

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Wow. Just what I was after, a how to on replacing the up down movement on the passenger side wing mirror..  .  Yes mines failed aswell... ::) ::)