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Car Forum / Volvo Cars / January 2006'96 850 wagon - fixing heated power mirror?
The passanger side power mirror does not heat/defrost. Otherwise it works fine and I can change its position. The driver side works just fine. Any on what is wrong? If it were a fuse or wiring issue it wouldn't work work at all, right? I'm thinking it is the heating/resistance element. Any advice on fixing this would be appreciated. Since it otherwise works I'm not inclined to replace the whole mirror. -Atif '96 850 wagon 5sp The glass unplugs from the housing,you can measure continuity of the heater section . If it is open the glass part can be purchased with out buying the entire mirror assbly John >The passanger side power mirror does not heat/defrost. Otherwise it >works fine and I can change its position. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >-Atif >'96 850 wagon 5sp > The passanger side power mirror does not heat/defrost. Otherwise it > works fine and I can change its position. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > -Atif > '96 850 wagon 5sp Remove the door panel to gain access to the mirror wiring and then check the resistance across the mirror heater element. If that's open you'll have to see if you can get the mirror apart for a better look, otherwise you may need to swap the whole mirror. > > The passanger side power mirror does not heat/defrost. Otherwise it > > works fine and I can change its position. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > have to see if you can get the mirror apart for a better look, otherwise > you may need to swap the whole mirror. Thanks for the info...it just got VERY cold this weekend so I might have to wait until it is a little warmer to try since I don't have a garage. -Atif On my '96 850 sedan the heater element is bonded directly to the glass and you can remove the whole glass piece by popping it off. In your case it could be the element or the wiring which has gone bad. John > On my '96 850 sedan the heater element is bonded directly to the glass > and you can remove the whole glass piece by popping it off. > > In your case it could be the element or the wiring which has gone bad. > > John How do you pop the mirror out? If I do get it out can I just use a volt meter to test the continuity across the heating element? >>On my '96 850 sedan the heater element is bonded directly to the glass >>and you can remove the whole glass piece by popping it off. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > How do you pop the mirror out? If I do get it out can I just use a volt > meter to test the continuity across the heating element? As I recall the mirror glass is simply pryed away from the rest of the mirror assembly. I did the job several years ago, so my memory is fuzzy on it now. I would think that it might be something to do with the vehicle in a warm garage rather than in winter conditions as snap-fit items are a little less likely to break warm than cold. John |
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