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Haha...true! But its like that in any industry. If they poke a yoke the process this wouldn't happen so I blame the quality/manufacturing engineers, unless that operator wasn't following the work instructions. They should have a torque driver set to a tested value.... that would eliminate this issue. I am surprised that we haven't seen this in the M3....
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09-07-2012, 08:10 AM | #25 | |
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09-08-2012, 08:41 PM | #27 |
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I just took a close look and found 2mm crack on driver's side, 3mm crack on passenger side. November 2011 delivery. I have only used the power fold feature 2 or 3 times.
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09-09-2012, 12:39 PM | #31 |
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Just checked mine and both are cracked. Both have a VERY faint crack on the backside of the stub that sticks out. It looks like a thin blonde hair on the surface. See picture 1, right where the flash reflection is.
However, the passenger side mirror seems to have a bit bigger crack with a slight gap between the two sides of it on the top surface of the stub. See picture 2. Like was mentioned before, the cracks are likely caused by the hardware on the backside being torqued too much, or possibly just a poor design with insufficient plastic wall thickness. I think i'll wait until mine get worse until I take it in to the dealer. It really is pretty difficult to notice unless you are really looking for it. Has anyone taken theirs in yet? If so, i'm curious if they replace the whole mirror assembly, or just the triangular mirror base.
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09-09-2012, 01:23 PM | #32 |
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My dealer have replaced both my mirrors.... But (always a but) I could notice some strech in the mirrors brackets already when I left the dealer so now after a month the problem is back and both sides are cracked again. I have talked to my dealer about the issue and they will replace them again but this time they will check with BMW central to see if there is something wrong with the mounting instructions.
In my case they replaced the whole mirrors. |
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09-09-2012, 01:56 PM | #33 |
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You guys had me worried...no defects on mine but I realized that the power folding mechanization doesn't really touch or affect this area...are some of you thinking that because of the structure twisting or torque when mirrors fold that might be causing the cracks?
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09-10-2012, 05:11 AM | #35 |
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Took the 1M in to my friendly local BMW dealer on Saturday to show then the mirror cracks and they were most helpful in ordering me a new pair of replacements
Expecting a call later this week and then get the car in to have them switched over. Been a busy (and expensive) first 10 days of ownership.... Eibach Springs fitted Geometry set BMW Performance black grills fitted IND Gloss black side repeaters ordered MILLTEK Sport full system ordered Pair of wing mirrors being replaced under warranty Pair of Michelin Pilot Super Sport rear tyres ordered Cheers, Chris |
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For those who have had their mirror replaced at the dealer, did they transfer over your old mirror caps on to the new mirrors? Reason I ask is because I have 3M clearbra on my mirror caps and would hate to lose them. Although now that I think of it, there is also some clearbra on the black sections of the mirror, too.
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09-11-2012, 09:58 AM | #38 |
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From one of the 1M's on our Swiss tour. A few of the the cars all had these cracks just starting to occur. Seems like most were on the passenger side mirror.
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09-11-2012, 11:18 PM | #39 | |
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10-22-2012, 04:27 AM | #42 |
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I have the same probleme on my 1M from november 2011, and this week I've seen two firts 1///M from 2011 June and the both have problems
we make a demand for a PUMA in France too !!!
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10-22-2012, 05:36 AM | #43 |
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crack on the passenger side - only noticed after dackel showed it to me
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Dealer changed the mirror out this past week. We shall see how long it takes before I have to get Dack to inspect my car again. So how many mirrors have to be fixed before they come up with a fix?? |
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