Grrr....my first fault on my Jazz.

[guest5040]

Greetings, today I discovered that my drivers side mirror is not demisting. Booked in to my local Honda dealership for Friday. Will give an update after that. Nothing major obviously, but annoying.

[applicationcen]

I have had one go on my Honda Legend.
Is there any graining or deterioration in the sharpness of the mirror? If there is an indication that the thing has over heated by staying on too long or shorting you then you can claim against any warranty.
Also if you constantly turn the mirror in I would imagine there could be a disconnection occur as a result of repeated movement, In any case if you have a warrantee always talk to the warranty provider, don't just accept an excuse of wear and tear from the garage - if thats what they say.
I have had three of these go in total 1 on the Honda and two on a BMW immediately after the cars were services and cleaned.
I believe the cause to be steam pressure washers blasting the mirror housing and causing shorts. As a result I ask that they don't clean the cars at now.

[guest5040]

The car was registered 2nd April 2012 so is still under the 3 year manufacturer warranty, so I will not be putting my hands in my pocket for the repair!

[Rory]

Do you use the folding mirrors regularly?  On my Merc  the wiring is known to snap after a while.

[culzean]

I believe the cause to be steam pressure washers blasting the mirror housing and causing shorts. As a result I ask that they don't clean the cars at now.

IMHO using high pressure steam or water for car cleaning is bad for almost everything on the car, including the paint and seals  - in industry they use high pressure water for cutting steel and other materials

[VicW]

All of the 'hand car wash' sites around here use high pressure jet washers to initially clean their customers cars and that includes the door mirrors.

I have two friends who have had their cars damaged by the pressure washers used. One had paint stripped off, OK the paint probably wasn't very good, but a mains pressure washer wouldn't have stripped the paint. The other problem was a door mirror glass knocked out of alignment.

I still use a mains pressure brush to do mine, which isn't very often, although the windows get cleaned every week.

Vic.

[guest5040]

Apologies for the late update, but came down with man-flu on Friday. Took the Jazz in on Friday morning and the fault is "the electronics in the mirror", new mirror on order, should be in stock on Monday, all covered under warranty... and their coffee was very nice!

[guest4871]

Well done - good outcome!