Side mirrors have a mind of their own

callaway · **Posted:** Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:12 am

My side mirror on the passenger side seems to move on its own. I get my mirrors set up the way I like them and they stay in that position for one or two trips... then the right one will move out of place from where I told it (it comes to rest as if it were adjusted as far in the right direction as it could go).

I thought that maybe it might be due to a passenger slamming the door causing something to move around... but only the mirror moves, not the housing and this morning when I got in the liberty the first thing I noticed was the mirror had moved from where I had set it last night and I havnt had any passengers for a few days.

Its not that big of an issue - more of an annoyance. Its easy to readjust, but seems to happen rather frequently.

I have an '03 liberty sport - any ideas as to why my side mirror moves on its own?

KJ-BOL · **Posted:** Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:15 am

stop plates - or something like that - must be missing or loose inside the mirror housing - this only if the mirror moves always to the same direction
set it up again, measure how much and towards which direction it moves to and move it again and see if next time it moves to the same direction as b4.
Then you will know that something is loose inside the housing

hope it helps

white04kj · **Posted:** Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:22 am

Gremlins dude... I'm positive :lol:

Sorry, I had to. Good luck figuring it out, that would start to bug me pretty quick!

nickmv · **Posted:** Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:37 am

naw, it's not gremlins, its the mirror gnomes.

callaway · **Posted:** Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:45 am

arnt gnomes supposed to be helpful critters?

KJ-BOL -> I'll start keeping track of how far it moves to see if there is something loose inside (how would something in my mirror (of all places) come loose? )

4wdParakeet · **Posted:** Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:59 pm

I've had that happen to me a few times. I really was starting to tick me off till I realized that when I sit a certain way my knee hits the mirror switch and if it's not switched to the middle it will move. I almost took it into the dealership untill I caught my knee in the act.

Parakeet

Jeger · **Posted:** Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:57 pm

4wdParakeet wrote:

I've had that happen to me a few times. I really was starting to tick me off till I realized that when I sit a certain way my knee hits the mirror switch and if it's not switched to the middle it will move. I almost took it into the dealership untill I caught my knee in the act.

Parakeet

I thought there was a problem until I realized that I do bump the switch with my knee as well. Took a few readjustments to catch my knee in the act too.

callaway · **Posted:** Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:00 pm

4wdParakeet wrote:

I've had that happen to me a few times. I really was starting to tick me off till I realized that when I sit a certain way my knee hits the mirror switch and if it's not switched to the middle it will move. I almost took it into the dealership untill I caught my knee in the act.

Parakeet

i'm fairly sure that didnt happen... but i'll be on the look for that

eggwhite93 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:16 pm

That has also happened to me.

4wdParakeet · **Posted:** Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:14 pm

Man I'm gald I'm not the only one.

Parakeet

Marlon_JBT · **Posted:** Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:48 pm

Do you have kids? Put any of them on punishment lately?

I used to do stuff like that...

Se7enLC · **Posted:** Sat Jul 29, 2006 4:54 pm

Ok, I thought you guys were crazy....

But yesterday I got into my jeep, and the mirror was completely off. I assumed somebody walked by and hit it or something, so I just adjusted it back to the right location. Today while I was driving, I actually saw it happen. It made a loud "THUNK" noise, and the mirror jumped completely over to the opposite side. It wasn't something my knee could have possibly even done, it moved faster than it does when you hold down the button.

I re-adjusted it and then set the [L R] knob into the middle so neither mirror is selected to move. Hasn't happened since, but who knows. It's a little creepy

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