dreamtank

Hey everyone, have a Panamera4 with a driver side mirror that is rotating WAY too far when trying to go from folded to regular position.

Happened randomly after a fill up at the gas station, in cold weather.

When folding the mirror it is fine, but when trying to unfold the motor will keep rotating the mirror until it's facing the ground.

Ive tried unfolding the mirror then using my hand to stop rotation at the correct position. Problem is, when I insert key and turn to start it will automatically fold down again. Real annoying!

My temp solution has been to manually turn the mirror from the incorrect position up to the correct position. When doing this I can feel the mirror dislodging from the arm/track (pressing the fold button will cause the mirror to snap back into place, but recreate the problem in the last paragraph). This is the only way I've discovered to keep the mirror stationary.

Hope someone can help! Have attached a pic of the incorrect overfolded position.

PTEC

This happens when there gets to be excessive play in the pivot mechanism and the motor misses the stop when its folding out. The mirror base assembly will need to be replaced which will require removal of the mirror from the door and complete disassembly of the mirror housing.

Panaseeya

I had my passenger side one get all loose and wonky when I started up and I just kept turning it manually to try to reset it and about the 3rd or 4th time it worked and it's been fine ever since.

CHI-ALAN

I had the same thing happen with my driver's side mirror last summer. 2012 P4. It did it maybe 3-4 times and it hasn't done it since. I too would manually move it back to the correct position.

dreamtank

Hiep Ngo

0) Roll down the window
1) Turn key to on
2) Press the mirror button to get to the down facing (driving position)
3) Turn key to off
4) Manually rotate the mirror toward the rear, and keep rotate when it pass the "correct" position another 45 degree until you hear the snap. Stop the rotation.
5) Turn key to on again
6) Press the mirror button to get it to the parking position.
7) Press the mirror button again, it should bring the mirror to the correct driving position. Cheers!

sp3000

How hard did you have to "snap" the mirror in position. Mine just this today. I'm still under warranty and have booked into the dealer but the soonest they could get me in was 7 days. Should I try to "fix" myself or best to let them do it properly? If there is such a thing?

sp3000

I did what was described above and it worked, for others who may be nervous like i was, I used a fair amount of gentle pressure with both hands to rotate the mirror back, it didn't feel like anything would break but it was more than just a light push. once it started moving it felt fine, as above I kept going past the regular position about 45 degrees and it just went 'POP' and that was that. The question now is, should I still take it to the dealer to get "fixed" now that it is working fine or does this indicate that a part is damaged and should be replaced or it will happen again? As I said I'm still under warranty so cost is not an issue.

rx7ven

i noticed this is your first and only post but wow, this just happened to me today and it just saved me and looks like atleast 2 others.

Incriva

I had something similar happened to my Panamera 4 (2013) and I tried all the tricks mentioned above all to no avail. I still felt it made the car look awkward when I had to manually adjust it after starting the car. So I took it to my nearest Porsche Dealer (McKinney TX) and one Brand Ambassador there was so nice and courteous he offered to call in a Technician to look at it for free! I felt special being they were opened just a couple months ago and fairly busy. They tinkered abit for 20 mins and viola!! It stopped in the driving position. They have won my service there for sure!!!

sp3000

Do you know what they did?

Aboki

did you get it fixed?

Dr S

I'm also in McKinney. Can you remember the name of the technician or rep with whom you spoke?

sp3000

It's been fine ever since I put it back in place that one time👍

larner

Thank tou so much for the tutorial, it worked great, so once the mirror is on the wrong position you force it back (past the normal driving position, once it passes another 45degrees it snaps loudly) but you shoud do everything within the tutorial with keys on and off etc...