JayUK45

Member

• Mar 19, 2016

• #1

Afternoon all, thought I had an issue with loose wing mirrors on my Freelander. Was trying to tighten the screws under the cap, fitted washers under them, none of it worked. Until today I inadvertently pressed down on my mirror moving switch. They then folded in and then pressed it down again they came out. Was really excited when this happened. Didn't even know I had motorised folding mirrors. This fixed my mirror wind blown floppy mirrors to sturdy proper mirrors.

 

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dog-man

Active Member

• Mar 19, 2016

• #2

what model / year is your FL?

 

JayUK45

Member

• Mar 19, 2016

• #3

dog-man said:

what model / year is your FL?

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2001 mate. Thought I'd put this up just in case it helps folk??

 

Nodge68

Well-Known Member

• Mar 19, 2016

• #4

Not all models got power folding mirrors. What model do you have?

 

JayUK45

Member

• Mar 19, 2016

• #5

Nodge68 said:

Not all models got power folding mirrors. What model do you have?

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It's a 2001 Freelander TD4 ES.

 

terr

Active Member

• Mar 19, 2016

• #6

had to replace one off mine as it became loose and wobbled a lot

 

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tyrefitter

Active Member

• Mar 19, 2016

• #7

My 2003 se has powerfold mirrors, most of the time they are great but every now and then they throw a bit of a wobbley, one goes out other doesnt then that swaps around to the other one doing it, then neither go out or if out wont go in ,leave a couple of minutes then they work fine for weeks then start again.

 

teddywood1

Well-Known Member

• Mar 20, 2016

• #8

when I sold my 2001 model nearly four years ago it had electric folding mirrors on that I had put on my self, the switches to the folding mirrors are different to the none folding I will get a picture later

 

Nodge68

Well-Known Member

• Mar 20, 2016

• #9

ES has power fold as standard. But you know that already

 

JayUK45

Member

• Mar 21, 2016

• #10

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Nodge68 said:

ES has power fold as standard. But you know that already

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didn't have a bloody clue

 

Atomician

Well-Known Member

• May 8, 2024

• #11

Thank you for this nugget, it fixed my loose mirrors too - did not realise the power fold even existed...

However... I tried it a couple of times and then they locked right in and it's all changing to smart motorways where I am so driving down a extra narrow motorway lane with 50mph average speed check and no mirrors is no joke... Had to stop and break out the owners manual to find out that the power fold stops working if you use it a few times in quick succession to prevent overheating...