Jumped into my P-car running late for work, and while entering the freeway my driver's side mirror was jiggling all over the place. Up, down, sideways. Not a good thing the morning after a New's Eve party. I thought for a minute: Dang that last drink did me in. But, it wasn't my impaired morning after vision. It was, in fact, the mirror plate. The motor is just fine: up, down, sideways. I pushed on the mirror thinking a loose clamp of some sort to no avail. Has anyone experienced this issue, and what was your remedy aside from two aspirins?

 

Not on my Artic Silver C4S with tinted windows, but on my sons Ford. On the Ford it seems the mirror is on a ball and socket type connection so it can be adjusted, what happened was wear and tear as it did not connect tightly to hold, so even though the motor would adjust it it was not tight enough to keep it from vibrating while driving. Easy fix, replace the ball and socket connection.
You see this a lot on the inside rear view mirror as well.

Long winded I know but hope it helps.

 

Does the mirror plate pry off or ???

 

I'm sorry but I can't help with that as I don't know. I had my sons fixed at the dealer.
Another thing could be the glass portion has seperated from the plastic housing it sit's in, try this:

My guess would be 1.) someone has tried to loosen the glass mirror from the housing or 2.) the mirror attaching plastic on the rear of the glass has come loose.
If you look under the mirror housing you will see a "slot", using a flashlight, you will see what there is a "slotted" wheel (sort of) inside and if you move that with a screw driver you will disengage the mirror from the housing. I can't remember which way to move the drivers side."wheel". It is opposite from the right side. Go easy so you do not break the mirror.
Removing the mirror glass is the correct way to start the mirror removal for paint etc. Not cutting the wires inside the door as many, many people do. IIRC the wiring harness connector is also behind the mirror.

 

Thanks Jim. I'll give it a shot.

 

Ok, please be careful, good luck.

 

The verdict: 1.) someone has tried to loosen the glass mirror from the housing. Upon a closer inspection, the plastic plate underneath the mirror housing was loose. I snapped it back into place, went for a bumpy test drive, and viola! Screw the person who attempted to rip off my mirror. And, as Johnny Carson's Carnac the Magnificent would say: May the fleas of a thousand camel's nestle upon his crotch.

 

That's great! Glad you got it fixed.

 

This must be common. My driver side mirror actually separated from the plastic backing plate a few years back - by some miracle I noticed and grabbed it moments before the final glue adhesion broke. 3M double sided tape did the trick, and it's still there.

 

The jiggy is back. #$%#@# !!! I am going to take the mirror apart. Does anyone have a diagram or link of a 996 side mirror. I am going in blind.

 

Its a pretty simple job however it a bit time consuming due to all of the hardware.
* Remove Interior Mirror Trim Pieces ( Triangles )
* Remove the 3 Torque's fasteners on each mirror base
* Unplug the Mirror from the base
* Remove the glass/mirror from housing ( be gentle when it comes to prying this off )
* You will then see the necessary **Small** Torques fasteners securing the mirror motor and the mirror cap. Gently remove.


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Porsche 911 (996) Interior Mirror Door Mirror

 

Thank you senior. You da hombre. I'll get to it next week. Hopefully, it won't rain on my day off.

 

I finally got around to addressing my driver's side mirror issue. The plan was to take it apart, and reconstruct to remedy. By some miracle, I began by inspecting the mirror plate for attachment clips. I tugged on the mirror plate, and low and behold, the mirror lifted up exposing a plastic backing. Double side tape, and two minutes later...viola!. Fixed. I agree with NIKAS, this must be a common issue with early 996s.