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Old Sep 29, 2015 | 01:19 PM
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Default Side mirror fall off (because of calcium maybe)????

Hello,

I own a 2011 Journey R/T. Recently our front driver mirror fell off without hitting anything. When I got home I inspected the mirror and seems like there was a lot of white powder (calcium I think) stuck inside. There is also a lot of calcium under the plastic moulding on that holds the mirror. I removed the powder as much as I could with my air compressor tool. Seems like it doesn't clip in place anymore cause of the plastic is like corroded. So now it holds with a beautiful tie-wrap. And for sure, now its out of warranty.

Did that happened to anybody else???

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Dan





 
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Old Sep 29, 2015 | 01:38 PM
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You must live in an area with high winter salt usage.
Likely the coupling was damaged by freezing , the mirror
assy comes of with 2-3 screws , maybe a recycled one
from a scrap yard would be the cheapest/easiest fix.
First time I have seen this happen.
 
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