Originally Posted by Gville350

Are you taking about the mirror glass or the entire mirror housing? If the entire mirror housing, there is something that broke internally that will need to be replaced. If the mirror glass, it simply popped out of place.

Originally Posted by zackteee

Yeah it's the whole mirror housing. I was driving down the hwy at like 90mph and it just swung forward and now it just goes back n forth every time I speed up or quickly stop

Originally Posted by lhlawaty

You have to replace the whole assembly. My passenger side one just broke on my 09 is250 as well 3 days after buying it from a VW dealer (It was a used lexus but still only 30k miles!!! so no reason this should happen).

Lexus wanted like $250 for the part. What I ended up doing that fixed it was I went to home depot and bought a small hose clamp and tightened it above the spring and washer around the piece of metal inside. It's held up for a few weeks now and still works just as good as factory.

How I did it was I installed the host clamp so it was snug but not tight. Then I pushed down on the hose clamp and spring and had my wife tighten the screw enough where when I let go of the spring it wasn't going to jump back up. Then I just tightened a bit more for added insurance and it works great.

I know it's kind of a ghetto fix but it's only $.50 and no one will ever know since it's inside your mirror assembly. Save yourself over $200.

http://www.amazon.com/Precision-Bran...0974412&sr=1-5

That is the kind of clip I used if you want a picture so you can find it easier at HD.


EDIT: Also, it's not a c clip. There's a piece of metal that sticks straight up that your mirror sits on, this metal has a lip all the way around it which the spring and a washer go over. The inside of the washer is kind of flared so once you push it over this metal "lip" it won't come back off. Unfortunately these metal lips inside keep breaking off so you have to replace the whole piece that comes out of your door, Lexus sells them pre painted for $250 (At least that's what I was quote by my local lexus here in Sacramento).

Originally Posted by zackteee

Alright guys, well I talked to park place lexus and they told me what I need is called an actuator. I've never heard of it before but they told me that it was gonna be $500 something and that's including installation.. The piece itself is around $300 something. Does anyone know where I could find one for a little cheaper instead of buying it straight from the dealer?

Originally Posted by supafreeza

Did you get this fixed? I had the same issue last night. I did some research and decided to try the fix myself. I took the assembly part and was able to push the lock washer back down against the spring. It worked and only took me an hour to fix it.