Driving down 605 south and suddenly my rear view mirror disappears!!

 

How close were you driving to the median barrier on your left?

 

Holy ****!!!

 

I was on the number 1 lane next to the carpool lane. Looked in the rear view for a second and heard a thump sound and side mirror is missing.=(

 

Oh well that is why there is car insurance.

 

wow! that realy sucks!

 

Should have had it clearbra'd.



Sorry, couldn't resist.

 

Hey, instead of breaking his mirror, that would have put him in a 360 degree spin!

 

Heard a thump first? maybe you hit a bird or something...

 

There's probably a motorcyclist who was lane splitting and collected your mirror with his elbow.

 

In the Air Force we called this FOD (Foreign Object Damage). Anything from a dropped rivet sucked into the intake to a Canadian Goose in the windshield.
Either you got a chunk of FOD on the right hop to hit the mirror or just squeaked the wall. Everybody has seen one of those lane barriers out of line just a little.
Thwap! Sorry dude. Glad you are ok.

 

obviously a defect

start a class action suit . . .

let's begin with a poll, how many others have had the driver side mirror spontaneously explode?

I think it was cast from too thin plastic.

Dealer should replace under warranty . . .

did I miss any rants?

Seriously I wonder if insurance will put this as a comprehensive coverage claim rather than collision . . .

 

I always thought the exploding mirror was a 'feature'.

 

Comprehensive for sure. Just say you were in a construction zone or something.

 

That's funny. But true.

Damage may be less than deductible.

 

I had a truck whose mirror's would randomly fall off too. Solution: park in garage and don't drive it.

 

Yikes! That's worse than the time the car in front of me flipped a piece of tire up and hit my sideview mirror on a blind turn. Thankfully, I was able to buff out the marks from the tire and the mirror, by itself, is cheap to replace. I think that it only cost $13-15. Is the mirror still working or are you going to have to replace the entire thing?

 

That "Thump" you describe - would have me a little concerned - all joking aside - sounds like you hit 'something' what is the question..

 

After closer inspection, looks like the car in front kicked up some debris and broke the rear view mirror....there's a new scratch new on the hood near the A pillar =(

The housing is about $70 and mirror is about $130 at the mini dealer. Time to hit the junk yard or eBay =(