1. Attachments are working again! Check out this thread for more details and to report any other bugs.

broken driver side mirror

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by tlaine, Sep 29, 2009.

  1. tlaine

    tlaine New Member

    Joined:
    Sep 20, 2007
    63
    0
    0
    Location:
    NE Texas
    Vehicle:
    2009 Prius
    I clipped a orange construction barrel with my driver side mirror and broke it. It was either hit the barrels or go under an 18-wheeler. :( (road narrowed unexpectedly from 3 lanes to 1)

    The bracket the mirror attaches to the door with is fine, the mirror is fine but the little plastic doohicky that holds the two together and lets the mirror rotate to pull in is broken. It's still attached by the wire.

    Is there a part just for that, or do yall think Toyota would make me replace the whole mirror assembly? They quoted me a price of $230 for the mirror and $95 for labor. I looked one up online and it's $80. Is it pretty easy to replace the mirror ourselves? Any advice is appreciated. :)


    [​IMG]

    different angle:

    [​IMG]
     
  2. Boo

    Boo Boola Boola Member

    Joined:
    Feb 13, 2007
    5,051
    485
    97
    Location:
    Flushing, NY
    Vehicle:
    2007 Prius
    Model:
    N/A
    Sorry about that, but glad that you're OK.

    parts.com shows that the Mirror Assembly retails for $237.53 and they sell it at discount for $164.22:

    2009 Toyota Prius Mirror assy - Parts.com

    Where did you find it for $80? (Unless we're talking about a different part ... I'm not 100% certain what part you need ... I think it's the Mirror Assembly.)

    I'm not much of a DIYer so I don't know how hard it is to DIY. But you might find a body shop that will install it for half (or less) the dealer's labor charges.
     
  3. tlaine

    tlaine New Member

    Joined:
    Sep 20, 2007
    63
    0
    0
    Location:
    NE Texas
    Vehicle:
    2009 Prius
    I guess the site I was looking at had the Kool Vue mirrors were from $50-80. Are those different than the ones from Toyota? I could go to the autobeyours.com site and get them for $99 but I don't know how much shipping is.
     
  4. Boo

    Boo Boola Boola Member

    Joined:
    Feb 13, 2007
    5,051
    485
    97
    Location:
    Flushing, NY
    Vehicle:
    2007 Prius
    Model:
    N/A
  5. tlaine

    tlaine New Member

    Joined:
    Sep 20, 2007
    63
    0
    0
    Location:
    NE Texas
    Vehicle:
    2009 Prius
    Thank you very much :)

    I printed out some instructions. I pulled the speaker off (managed to lose the top clip inside the mirror, doh) thinking I could just at least get the mirror and put it in the car so I wont lose it. But, I will need to pull the door pannel off to get to the wire plug to unplug the mirror. So for now I've taped the mirror back onto the bracket.

    I wonder if anyone has any experience with the Kool Vue mirrors.