2000 V70 SE

During a long interstate drive yesterday, I noticed the passenger-side mirror began shaking from vibration, or wind flow, or both. Today I examined the mirror and mount. The whole mirror assembly remains securely mounted to the door, and the electric adjusting mechanism works fine and moves the mirror.

The glass mirror is mounted in a molded rubber pocket inside the outer housing which normally keeps it stable and secure; however, the rubber pocket has lost its grip on the mirror glass, hence the shaking. Applying an adhesive between the back of the mirror glass and the rubber pocket comes to mind as an idea for a fix.

Wondering if any BB member has had a similar issue with side mirror glass losing its grip in the rubber pocket.

The passenger mirror glass came loose on our '08 XC70 - as soon as it wobbled I stopped and it came right off.

I used gorilla glue because it had some body - I cleaned the surfaces with alcohol and I did make a bit of a mess - the glue squished out - I have since cleaned the excess glue off.

Be VERY careful trying to clean the surface of the glass as the silver is probably on the front surface of the glass instead of the back.

Six months later, the mirror is still firmly in place -= I check it once and a while - like before going in the car wash!

Good suggestion and I borrowed the fix from it. Had a tube of ThreeBond gasket adhesive used on motorcycles and thinly spread a 1" x 3" strip on back of the glass, after cleaning both sides with rubbing alcohol. Pressed glass into rubber pocket; so far so good.

Found the mirror glass was about to fall out and I probably should have removed it immediately like you did. Watching the driver side mirror for similar symptoms.

Thanks again,

Same thing happened to the passenger side mirror of my 850. Used 3M marine grade epoxy. Never came off again!
--
Will I buy another Volvo??? We'll see....