Driver side mirror needs re-attaching

Yeah typos are great No you're not reattaching the mirror to the stanchion that sticks out from your door glass corner that is now broken there were screws and a pivot on that and you broke it in the wire is still connected many here have done the same thing It's not a glue situation If you were to go over and look at your other side mirror carefully generally one would easily see this unless they are just not really mechanically inclined at all so if you go over and look at your correct mirror the one that still works you can push it in and fold it in and you can push it out to where it's supposed to be but you can't push it backwards like the trash can did once you do that it breaks the hinge and the pivot that's built in it You should be able to clearly see this it is broken forever You can try to glue it with goop and other glues it will not hold worth the crap for me and you can buy new mirrors aftermarket for $23 or you can go to the junkyard and get an original for like 25 and most markets except California pick your poison glue is not going to be it tape is generally not going to be it just the fact that you're using tape generally will tell somebody that's a little mechanically inclined this is a purely temporary fix and the reason I'm using tape is because pieces of plastic and possibly metal threaded pieces are missing and broken once that happens they are broken plastic is injection molded once it's broken it's kind of finished That's why the planets falling apart because there's plastic and all the ocean and everywhere broken plastic that people couldn't glue and tape anymore so it gets thrown away along with plastic bottles your detergent bottles from your washing and what have you It's all the same.

 

Difficult to suggest a course of action without a pic.

Replacement mirrors are $40 Amazon, Rockauto.

 

Oh yes you can make it happen Why don't you just use goop. Or some other type of heavy duty glue maybe urethane-based like gorilla glue clear or you can retape it again and every so often just retake it as the 130° mirror sitting in the sun melts it more fubars the tape glue it up in the evening when the sun's not beating on it Do it in pieces and stages then somebody will bump into it and knock it all over the floor again or dangling from your is $40 really that big of a deal where do you live I can send you a mirror yeah I would really do that think I'm BS'ing try me

 

Oh for goodness sakes I wouldn't even have to ship it You're right down the street from me I'm in 27243 lordy mercy

 

I agree with @Tombukt2. Replacing it is a much better fix, especially since he has one that he's offering you and he's nearby. It's very easy to replace.

 

I might even put it If you can get the car out of direct sunlight probably not an issue It's a 12-minute operation been essentially

 

My wife did this recently on her Prius. Bought a new unit for $45 bucks and replaced the whole thing in 15 min. Well worth it best option IMHO.