Rear view mirror noise

I get that sometimes, and I've had the same noise with mirrors on other cars. It's just a slight vibration in the mirror mount. Sometimes swiveling the mirror around will calm it down.

Tom

 

Try this trick: turn the mirror 180 degrees so that it's upside down. That may kill the buzz; it also gives slightly improved visibility through the rear window. *Note* that the mirror will only rotate that far in one direction! If you meet resistance, try turning it the other way, lest you break it.

 

I've thought I heard that too --- only to discover that it was my glasses vibrating against the sides of the little compartment immediately above the mirror! I plan to put some rubber on the sides to stop it.

 

I had similar squeaks coming from my rearview mirror. I ended up taking the mirror off its mount and then wedging some of those yellow post-it notes between the plastic housing and the mirror. I put them in with the sticky side touching the mirror. THen I used an x-acto knife to cut along the edge of the plastic housing.

That basically gave the plastic housing something less noisy to rub against, the post-it note.

I wanted to squirt some silicone spray into the same area, but knew I'd get the spray all over the place, on the viewing surface of the mirror, etc...

btw I am talking about the self-dimming mirror, not sure if you have the same one?

Mike