2009–2018 RAM 1500 & 2500 Power Folding Mirror Repair: Solid Brass & Billet Gears & High-Torque Motors

Motor and gear set worked as promised. Saved me $$$$$$ from buying new mirror.

I had the passenger-side folding mirror stop folding, intermittently on my '17 Laramie. Searched for a solution, found Gruven Parts. Fast delivery, excellent quality parts. Installation was relatively straightforward, IF you follow the instructions in the provided PDF. I bought two sets, one for each side. The driver's side hasn't failed yet, but it will, I'm sure, given the inferior (cheap) OEM parts. That installation will also go a bit faster, too, as I have already disassembled the passenger side mirror, and now understand how it works and goes together. Again, great quality parts, very quick response to my emailed inquiry. I would suggest, though, that if you're not mechanically-inclined, to just ship your units to Gruven Parts for their rebuild service. It would be a bit less frustrating in the long run. Nothing I have said here is a knock on the Gruven Parts product. The OEM RAM mirror assemblies are not superior quality. I mean, a new mirror from RAM costs about $800.00, and still would contain the inferior plastic gears. I spent a tad over $100.00 for two repair kits, so RAM could add these parts for a trivial increase to their production costs for each vehicle, and the problem would instantly cease to exist.

Perfect replacement motor but wish they had a video for the Ram trucks. After cracking my mirror glass, I figured out how to do it and I'll make a YouTube video when I do the passenger side next. The motor is a little louder than OEM but much faster and much less expensive than buying a factory mirror assembly from the dealer which still has the crappy plastic gears!

The instructions and assembly were great. Had to reform the motor housing to get mirror frame to slide down over it by using channel locks. Otherwise would have been 5 stars. Works great, twice as fast as drivers side mirror now. Highly recommend.

First, these are high quality parts, worked seamlessly, and smoothly. I highly recommend these as a quality and very reasonably priced repair for broken or faulty folding mirrors. I chose to replace the motor and gear myself rather than just purchase the whole drive unit as I could replace both mirrors for less than half the price of a single drive unit. However, the replacement on the Ram is fairly tedious and I recommend thoroughly reviewing the instructions before purchasing to be sure your are willing to replace the components. In hindsight, I would do the same thing, but those who are not diligent, not observant of details, and not patient should consider the complete drive unit.

I like having the folding mirrors and use them regularly. The driver side quit folding during a return from a road trip. Performed the usual search for replacement parts and found these. You guys nailed it that the fault is likely a cracked plastic gear. I went with the 2 mirror kit just knowing that it is just a matter of time for the other side to fail. After repairing the left side, it folded so much faster than the right. I went ahead and proactively replaced the gear and motor on the right. Now they both fold with authority. I also appreciate that you guys employ A&P mechanics. I'm a career A&P myself with nearly 41 years in the industry.

My 2015 RAM 1500 Sport R/H mirror suffered the same fate as many others and, like many others have found, the dealership wanted a small fortune for a replacement mirror assembly. Since this is caused by an inadequate plastic gear, I did not want to buy another expensive new mirror that would not last and I did not want to go to a wrecking yard for a mirror since it would probably be just like mine in a short time - not working. This replacement gear and motor set is much better then the original parts and they fit perfectly. It also operates faster than the original. If you have the tools and for a couple hours of your time, you can save a few hundred dollars and have a better mirror gearbox when you are done. My savings was approximately $750 for the right side alone. My left mirror has not failed yet but it will and I plan to replace the gear and motor in it before it fails. GruvenParts.com is very helpful. We exchanged several emails working out the details of getting this done without breaking anything else. 5 star parts from a 5 star vendor.

I followed the chevy video to repair my mirrors on my 2013 Ram Sport. Both mirrors had fractured gears when I opened up the motor housings . The motor housing in the chevy video looks exactly like the ones in my ram mirrors and is assembled in the same manner. The only problem I had on both mirrors was a binding after I snugged down the top of the housing to the base. Both assemblies worked great when tested before snugging the sections together. On the passenger mirror I found that simply backing off the 3 screws that hold the housing together freed it up. The driver mirror binding was caused by the plastic hat that sits above the motor on the housing. I found that when the top was assembled to the bottom and crimped the little white half circle on the inside of the hat placed there to lock in the motor pressed the motor to far down not allowing it to turn against the worm gear. To fix this I removed the white weather seal on the inside base of the hat and relocated it to the outside sealing it to the outside with silicone. This freed up enough space to take the pressure off the motor and allow it to turn freely. One other thing I found about the ram mirrors is that there is a screw on the bottom of the mirror that helps to hold the rear plastic shell to the mirror assembly, that hole can be reached by pushing the mirror in towards the window and looking underneath it takes the same torx head that all the other screws in the assembly use. These are great repair parts , the quality of the product is superb and with a little time and effort I was able to reinstate a feature that my truck had been missing for about 6 months. Almost forgot to see how to remove the Ram mirror glass there are several good you tube videos.

Nice quality parts but I can’t find anything close to install directions or tutorials. Please help ! Maybe I am not looking in the right place. -- response -- We are working on the DIY for Dodge trucks. Once you get to the drive unit you can follow along the GM instructions, but getting the actual drive unit out is going to be different. If you or anyone wants to help make a video or PDF tutorial, we will give you free parts. Just email paul@gruvenparts.com Thanks,