2002 Explorer Power Mirrors

[Spit]

My daughter's 2002 has had some very weird electrical issues over the last few years. The most recent is with the power mirrors. They are not working and I started checking fuses. Looking at the owners manual it was hard to determine which fuse I should check...so I assumed it was fuse 26 a 7.5 volt in drivers side fuse box. I pulled it and the fuse was fine put it back in and mirrors still did not work. Just in case I had pulled the wrong fuse for giggles I pulled 27 also a 7.5 volt fuse it to was fine,,,but lo and behold the mirrors worked with 27 pulled out. I put it back in and they stop working.

I know..leave 27 out right? well you can't shift out of park if 27 isn't installed. Book says i27 controls the brake interlock circuit

I have not checked the wires thru the door which I assume is a likely cause.. but is this weird or what? Anybody ever have a similar situation or have any other ideas of what I can look at?

Spit

 

[PapaSquat_73]

Hey Spit,

My wife and i just got an 02 XLS and the SAME thing is wrong with ours. I checked the fuses as well, but I can't seem to track down the problem. For now, I'm just setting them to where I can see and leaving them...but it's a pain in the butt. I'm with Spit on this..has anyone else had this issue, or is there a fix we're overlooking? :scratch:

Thanks in advance!
Matt

 

[Spit]

The owners manual seemed to say that the correctr fuse is # 16 and it checked good too. I was only pulling 26 or 27 beacuse the owners manual said something about one of them having mirror circuits on them..but I think 16 is the correct one. I am going to open up the door and get into the rubber boot and look for broken wires. Seems like this what it's going to be

Spit

 

[Mike-in-Maine]

Same issue here with our 2003. Mirrors havnt worked in years, fuses all good. Since I choose my battles wisely I chose to leave this one alone. But it would be nice to know what the deal is with these. This is definitely an issue with many explorers.

 

[jeff4912]

Had same issue with my 03 and it turned out to be the mirror adjuster switch itself mounted on the drivers door.

Went onto ebay and got a used switch for $5 and it fixed the problem for me.