Vehicle mirrors are one of the most crucial safety features that you must perpetually ensure that are working properly, because it is your safety, the safety of other road users and your wallet because you can be fined if you have a faulty side mirror. This is the case that interests us in this article, you have suffered a crash, one of your side mirrors is broken and you are now wanting to know how to change a side mirror on your Opel Zafira? You are at the right place, we will detail all the procedures to help you change it properly. First of all, we’ll take a look at what attracts you on this site, how to change a complete side mirror on your Opel Zafira, and then how to change only the mirror glass.

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How to change a complete side mirror on my Opel Zafira?

Let’s go, we begin this article with the part that most likely concerns you the most, how to change a side mirror on my Opel Zafira? This process is fairly simple and you should be able to do it on your own with a minimum amount of tooling. You will just need to take out the plastic cover inside your car’s interior, it is in most cases clipped on the door. For power mirrors, make sure you unplug the power connector that you will see in back of the cover. At last, you will have to unscrew the screws that hold the mirror, in general there are three, a simple screwdriver should do just fine to allow you to pass this step of changing the side mirror of your Opel Zafira. Make sure you keep the mirror on the outside of your car when unscrewing the last screw, so that it does not drop out. Finally to install your new side mirror, you will only have to fit the new one in the 3 screw axes, screw it back in, reconnect the electricity if it is electric and to finish reposition the plastic cover. That’s it, you’ve just learned how to change the side mirror of your Opel Zafira, you see it wasn’t that difficult.

How do you just change the window of the side mirror of my Opel Zafira?

In case you simply need to change the window of the side mirror of your Opel Zafira, you will initially need to determine the type of locking of your mirror. To get this done, the least complicated approach is to take a look at the fixing system on the replacement glass.

Side mirror glass replacing: tongue-locking glass

  • If you need to change the side mirror glass of your Opel Zafira and it uses a tongue and groove system, you are fortunate people, it is the least complicated device to take out. All you have to do is to use a plastic object to take out the window “by force”.
  • To put it back in place, do the same and push it back right into place with force. To check that it is perfectly installed, move it around.

Side mirror glass replacing: metal spring locking glass

    • With this locking system, to change the side mirror glass of your Opel Zafira you will have to find the locking spring, turn the glass in the opposite direction to give you access to it, disassemble it.
    • Make sure you keep the spring because it is possible that you have not one included it with your new window, replace it on your new window, take apart the old one paying attention to the electric cables in case there is defrosting system

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  • Go along with the positioning guide (notch) and delicately push it into its housing so as not to break it. Examine that it is well installed by moving it around.

Side mirror glass replacing: swivel tray locking glass

    • You can locate the location of the swivel plate of the window to be changed on the side mirror of your Opel Zafira, in most cases it is at the bottom behind the window

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  • Turn the glass in the opposite direction to give you easier access to the device and using a screwdriver, rotate the device.
  • If your mirror is furnished with a defrosting system, do the reverse process to reattach it and check that it is perfectly placed.

In the event that you have any further questions about the Opel Zafira, do not hesitate to consult our Opel Zafira category.