they make non-conductive "grease" (I forget exactly what it's called) that's used to waterproof/prevent corrosion of electrical connections in the engine bay... you can get it at any auto parts store.
take the mirror apart and apply liberally to the back of the buttons, it wont damage the electronics (just make sure it's not creating a barrier between the contactsand it's thick enough that it wont seep out on you either...
I have no idea how hard it is to take apart the mirror but I've done this for button rattles on other cars with great success.
It might help to have the rear view mirror installed higher up than the stock position so you can tilt it up to make contact with the head liner. That is what I had to do to see out of the front windshield without the rear view mirror in my line of sight, it also helps with rear visibility as now I can see cars windshields behind me where before I could maybe only see their roofs if anything at all, and it should keep it from rattling so freely which might eliminate the problem with the buttons all together.
Please explain how. The only vehicles I can see in my rear view mirror are airplanes. I use mine to look for cop planes who are doing air speed tickets.
I should really just remove my rear-view... all it does is tempt me into looking at it and then let me down with ZERO visibility every time.
they sell vans without a windshield mounted rear view so I'm sure it wouldn't be difficult for some state inspection mechanic to believe that it never came with one... I could use that auto dimming functionality on my other cars tooWhy they even bothered to make the thing auto-dim is beyond me.
LOL, it really is not that complicated, whenever I replace the windshield, I am on my 5th in 5 years, I have them install one of the factory rear view mirror mounts almost as high as you can, and then put the rear view mirror as high as I can on that very high mount and it increases the rear visibility a lot!!!!! I will take some pics as soon as I can, but for now just imagine your rear view mirror mount as high as it can get on your windshield and then imagine how much looking down and out of the back glass would help as opposed to just looking straight out.
"Why they even bothered to make the thing auto-dim is beyond me."
It just goes to show that if you're not real careful, you'll learn something new every day. I didn't know ours auto-dimmed.
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Put a smiley after you say that Bub.