There have been several recent reports of stolen sideview mirrors throughout the neighborhood.
One reader contacted us to say that just this week, she’d seen three Jeep Cherokees (including her own) in the West 70s with both mirrors missing. She had to pay $388 just for replacements (she installed them herself, so she did not have to pay for labor).
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A car belonging to Gregg “Opie” Hughes (of Opie & Anthony fame) was one of the targets, the radio personality shared in a video — during which he said he paid $1,350 to replace both mirrors.
“These parts are now subject to stealing because the mirrors house expensive sensory equipment to aid in-vehicle safety systems such as lane-departure warning, lane-keep assist, and blind-spot detection,” according to a 2019 report by thedrive.com.
This apparently is not a brand-new neighborhood trend.
A New York Post report — also from 2019 — stated that there had been nineteen incidents “…in an eight-week period between March 1 and April 26 [2019], with 14 of the thefts on the Upper West Side, according to the NYPD.”
There are products available which may help you prevent this from happening to your car, like this one, this one and this one. We don’t know how well they work, so this is certainly not an endorsement.
This happened to me two weeks ago on 91st between West End Ave and Riverside. Honda CR-V. No fancy sensors.
I had mine stolen twice last year on W 92 by CPW and on CPW by 93rd. BMW 3 series.
Happened to me this week on Central Park West between 75th and 74th.. 2020 Honda HRV.
Just had mine stolen on Weds night on W 78th between Columbus and Amsterdam. My car (2012 Suburban – no sensors) and 5 others.
Just happened to me on 90th between Columbus and CPW (Jeep Grand Cherokee).
Me too! Same spot on 90th between CPW and Columbus. Just got in my car and noticed. It’s a Kia so nothing special. This stinks! I’m not a car guy, no clue what to do
Happened to me too! 88th between Columbus and Amsterdam. Son of a ?
Mine got stolen too. I have now etched my license plate number in the mirror so that the mirror is useless to thieves.
I used a DIY kit to do this in 5 minutes from https://mirrorproteq.lpages.co/index/
mine got stolen in new York. I first ordered the mirror glass replacement that cost me $53 each side. then I installed anti-theft side mirror guards from https://www.ebay.com/str/sidemirrorguard.
Till now my mirrors are safe.