This is weird.

Noticed in the sun (which hasn't been out very much here in the rainy PNW) yesterday -- that the drivers side mirror mounting, which is gloss black plastic, looks purple in the sun. The mirror's gloss black, the a-pilar is gloss black, the window surrounds... gloss black.. but this one piece where the mirror mounts into the door, sort of a triangle shaped piece, is purplish in color. Only on the drivers side.

 

@nashvegas - I recognize that you likely have some sort of color degredation (or your eyes aren't used to the bright sun hues!), but I have to say - my X-Dynamic HSE has about three shades of black on it. Most of those aren't intentional between the painted bits and the plastic bits. I think JLR didn't take a lot of trouble (in fact it's likely impossible) to match them all. Consider the purple another hue on the rainbow of blacks on that thing!

 

Mirrors definitely turning more purple. The outer rim/surround on top and the little triangle piece on door. It's not the light, it's not my camera, it's not a buildup of carwash soap as someone's service advisor on the Discovery5 forum seems to think.

To be fair it does look like an expensive purple.. but it's a bit ridiculous looking too:





Pardon the dirty truck.

 

I have noticed this on my 21. Only on the driver's side mirror, which gets the most sun. I try to park facing the other way now so at least they can fade evenly until I get around to another trip to the dealership (unsure if they would cover a repair/replacement or not, curious for anyone else's experience here).

 

I would for sure submit a warrantee claim if the mirror went from black to purple. No different than if a fender changed color.

 

I can see mine starting to change, 2023 just a few months old.

 

Same on my MY20. I'll be asking for a replacement when it goes in to the shop in Nov.

 

Did any of you with this problem ceramic coat or otherwise protect the mirrors?

Seems crazy this problem exists on such a new truck

 

No ceramic coating.
No machine washes ever for mine.
Mine lives indoors, ~14K miles on it, and ... hasn't been in sun that much here in Oregon.

It's like 80's window tint on a Camaro.

 

Ive had this exact thing happen to my BMW. My mirrors are still black though - but waiting for the day for them to change had the car since June.