Chuey

Hello,

I've recently noticed that my passenger side view mirror does not readjust itself after taking the car out of reverse. When I turn the car off it jus stays down, I've read the manual and it says that it'll reposition itself after 10 secs or if the vehicle reaches 6+ mph. Mine does neither. Does anyone else seem to have this issue??

RLE

So this car has memory seats and steering column?

Chuey

Yes, it has those options. There is an option to press the memory 1 button, but I'm thinking it should readjust itself to the normal driving position after I turn the car off right? I just noticed recently that it just stays in the lowered position after I reverse. I drove today for a good 20 min and it stayed that way. Am I missing something here?

C300CA

I still remember steps I set the mirror: when key is in position 2 (maybe position 1 will also work), press the passenger side mirror button, pull shifter into R then adjust passenger side mirror so I can see curbside. That's it. The passenger side mirror button should be the last to be pressed. If driver side button is pressed last, auto tilt-down will not work.

Domm

Bring it to the dealer and have it fixed/replaced under warranty (assuming you still are under warranty).

Chuey

That's what I'm thinking about doing. But am I right in thinking that it should reset to the normal driving position when I turn the car off?

C300CA

I just tried it now in order to answer your question: started the engine and shifted to R. Passenger side mirror tilted down. Turned off engine with shifter still in R. Yes, mirror came back up with no delay.

Chuey

Thank you very much for the reply! I really appreciate the help, but my discrepancy with this is that I want it to reset when I put it back into park or drive. I don't think I would ever turn the car off in reverse.

C300CA

During normal operation such as shifting it back to P or to D, mirror goes back to normal position for sure. Does your memory setting work well with seat, steering wheel and mirror angle (not the tril-down in R)?

Chuey

What do you mean by work well? I'm trying to figure out if it works at all. LOL So are you saying when you shift out of reverse into park or drive your mirrors automatically readjust to the normal driving position?

C300CA

I should have asked does your memory 1, 2 and 3 memorize seat positions, mirror settings, steering wheels positions? Or not at all?

Yes, when I shift out of R, passenger side mirror returns to normal driving position.

Chuey

It memorizes seat and steering wheel position. It's just that I recently noticed that the mirror just stayed down after I got out of reverse. Do I have to set it and memorize it separately?

Chuey

Also, what do you mean by pressing the passenger mirror button last? You've stated that you press it before and after here.

C300CA

Do you mean it memorizes seat and steering wheel but NOT mirrors?

C300CA

To let passenger mirror work (tilt-down when in R and come back to normal position when in any other shfit position), make sure its mirror button is pressed and do not press the driver side mirror button. Whenever after you adjust driver mirror, press passenger mirror button again to make it work.

Chuey

Well I just went out and checked and it looks like it doesn't work. I stored the reverse mirror position by putting it into reverse and adjusting the mirror. When I take it out of reverse it just stays lowered. The only way it comes back up is it I hit #1 and even then I have to hold it. wtf?

C300CA

Looks like your memory setting is working, except the tilt-down and auto back up.

It is normal to hold #1 down until original potion is reached. That I think is for safety. My Japanese cars do not require holding.

Chuey

Wait, so you're saying it's normal for it to not come back up automatically after taking the gear out of reverse and that you have to hold #1 to get it back up no matter what?

C300CA

I was not talking about the tilt-down when shifter is in R. I was talking about just pressing memory numbers to bring memorized setting back.

Auto tilt-down in R and back to normal in other shift position does NOT require any button press.

Chuey

yep. looks like mine is busted. To the dealership we go I guess. Thanks for all your help though! I appreciate it.

RLE

Just reprogram it. This failure (if it is one) was common in the W203 ten years ago. The mirror position memory is in the seat memory module and my 2001's module was replaced three times in the time I owned it.

Sort of automotive Alzheimers.,