Does your right side mirror adjust itself when you put the car in reverse?
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2018 C43 AMG
Does your right side mirror adjust itself when you put the car in reverse?
I took my c43 to the dealership recently to get the winter tires installed and a rattle addressed, and when I got it back, it started adjusting the side mirror every time I put it in reverse. I'm assuming this is a feature to help you line up the curb and the wheel when you're parallel parking. The car never did this before though, so did I get some software update that they didn't mention to me, or maybe someone there changed a setting I never noticed? The record of work done doesn't mention anything about a software update. I'm just curious if anyone else had this changed with an update at some point and if there's any other changes that might've been made that I should look out for.
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Passenger Mirror Reverse Curb View Adjustment
You can set this with your mirror adjustments. Mine works most of the time - but every now and then forgets about it and I have to reset it. I haven't noticed any change after having the car serviced.
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I took my c43 to the dealership recently to get the winter tires installed and a rattle addressed, and when I got it back, it started adjusting the side mirror every time I put it in reverse. I'm assuming this is a feature to help you line up the curb and the wheel when you're parallel parking. The car never did this before though, so did I get some software update that they didn't mention to me, or maybe someone there changed a setting I never noticed? The record of work done doesn't mention anything about a software update. I'm just curious if anyone else had this changed with an update at some point and if there's any other changes that might've been made that I should look out for.
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On my R230 the reverse mirror setting is indeed de-activated by selecting the driver side mirror. But ‘below’ that, you opt in or out in the settings menu.
btw, the reverse mirror position needs to be confirmed with the seat-mirror-etc memory storage button, it is not a fixed factory adjustment.
btw, the reverse mirror position needs to be confirmed with the seat-mirror-etc memory storage button, it is not a fixed factory adjustment.
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On my R230 the reverse mirror setting is indeed de-activated by selecting the driver side mirror. But ‘below’ that, you opt in or out in the settings menu.
btw, the reverse mirror position needs to be confirmed with the seat-mirror-etc memory storage button, it is not a fixed factory adjustment.
btw, the reverse mirror position needs to be confirmed with the seat-mirror-etc memory storage button, it is not a fixed factory adjustment.
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In the BMW, this feature is activated by the positioning of the mirror setting switch on the driver's door. If the switch is set to the middle, it does not go down when in reverse. If it set to the right, it does.
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You guys are right, it does adjust the mirror only when the button for that mirror is selected. I guess I've never reversed with the right side mirror selected before, and someone at the dealership must've pressed the button. I can't find any settings in the vehicle settings menu specifically about this option, but keeping the left side mirror button selected is an easy enough way to stop it.
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You guys are right, it does adjust the mirror only when the button for that mirror is selected. I guess I've never reversed with the right side mirror selected before, and someone at the dealership must've pressed the button. I can't find any settings in the vehicle settings menu specifically about this option, but keeping the left side mirror button selected is an easy enough way to stop it.
