GL Class (X164) 2007-2012: GL320CDI, GL420CDI, GL450, GL550

Passenger Mirror Dip feature fixed.

Old Sep 10, 2007 | 10:10 AM
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Passenger Mirror Dip feature fixed.

kudos to my service manager. While getting the 3000 miles service, I asked my Service manager to look at the passenger mirror dip feature in reverse. To my surprise he said that he will get it checked out.
When I got back the car, it indeed was working
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by GLDriver
kudos to my service manager. While getting the 3000 miles service, I asked my Service manager to look at the passenger mirror dip feature in reverse. To my surprise he said that he will get it checked out.
When I got back the car, it indeed was working
Good deal, I'm due for the first tire rotation so I'll ask and see what they say about that.
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 11:01 AM
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how do you get the mirror to dip in reverse??
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 11:09 AM
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Ok

There is no option in the menu, uness someone knows .... I had to ask the service manager and I guess they had to enable it for me. There are probably loads of such features which have been disabled for some reason
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by GLDriver
There is no option in the menu, uness someone knows .... I had to ask the service manager and I guess they had to enable it for me. There are probably loads of such features which have been disabled for some reason
thx alot,

weird that they would have hidden features like this??
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by GLDriver
kudos to my service manager. While getting the 3000 miles service, I asked my Service manager to look at the passenger mirror dip feature in reverse. To my surprise he said that he will get it checked out.
When I got back the car, it indeed was working

What was your GL450 production month? I heard anything produced after June didn't have this feature anymore.
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 03:28 PM
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That might be right

Mine was built in last week of April and delivered in May
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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 06:11 PM
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Mine was built in last week of April and delivered in May
From what I've read, anything built after June can't have this feature reactivated.
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There is no option in the menu, uness someone knows .... I had to ask the service manager and I guess they had to enable it for me. There are probably loads of such features which have been disabled for some reason
I had my service guys looking for about an hour for both the passenger mirror dip and the seat retraction on key removal, and they couldn't find either. Any way you could ask him what menu the options were under and which ones they were?

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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 12:01 PM
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Glad to know there is a potential solution for one of the few issues with my E63 so far, as I've tried programming the parking mirror function per the owner's manual without success.

Am still waiting for the 1,000 mi inspection to get here before I bring it in and have them look into it along with a crazed Parktronic sensor in the left front corner.

Thanks for posting this.
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Old Sep 11, 2007 | 01:45 PM
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From what I've read, anything built after June can't have this feature reactivated.
My 08 Gl 550 doesn't have the mirror dip feature either.. Gotten so used to this on my Bimmers.. I'll try and have dealer activate it at 1000 mile check
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My 08 Gl 550 doesn't have the mirror dip feature either.. Gotten so used to this on my Bimmers.. I'll try and have dealer activate it at 1000 mile check
On my SL500, the feature is under the driver menu accessable through the streeting wheel. Couldn't find this feature on my ML350.
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I had my service guys looking for about an hour for both the passenger mirror dip and the seat retraction on key removal, and they couldn't find either. Any way you could ask him what menu the options were under and which ones they were?
I will try and ask the service manager to spill the beans.
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