I have an 02' S500 my outside mirrors always folded in when exiting the car and locking it with the key/remote. this winter they stopped folding in for some strange reason brought my car to the dealer and everyone there insisted that on this year car this was not a feature! I told them I'm not crazy and not leaving until they get fixed. Sure enough the service manager came and set the car on the computer and said my car was missing the "convenience" feature on the dash (which I never had) with this option sure enough after about a half hour he added the feature which says aoutofold option and seat steering option and they are again folding in when I lock my car. So I think all 220's have this feature it just has to be programmed by your dealer. insist that they once folded in and they will add the autofold feature in. and to top it off they never charged me!

 

sounds good, but all i ever hear at my dealer is "no, we won't/can't do that", "no, that part is not available", and "your bill is at the reception desk".

seriously though, i thought the pre-2003 cars couldn't do it?

 

My '00 would do it. As I recall a flurry of posts a few years ago, one model year had to have it activated using STAR - that may have been '02.

 

Is there a way to turn off the autofold feature? My 04 does this evertime and I am waiting for the day that the little motor fails

 

My '05 Owner's Manual indicates to go to the "convenience" submenu (on the instrument cluster display), scroll to "fold in mirrors when locking" and then select "off." Yours probably works the same way.

You will still be able to fold them using the buttons on the door.

 

interesting

 

My 02 says "fold when lockiing" on a sub menu in the inst. cluster but the feature does not work.

 

lol same here

 

kyles, fusion - I believe your responses are confirming that it is the '02 model that requires the feature to be activated with STAR diagnostics. After activation it should function in accordance with the menu.

I don't know why it was done that way - some have speculated in the past that it was a programming oversight by Mercedes, especially because it was a feature included in earlier (and in subsequent) model years.

Again, I am relying on recall of a number of posts complaining about the problem from several years ago.

 

I received a recall notice a few months back that the inst cluser could be bad and it may need to be replaced. I took that to mean that i dont need to take it unless the cluster goes bad, but maybe I should go ahead and take it in to have them check it out?

 

Same here and I'll tell you why......

If you had your cluster replaced they but in a cluster that has that menu item still available but you don't have the electronics to make it happen.

 

if you had a notice it will not cost you anything.

 

Skylaw

Thanks for the information; I will have my vehicle check out. I observed the feature in the cluster. However, I never work.

Big "H"

 

little button on the bottom left hand side of the mirror buttons on the door should be pushed in for auto mirrors to fold when locking car

 

gac thanks, it didn't work

Big H

 

Self test to figure out if your car is capable of this feature (pre 02's). If your mirrors requires you to hold the fold button as it folds, they will not be able to activate that feature even if you get a new cluster with the convenience setting on it. If your mirror can be folded just by pressing and letting go of the button then you may be able to get this feature activated.

 

Kenstudios

Understood, thanks for the information.

Big "H"