[Bimmer-Mac]

Originally Posted by DrivenByE30

here is the final and definitive answer to your questions: US cars only!


Straight out from the dealership:

You can have the mirror fold and unfold via the little button on the driver's door. (Period).
If folded and the car locked, when you unlock the car, the mirrors unfolds automatically.
Once in the car and stationary, if you decide to have the mirror folded, then when you take off, the mirrors will automatically unfold themselves when you reach the speed of 20mph.

Thank you! That was exactly what I wanted to know. I was under the impression that you had to push the button to fold and unfold, but if I understand you correctly, when you approach the vehicle and unlock it, they will unfold automatically.

[RichardM]

Originally Posted by Tsuyoi

I believe its programmable how long you want to wait for it to fold. If you set it to 0 it'll do it as soon as you press the button.

Does anyone know how to do this? Which option is it to adjust?

[rich1068]

I might be brave enough this weekend Richard. Don't stray too far from a PC in case I need you!

[Frogman]

Originally Posted by RichardM

Does anyone know how to do this? Which option is it to adjust?

The delay time is adjusted here:

FEM_BODY / 3053 PwMaster / KOMFORT_SCHLIESSEN.

The default is 0Fx (15 decimal) and the units are in 0.1 seconds, so the default is to delay 1.5 seconds after pushing the lock button (or CA) before the mirrors fold.

I've set mine to 2 (0.2 seconds). 0 is no delay so if you hit the fob button, the mirrors will always fold. I found that I didn't always want that.

[LAnderson23]

Originally Posted by DrivenByE30

here is the final and definitive answer to your questions: US cars only!


Straight out from the dealership:

You can have the mirror fold and unfold via the little button on the driver's door. (Period).
If folded and the car locked, when you unlock the car, the mirrors unfolds automatically.

Huh? Mine doesn't do this. I can ONLY fold/unfold the mirrors by pushing the button on the inside of the door. What's this bit about folding out when unlocking the car? If I press unlock on my key fob while the mirrors are folding in, they don't budge.

[Frogman]

Originally Posted by LAnderson23

Huh? Mine doesn't do this. I can ONLY fold/unfold the mirrors by pushing the button on the inside of the door. What's this bit about folding out when unlocking the car? If I press unlock on my key fob while the mirrors are folding in, they don't budge.

You are correct; without coding, the mirrors will only fold back out if you hit the button, or if you forget, when your speed hits about 25 mph.

The unfolding when unlocking only happens if you code the car and if you folded the windows via the fob or CA (also only enabled if you code it).

[JohnVidale]

In my situation, unfolding on unlocking would be bad. I fold the mirrors for the tight parking in my garage, and I'd rather the mirrors didn't unfold until I am safely outside. So pushing the button to manually fold the mirrors works better.

I can imagine that folding to park on a busy street instead might be a situation in which unfolding on unlocking is more convenient.

[LAnderson23]

Originally Posted by Frogman

You are correct; without coding, the mirrors will only fold back out if you hit the button, or if you forget, when your speed hits about 25 mph.

The unfolding when unlocking only happens if you code the car and if you folded the windows via the fob or CA (also only enabled if you code it).

Gotcha. I really don't care enough to bother doing any coding. Pushing that button has become 2nd nature to me when I start/stop the car.

[RichardM]

Originally Posted by JohnVidale

In my situation, unfolding on unlocking would be bad. I fold the mirrors for the tight parking in my garage, and I'd rather the mirrors didn't unfold until I am safely outside. So pushing the button to manually fold the mirrors works better.

I can imagine that folding to park on a busy street instead might be a situation in which unfolding on unlocking is more convenient.

On mine it is more intelligent than this. If I fold the mirrors with the button inside the car then they won't unfold automatically when the car is unlocked so you'd be fine. They only unfold when unlocked if I folded them via the keyfob.

[RichardM]

Originally Posted by Frogman

The delay time is adjusted here:

FEM_BODY / 3053 PwMaster / KOMFORT_SCHLIESSEN.

The default is 0Fx (15 decimal) and the units are in 0.1 seconds, so the default is to delay 1.5 seconds after pushing the lock button (or CA) before the mirrors fold.

I've set mine to 2 (0.2 seconds). 0 is no delay so if you hit the fob button, the mirrors will always fold. I found that I didn't always want that.

Thank you Sir! I'm off to try this