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11-07-2016, 10:52 AM | #1 |
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Dipping side mirror not always activating
Hi guys, I have a weird issue with my mirror. My car has the "dipping" feature which makes the passenger side mirror point at the ground to help see the curb while in reverse and parallel parking. It occasionally won't work for a while, and then will start working again. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it, and the electric adjustment always functions.
Anyone else have this issue?
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11-07-2016, 11:02 AM | #2 |
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Had the exact same issue with my E90. Turned out to be just the reverse switch in the transmission. Was a 10 min and $20 fix. Check to see if your reverse lights are intermittent.
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11-07-2016, 12:10 PM | #5 |
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Had no idea about this, I'll try that!
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11-07-2016, 02:50 PM | #6 |
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Ok so this is weird, according to what you guys said the switch needed to be to the right, which it was. So I flicked it over to the left and now the mirror dips lol.
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11-07-2016, 03:13 PM | #8 |
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Lol, happened to me too, I never knew what that switch was for until my wife turned it off unknowingly...
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I've had this same issue too. I can some times get the thing to "wake" by sliding the mirror selector switch back and forth until it starts to dip. Some times, I'll give up for a while and then play with the switch and it'll work again. No logic I could tell so far either.
Also, I've had this happen where I will move the switch to the right when the mirror dip feature doesn't work and it'll work in that setting. While we're talking about the mirror dip feature, it's maddening to me that the driver's side doesn't do the same thing. Good parking spots don't always have the concrete curb on the passenger side. |
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11-07-2016, 04:22 PM | #10 |
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I thought it was left....but glad you got it sorted!!
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It is left.
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I had to learn the same thing.
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11-08-2016, 08:56 AM | #14 |
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Rare that I miss something this simple
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My solution is just pop the door open when the curb is on driver side.
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11-08-2016, 09:11 AM | #16 |
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You can parallel park on the left on many one way streets.
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11-08-2016, 10:39 AM | #17 |
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Yeah and being in the DC area there's a ton of one-way's where you end up with the curb on your right. I agree that it would be super helpful to be able to select which side dips.
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Plus popping open the door only works so much as I've tried it. The car only allows you to do so much with the driver's side door popped open before it drops the trans into park preventing you from driving in reverse with the door open. Just because BMW has done it this way forever, doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement. My wife's RDX does the mirror dip on both mirrors depending on where the selector switch is. It's such a simple programming thing that there's no excuse not to have this on the driver's side too. |
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11-08-2016, 02:29 PM | #19 | |
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And popping open the door on a newer car with a push button auto shifter will slam the car into park. |
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11-08-2016, 02:47 PM | #20 |
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1st world problems lol.
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11-08-2016, 03:01 PM | #22 |
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Well, on properly designed cars. Apparently Dodge has not figured it out yet, they are currently recalling over a million vehicles because people get out without putting it in park. Many people have died/been injured because of it.
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