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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 01:17 PM
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Default Passenger side door mirror auto tilt on reverse

My mirror has a mind of its own.
Sometimes it drops a little, sometimes not at all, and sometimes all the way.
Then it is about a one in 3 call as to what it will do when I put the car in drive.
Anyone else have this issue?
 
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 06:49 PM
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Anyone else have this issue?
I did when I first got my X350. I got fed up with manually resetting it so turned the feature off using a WDS.

I think I read somewhere that someone took theirs apart and gave the innards a good clean and lube and that fixed it.
 
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 07:01 PM
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I think you can turn it off in the vehicle menu settings if you have a touchscreen nav.
 
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Old Jul 11, 2011 | 05:14 AM
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I think you can turn it off in the vehicle menu settings if you have a touchscreen nav.
On my car you can only control the auto fold from the touch screen menu, not the auto tilt.
 
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Old Jul 11, 2011 | 09:08 AM
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On my car you can only control the auto fold from the touch screen menu, not the auto tilt.
Same here.
 
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Old Jul 11, 2011 | 11:34 AM
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Hmmm, must be one of my other cars. Sorry.
 
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Old Jul 11, 2011 | 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by u102768
I think I read somewhere that someone took theirs apart and gave the innards a good clean and lube and that fixed it.
Found it:

Jaguar Forum.co.uk • View topic - X350 Intermittent Passanger Mirror Dipping
 
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Old Jul 12, 2011 | 10:28 AM
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Our X5 has this feature, and I hate it. I am sure many accidents have happened because you can't see anything as you back up! BMW lets you turn it off using the mirror control switches, at least.
 
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Old Jul 12, 2011 | 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by avt007
Our X5 has this feature, and I hate it. I am sure many accidents have happened because you can't see anything as you back up! BMW lets you turn it off using the mirror control switches, at least.
It is just spastic in operation.
 
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