Folding mirrors on the key

[bembo449]

Im guessing i need to be able to read the LCD menu on the binnacle to set the mirrors to fold on locking the car , no?

 

[rorywquin]

On mine - yes. It is a user option.

 

[LostKiwi]

Remember that fold on lock will eventually fatigue the wires causing them to break.

 

[rorywquin]

Remember that fold on lock will eventually fatigue the wires causing them to break.

That is p1$$ poor design isn't it!!

Given my low mileage, I'll die before the wires do!

 

[bembo449]

Ok LK , the previous owner said they were fine before he had the battery changed and they work perfectly off the button so pretty sure they just need setting up but this is where my squiffy LCD bites me in the arse

 

[flowrider]

That is p1$$ poor design isn't it!!

Given my low mileage, I'll die before the wires do!

Happened on my 2012 ML, cost c£250 to replace a tiny loom in the mirror.

 

[Tony Dyson]

Have you reset your Exterior Mirrors since the battery change? Turn ign to pos 1 and briefly press the middle mirror button in the door cluster.

 

[bembo449]

Middle button tony ?? Its a 215 CL it doesn't have one

 

[EmilysDad]

Middle button tony ?? Its a 215 CL it doesn't have one

the button that folds them from inside the car ...

 

[bembo449]

How will that help them fold when i lock the car ??

 

[EmilysDad]

How will that help them fold when i lock the car ??

No idea .... just suggesting the button that Tony was referring to

 

[EmilysDad]

The mirrors do actually fold? I ask as I told a bloke at work where to find the auto fold menu on his ML ... it turned out that his mirrors didn't fold at all

 

[bembo449]

Some confusion here , mirrors are doing everything they should but are not folding in when i remotely lock the car , i assume id need to turn this function on in the settings but as my binnacle LCD is duff i wont be able to activate it till its fixed

 

[Tony Dyson]

 

[Tony Dyson]

If the 'Fold in mirrors when locking car' function has been previously set, all you should need to do is reset the mirrors after a power disconnection, as it describes in the OM.

 

[bembo449]

Yes but on the 215 thats done through the settings menu which i cant read with a duff dash LCD , so i will continue to fold them manually till i have the LCD repair

 

[Tony Dyson]

Yes but on the 215 thats done through the settings menu which i cant read with a duff dash LCD , so i will continue to fold them manually till i have the LCD repair

So I better understand your predicament, how exactly are you currently folding the mirrors "Manually"?

 

[bembo449]

Yep i am tony , its no biggy in the real world , i suppose will have to shell out for the LCD repair at some point

 

[Tony Dyson]

Yep i am tony , its no biggy in the real world , i suppose will have to shell out for the LCD repair at some point

You stated in an earlier post #5 that the previous owner stated they used to fold before the battery change, this means the setting has already been selected in your settings menu, so all you need now to do is reset the mirrors in the procedure I posted, try it, you have nothing to lose!