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Thread: Is our passenger mirror supposed to tilt in reverse?

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    Default Is our passenger mirror supposed to tilt in reverse?

    I know they do on a lot of european cars, just not sure if this feature dates back to the E34. Suffice to say, my mirror does not tilt.

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    Neither does mine, however it does on my dads E39 540 - oh the luxury!

    Sam

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    My e34 does. It depends on where the switch is set for setting the side view mirrors, however. If it's set for the driver's side (up) then the passenger side view will tilt when putting my car in reverse. If it's on the passenger side, then it won't. I may have that backwards, though. I'd thought that my tilt function crapped out the first time I'd flipped the switch to the passenger side and left it there. Of course, it may also be that this function only showed up in the later model e34s as well. I have no idea.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan in NZ
    I know they do on a lot of european cars, just not sure if this feature dates back to the E34. Suffice to say, my mirror does not tilt.
    I am pretty confident that you need memory seats to have the reverse-dip. The switch has to be to the driver's side.

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    Default the tilt feature is mentioned in my manual but it doesnt seem to work .....

    I will try switching the position switch.....
    Gone but not forgotten

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    Default my passenger mirror tilts when I select reverse

    David Bushby
    1995 Motorsport 540i/6 (Aus)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan in NZ
    I know they do on a lot of european cars, just not sure if this feature dates back to the E34. Suffice to say, my mirror does not tilt.

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    The switch is connected to the back-up light switich. When mine was out of alignment I had no back-up lights, and I lost my mirror dip too...

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