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I have a 2006 X5 4.8is. There is a button inside the car for folding mirrors. I use that button to fold the mirrors away after I park my car. But today, when I press the button, the mirrors will fold but they open up again right away automatically..... So they don't really fold away.... What's wrong?

Submitted: 215 days and 21 hours ago.
Category: BMW
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2006 BMW X5 4.8is 4.8

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I have looked into the manual and check whether I did something to cause it to happen..... but in no vain.... when I press the button, the rear mirrors just fold away then open up again.... so they don't stay folded.

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Hi Susana

If both mirrors were fault free before this then there are two possibility of whats wrong firstly one of the mirrors is faulty and causing both mirrors to fold back out or one of the modules that controls mirror folding inside the doors is faulty.

I would try the mirrors over the next week or so because some times the mirrors can play up intermittently and then all of a sudden start to work ok again.the mirrors have motor in each one which sends a signal back to the modules and once the module receives this signal it stops the motor in the folding in position if the module does not receive the signal or it is faulty the mirror will fold back out.

 

Regards Steve

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Answered: 4/19/2009

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