Folding mirrors

[BRAITHWAITE]

Hi I hvent had my X5 long and was hoping someone can help my 55 plate X5 has elec folding mirrors but when I press the button to fold them, they fold in and then fold strait back out again (cant keep them folded in) can you help, Thanks

[Wagner]

I wish I could offer the answer, but this is not entirely uncommon. Something is jamming in the motors that is causing them to go back out. They do this because it is on the safe side, better to be unfolded so you can use them then folded in.

Now, this note here isn't the best advice..but it worked on mine

Manually push each mirror closed, then manually open them again...then try the mechanized way.

[BRAITHWAITE]

Hi thanks for the quick reply I will have to pluck up the courage to try that!

[BMWLOVER]

My relative accdentaly manually folded them and afterwards i was pretty mad and worried he might have broke something but it was fine and everything still works. So I think it would be okay to try wagners idea.

[E5M1R]

do a search, there is a micro switch inside with a metal pin that gets loose and fall off

[pvoltti]

Originally Posted by BRAITHWAITE

Hi I hvent had my X5 long and was hoping someone can help my 55 plate X5 has elec folding mirrors but when I press the button to fold them, they fold in and then fold strait back out again (cant keep them folded in) can you help, Thanks

The likely cause for the problem is that the metal pin of the microswitch is loose. When the mirrors are folded and there's not a contact to the microswitch the mirrors are folded back to their original position.

The microswitch is inside the mirror. You don't need any tools to fix the problem, but you need to be careful when removing the plastic covers of the mirror. You can find the repairing instructions from here:

http://www.xoutpost.com/x5-e53-forum/...olding+mirrors

[BRAITHWAITE]

Thanks very much for a great response I shall try the micro switch repair and post my findings, thanks again

[jst2878]

try moving your switch over from pass to drivers mode. I know when my switch is not controlling my drivers side mirror I don't get my passenger mirror to move down when I'm in reverse

[BRAITHWAITE]

Hi everybody I would just reply with a happy outcome on the folding mirror fault, first I tried moving the mirrors in and out manually this did not make them work. So then I stripped the back of the passenger side mirror and found the lever on the micro switch diconnected, I reconnected it and tried them ,they still did'nt work. so then I removed the back off the drivers side mirror and found the lever also diconnected from the switch, I reconnected the lever to the switch DRIVERS side and both mirrors fold in and out at the touch of a button success.

[WOOD56]

Now the question is what cause the micro switch to come disconnect....