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Old 07-27-2011, 07:43 AM
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I have memory seats and two keys so it's taken me a while to realize that the mirrors do their own thing, unrelated to keys or memoryseat settings. I may park the car with mirror in perfect setting; only to return 5 mins later and when I check the drivers side mirror (occassionally also passenger side), it may be adjusted out to the extreme left. I then compensate, moving it back in place. Next time I'm away it then seems to remember the old setting + the compensation and now it is in all the way to the right! Drives me bonkers. No amount of resetting the memory seat will do any good. I've find a couple of threads on this in another forum and it seems the cure is either a replacement mirror motor or cleaning off the wire terminals. Personally I'd be inclined to think there should be some kind of software reboot that might do the trick so I hope to hear from you.
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are you using the same key each time, becuase the Memory setting are key specific. I found that out when I ordered a new key and the radio setting were all default.
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Originally Posted by Fnav
are you using the same key each time, becuase the Memory setting are key specific. I found that out when I ordered a new key and the radio setting were all default.
NO WAY! Thank you for saying that. Now I know why I kept having to re-program my radio presets when I was using different keys. I had no clue about that and it had me wondering.
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I had the same issue. I turned off set mirrors after door unlock in the car settings and it stopped them. Also, I don't use the passenger mirror tilt on reverse.
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Originally Posted by west
NO WAY! Thank you for saying that. Now I know why I kept having to re-program my radio presets when I was using different keys. I had no clue about that and it had me wondering.

Oh yeah, his and her key for indiviual settings for seats, mirrors and radio stations and more.
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I had the same issue. I turned off set mirrors after door unlock in the car settings and it stopped them. Also, I don't use the passenger mirror tilt on reverse.
Which specific menu item do you find that in, cause I can't seem to locate it.
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Originally Posted by NavarroOne
Which specific menu item do you find that in, cause I can't seem to locate it.
It was in car settings. I'll have to check.
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I disabled the seat re-position in vehicle/tires settings on the main "i" page.
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I have the same problem w/ my driver-side mirror (and, on occassion, steering wheel) and it's driving me nuts. I'm thinking maybe it's the battery going bad.

Michael.
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Originally Posted by NavarroOne
Which specific menu item do you find that in, cause I can't seem to locate it.

There are memory settings for seat and door locks. Nothing on mirrors.


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