Exterior Mirrors; Interior Rearview Mirror - BMW 328i Owner's Manual

Mirrors

Exterior mirrors

The front passenger's mirror is more convex
than the driver's mirror. The objects seen in the
mirror are closer than they appear. Do not
gauge your distance from traffic behind you on
the basis of what you see in the mirror; other-
wise there is an increased risk of an
1 Adjustments
2 Switching to the other mirror or automatic
*
curb monitor
3 Folding mirrors in and out
The settings for the exterior mirrors are stored
for the remote control currently in use
Personal Profile, page 18. The stored positions
are called up automatically when the vehicle is
unlocked.
Manual adjustment
The mirrors can also be adjusted manually:
press the edge of the glass.
Folding mirrors in and out*
At driving speeds up to approx. 12 mph/
20 km/h, you can fold the mirrors in and out by
pressing button 3. This can be beneficial in nar-
row streets, for example, or for moving mirrors
that were folded in by hand back out into their
correct positions. Mirrors that were folded in are
folded out automatically at a speed of approx.
25 mph/40 km/h.
Before entering an automatic car wash,
fold in the exterior mirrors by hand or with
button 3, to prevent them from being damaged
due to the width of the vehicle.<
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Automatic heating
At outside temperatures below a certain limit,
both exterior mirrors are automatically heated
while the engine is running or the ignition
switched on.
Passenger-side mirror tilt function –
automatic curb monitor*
accident.<
Activating
1.
2.
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, refer to
Deactivating
Push the switch to the position for the passen-
ger-side mirror, arrow 2.

Interior rearview mirror

Turn the knob to reduce glare from the head-
lamps of cars behind you when driving at night.
Push the switch to the position for the
driver's-side mirror, arrow 1.
Engage reverse gear or move the selector
lever to position R.
The glass of the mirror on the passenger
side tilts slightly down. This allows the
driver to see the area immediately adjacent
to the vehicle, e.g. a curb, when backing into
a parking space.
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