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      07-13-2019, 10:58 AM   #1
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Is there way to disable the side mirror from pointing down in reverse? I’ve scoured I drive and can’t find a disable option.

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Believe you may have options to disable this in iDrive, but one quick and dirty trick you can use is to simply switch the mirror adjustment switch to the passenger side, as I believe the tilt down feature only works when it is set to the driver (left) side.
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Believe you may have options to disable this in iDrive, but one quick and dirty trick you can use is to simply switch the mirror adjustment switch to the passenger side, as I believe the tilt down feature only works when it is set to the driver (left) side.
I tested this today and you’re correct. How on earth did you stumble across this trick?
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Believe you may have options to disable this in iDrive, but one quick and dirty trick you can use is to simply switch the mirror adjustment switch to the passenger side, as I believe the tilt down feature only works when it is set to the driver (left) side.
I tested this today and you’re correct. How on earth did you stumble across this trick?
This has been around since at least 2016 as my 3 series had it.
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I tested this today and you’re correct. How on earth did you stumble across this trick?
Ha ha. Well, I guess it’s just the way it was designed. I haven’t tried it in awhile, but I believe my 2013 M3 also does it.

Unfortunately, I looked in the iDrive menus for awhile, for a way to change the “dip” setting. Maybe it is there, but I could not find it
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I tested this today and you're correct. How on earth did you stumble across this trick?
Just FYI, this is pretty standard across the car industry. Every car I've owned of different makes is like that (except opposite from what's described... move the switch away from passenger side to turn off)
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My 2004 330i even does this!
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