Is our passenger mirror supposed to tilt in reverse?

[Dan in NZ]

I know they do on a lot of european cars, just not sure if this feature dates back to the E34. Suffice to say, my mirror does not tilt.

[SamB]

Neither does mine, however it does on my dads E39 540 - oh the luxury!

Sam

[garretb]

My e34 does. It depends on where the switch is set for setting the side view mirrors, however. If it's set for the driver's side (up) then the passenger side view will tilt when putting my car in reverse. If it's on the passenger side, then it won't. I may have that backwards, though. I'd thought that my tilt function crapped out the first time I'd flipped the switch to the passenger side and left it there. Of course, it may also be that this function only showed up in the later model e34s as well. I have no idea.

[Jon M.]

I know they do on a lot of european cars, just not sure if this feature dates back to the E34. Suffice to say, my mirror does not tilt.

I am pretty confident that you need memory seats to have the reverse-dip. The switch has to be to the driver's side.

[Paul in NZ]

I will try switching the position switch..... :)

[David Buhby]

David Bushby
1995 Motorsport 540i/6 (Aus)
Petrol Mica/Silver grey


I know they do on a lot of european cars, just not sure if this feature dates back to the E34. Suffice to say, my mirror does not tilt.

[Travelfeet]

The switch is connected to the back-up light switich. When mine was out of alignment I had no back-up lights, and I lost my mirror dip too...