Folding mirrors

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Folding mirrors

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I have just discovered my roc has electric folding mirrors, just wondering, this may have been covered elsewhere but too many people go off topic haha ; my question is , is there a setting the make the mirrors fold in when you lock the car on the fob and open when you unlock it ? Because I can only seem the electrically fold them in by manually flicking the switch on the mirror control, thanks, Rob
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No automatic setting, they needed to be folded / unfolded manually.
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Oh that's a bit rubbish , is there not something you can do in vagcom to make it happen?
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slimfastdodger wrote:Oh that's a bit rubbish , is there not something you can do in vagcom to make it happen?
Nope
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Nightmare ; ok cheers anyway buddy ; not a massive problem as I didn't even know I had electric mirrors in the first place ! Won't take long to get into the habit of flicking them in every time I get out of the car anyways
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Thankfully VW saw the error of their ways and have the feature on the MK7 Golf
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Cuprabob wrote:Thankfully VW saw the error of their ways and have the feature on the MK7 Golf
Excellent!
slimfastdodger wrote: I didn't even know I had electric mirrors in the first place !
You will also have the 'mirror down' function on the passenger side which allows you to pre-set the mirror for reversing so that you can see the rear wheel - it re-sets back to the previously set poition once reverse is disengaged) - and puddle lights too!
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ive seen the mirror adjustment in the mfd but have no idea how to set it ? but would love to work it out as i had stick on convex mirrors on my old golf so i could see the line of the car and it was a dream for parallel parking 1
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Really it defeats the object of having Electric folding mirrors. Even cars like ford fiestas have folding mirrors when you lock the car. So why not a roc? Stupid if you ask me.
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Sorry to drag this one up! Apparantly this missing feature has been included on the Golf VII..... however talking to a dealer today and going out to try this feature on a Mk.VII GTD we could not get it to work - its just the same system as in the Roc with the control of the mirror folding by the control knob on the door. Anybody with a GTD care to comment - is it something that has to be set up using the MFD computer?

UPDATE - Yes it is a feature! - but one that has to be activated in the system set up on the Mk.VII Golf (obviously the dealers car did not have the box ticked!).
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