Power folding mirror question

[MyLittlePony2022]

I am just happy they have folding mirrors. Almost all cars in other countries have them so you can narrow the width of your car when parked. If you did not, you would not have mirrors. They either get hit by other cars or smashed by the football hooligans. I have a narrow garage and my Lincoln MKZ does not have folding mirrors. Hard enough to park two cars in the garage, especially with one car that has these dumbo ears for mirrors sticking out.

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[minders]

I am just happy they have folding mirrors. Almost all cars in other countries have them so you can narrow the width of your car when parked. If you did not, you would not have mirrors. They either get hit by other cars or smashed by the football hooligans. I have a narrow garage and my Lincoln MKZ does not have folding mirrors. Hard enough to park two cars in the garage, especially with one car that has these dumbo ears for mirrors sticking out.

I hear ya. My X1 has them and it was an absolute deal breaker for me to not have folding mirrors on my next vehicle. That's why I went with the Premium over the select. Hubby whines that I don't "need" them and that I couldn't just find something else without them that would be cheaper since I don't drive a lot. We went from a one big door 2 car garage to a 2 single door 2 car garage and it's messing with my head to park the X1 which is smaller by the MME by a bit, so I'm dreading getting it in/out of the garage once it arrives later this month.

 

[GuliblGuy]

FYI, if you ever have the event where the mirrors won’t open or close, grab them and do them manually.

This breaks the mirror/motor.

 

[minders]

This breaks the mirror/motor.

I was at the Minnesota state fair visiting a friend and there was a MME on display. I had asked the guy showing off the car if it was the Premium with folding mirrors and he said yeah. Some idiot was also looking at the car and was like "yeah, you just do this" and slammed them into folded position. I wanted to punch him in the face, but didn't want to get arrested. I just stared at him and shook my head.

 

[TD1273]

if it makes you feel any better, this requires the car's GPS to work well which it doesn't so ford may have been 3 steps ahead knowing their car would not accurately know it's "at home" and thereby omitted this ability

it's a feature!

Our GPS works really well much better than our Garmin

 

[1969Mach1Mike]

This is such a needed feature! Proximity settings, mirrors, walk away lock, would be nice to set these one way for my house and a different way for other times. This would be a nicer software update then adding Alexa or Sodoku, that would be if I was prioritizing what makes it into their next sprint or development cycle.

Walk away lock already exists, when you walk away from the car it locks. .....or did you mean something else?

 

[minders]

Walk away lock already exists, when you walk away from the car it locks. .....or did you mean something else?

I mean when I'm driving down the street and about to pull into my driveway to go into my garage to park. I would like for them to fold in as I'm pulling up to the driveway before entering the garage.

 

[MacherAWD]

Walk away lock already exists, when you walk away from the car it locks. .....or did you mean something else?

Proximity based, so my driveway and garage I don't lock, but in public I would, so turn these features on or off based on a location.

 

[ChuckA]

This breaks the mirror/motor.

I didn’t know. I did it once with no issue.

 

[Mach-Lee]

This breaks the mirror/motor.

You wouldn't want to do it often, but it won't break them. They are designed to break away when struck, cycling the folding motors several times will reengage the clutch and they should work again.

EDIT: unlike most other cars the Mach-E mirrors will not unfold automatically at speed.

 

[GuliblGuy]

You wouldn't want to do it often, but it won't break them. They are designed to break away when struck, cycling the folding motors several times will reengage the clutch and they should work again.

It's a legal requirement that the mirrors are unfolded above a certain speed (5 mph?) so they will always auto open, and will not fold if you are moving too fast when you press the button.

Ahhh folded or not I tested both and felt like they would break if I really pushed them.

 

[JohnFoxeSheets]

It's a legal requirement that the mirrors are unfolded above a certain speed (5 mph?) so they will always auto open, and will not fold if you are moving too fast when you press the button.

Thank you for the excuse to go for a test drive!

 

[67 Stang Convertible]

I mean when I'm driving down the street and about to pull into my driveway to go into my garage to park. I would like for them to fold in as I'm pulling up to the driveway before entering the garage.

Curious, are you able to go into the menu and fold them while in the driveway before you pull into the garage?

 

[MacherAWD]

Curious, are you able to go into the menu and fold them while in the driveway before you pull into the garage?

Yes, or easier we have a button near power locks and windows to do it, but would be nice if it was automatic

 

[MacherAWD]

It's a legal requirement that the mirrors are unfolded above a certain speed (5 mph?) so they will always auto open, and will not fold if you are moving too fast when you press the button.

No dice, was up to 30mph and the mirrors were still closed.

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