Mirrors, Adjustments – BMW 328i Coupe 2011 User Manual

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Adjustments

Even if you have not yet fastened your safety
belt, the belt hand-over will retract if you:

Wait for more than approx. one minute

Open the corresponding door

Start driving.

Closing the respective door reactivates the belt
hand-over if the ignition or radio readiness is on.

Front passenger seat

The belt hand-over will extend only if the seat is
occupied and after the front passenger door is
closed.

Pinch protection system

If the belt hand-over encounters resistance on
moving in or out, it moves back slightly in the
opposite direction and stops in this position. To
reactivate the belt hand-over: open and close
the door or switch the ignition off and on.

Although there is a pinch protection sys-
tem, always check that the maneuvering

area of the belt hand-over is clear. Otherwise it
cannot be ensured that the system will stop
moving in certain extreme situations.

Mirrors

Exterior mirrors

The front passenger's mirror is more con-
vex 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;
otherwise, there is an increased risk of an acci-
dent.

1 Adjustments
2 Switching to the other mirror or automatic

curb monitor

3 Folding mirrors in and out

The setting for the exterior mirrors is stored for
the remote control currently in use

. The stored

position is 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 press-
ing button

3. This can be beneficial in narrow

streets, for example, or for moving mirrors that
were folded in by hand back out into their cor-
rect 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 manually or

with button

3 to prevent them from being dam-

aged, depending on the width of the vehicle.

Automatic heating

Depending on the outside temperature, both
exterior mirrors are heated automatically when
the engine is running or the ignition is switched
on.