XC60 Door mirrors

[lalith16]

Before going away abroad I parked my car in a very tight garage and the only way I could park the car in the tight space was by folding in both the door mirrors (depressed the L & R buttons simultaneously). ‘Automatic retraction when Locking’ is also enabled within ‘My Car’ settings, which automatically retracts/extends the door mirrors upon locking/unlocking the car.

I want to know: If I unlock the car now, would the door mirrors extend automatically by virtue of the above setting being enabled or would the car remember the last mirror setting that I performed at the time of parking the car in the garage (which is L & R depressed that folded in the mirrors) and keep the mirrors in retracted position?

My worry is, if the door mirrors automatically extend upon unlocking the car they might hit the garage’s side walls and that might cause some form of cosmetic damage or may even damage the mirrors’ folding mechanism.

Thanks in advance.

[nu11eaf]

When I have folded my mirrors in manually on my XC90 and locked the doors, the mirrors stay folded in when car unlocked, I need to press the mirror buttons to bring them back out. I would think the XC60 would be the same.

[MichaelDH]

Yes, I can confirm the XC60 also remembers manual mirror folding position, I observed it a couple of weeks back.

What I want to know is, if your garage is that tight, how did you get out of the car in the first place??!!!

[Philip Fisher]

Originally Posted by MichaelDH

Yes, I can confirm the XC60 also remembers manual mirror folding position, I observed it a couple of weeks back.

What I want to know is, if your garage is that tight, how did you get out of the car in the first place??!!!

Climb out the tailgate?

[lalith16]

Originally Posted by Philip Fisher

Climb out the tailgate?

That was one of my exit strategies...literally; although as a last resort.

[DangerMUK]

Worst case scenario get a friend to hold a folded cloth or towel against the wall on the side one of them might hit :-)

[lalith16]

Originally Posted by MichaelDH

Yes, I can confirm the XC60 also remembers manual mirror folding position, I observed it a couple of weeks back.

What I want to know is, if your garage is that tight, how did you get out of the car in the first place??!!!

Haha, that’s a good question that I also asked myself before parking in. Due to the lay out of the garage walls and also to allow more space on the right for me to get out, I had to park my car more to the left of the garage. Even then I had to squeeze myself out; took 4-5 attempts.....skipping lunch and afternoon snack made all the difference I believe 😂

[lalith16]

Originally Posted by nu11eaf

When I have folded my mirrors in manually on my XC90 and locked the doors, the mirrors stay folded in when car unlocked, I need to press the mirror buttons to bring them back out. I would think the XC60 would be the same.

But is the ‘Automatic retraction when Locking’ also enabled within ‘My Car’ settings at the same time as you manually folded in the mirrors and then unlocked the car.

[nu11eaf]

Originally Posted by lalith16

But is the ‘Automatic retraction when Locking’ also enabled within ‘My Car’ settings at the same time as you manually folded in the mirrors and then unlocked the car.

Yes I have it set to auto. You need not worry, your mirrors will stay retracted. I have done this a few times when sat in my car in a very narrow road just to ensure they do not get clipped by passing cars, then I had left the car and locked it and picked my grand daughter up from school and when I have unlocked the car the mirrors have stayed folded, the first time I only noticed as I went to pull away and could not see if it was safe to pull out.

[lalith16]

Asked my wife to unlock the car for me as I am still away. I can confirm the door mirrors didn’t extend upon unlocking the car. Thanks to all who gave the information that I required.