Controls and features -> Seat, mirror and steering wheel memory for your BMW 5 Series 1995-2003

50nMirrors  
Seat, mirror and steering wheel memory  
To select a stored setting  
Convenience function:  
1 Open the driver's door after  
unlocking or put ignition key in posi-  
tion 1.  
2 Briefly press memory button 1, 2 or 3,  
as desired.  
Movement stops immediately when  
one of the seat-adjustment or  
memory buttons is activated during  
the adjustment process.  
Safety function:  
Sun visors  
You can store and call up three different  
seat, exterior mirror and steering wheel  
positions. The illustration shows the  
buttons on the driver's door, for making  
these position adjustments.  
1 With the driver's door closed and  
ignition key either removed or in posi-  
tion 0 or 2.  
The sun visors can be folded down  
toward the windshield or swiveled out  
against the side windows.  
2 Maintain pressure on desired  
memory button 1, 2 or 3 until the  
adjustment process is completed.  
Lighted vanity mirror  
The adjustment setting for the lumbar  
support is not saved in the memory.  
Fold down the sun visor and slide the  
cover panel to the side as required.  
If you press the MEMORY button acci-  
dentally: press the button a second  
time, the indicator lamp goes out.  
To store  
The mirror lamps operate in ignition key  
positions 1 and 2.  
1 Turn the key to ignition key position  
1 or 2.  
Do not call up a position from  
the memory while the vehicle is  
moving. There is a risk of accident from  
unexpected movement of the seat or  
steering wheel.<  
2 Adjust the desired positions for the  
seat, door mirror and steering wheel.  
3 Press the MEMORY button: the indi-  
cator lamp in the button lights up.  
4 Press memory button 1, 2 or 3, as  
desired: the indicator lamp goes out.  
 
Seat, mirror and steering wheel memory  
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Your BMW center can adjust your  
vehicle's systems in such a  
manner that your personalized settings  
are automatically called up for the seat,  
mirror and steering wheel positions  
when you unlock the vehicle with your  
personal remote control key.<  
If you make use of this setting  
mode, be sure that the footwell  
behind the driver's seat is unobstructed  
before unlocking the vehicle. Other-  
wise, persons or objects could be  
Passenger side exterior mirror tilt  
function  
injured or damaged should the seat  
move backward.<  
(automatic curb monitor)  
1 Move the mirror selector switch  
(arrow) to the "driver's mirror"  
position.  
2 When reverse gear is engaged, the  
passenger-side mirror tilts down-  
ward. This brings the area directly  
adjacent to the vehicle (curbs, etc.)  
into the driver's field of vision as an  
aid during parking.  
You can deactivate this automatic  
feature by setting the mirror selection  
switch to the "passenger-side mirror"  
position.