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





