Controls and features -> Seat, mirror and steering wheel memory for your BMW 7 Series 2001-2007

Mirrors  
Seat, mirror and steering wheel memory  
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To select a stored setting  
Convenience function:  
1 Open driver's door after unlocking or  
ignition key in position 1  
2 Briefly press memory button 1, 2 or 3  
as desired.  
Movement stops immediately when  
one of the seat-adjustment or mem-  
ory buttons is activated during the  
adjustment process.  
Security function:  
1 With driver's door closed and ignition  
key either removed or in position 0  
or 2  
Lighted vanity mirror  
You can store and call up three different  
seat, exterior mirror and steering wheel  
positions.  
Fold down the sun visor and slide the  
cover panel to the side as required.  
2 Maintain pressure on desired mem-  
ory button 1, 2 or 3 until the adjust-  
ment process is completed.  
The illustration shows the buttons on  
the driver's door, for making these posi-  
tion adjustments.  
The mirror lamps operate in ignition key  
positions 1 and 2.  
If you press the MEMORY button acci-  
dentally: Press the button a second  
time, the indicator lamp goes out.  
The adjustment for the lumbar support  
is not stored in the memory.  
Sun visors  
These can be folded down toward the  
windshield or swiveled out against the  
side windows.  
To store  
Do not call up a position from the  
memory while the vehicle is mov-  
ing. There is a risk of accident from un-  
expected movement of the seat or  
steering wheel.<  
1 Turn the ignition key to position 1 or 2  
2 Adjust for the preferred seat, exterior  
mirror and steering wheel positions  
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.  
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54nSeat, mirror and steering wheel memory  
Your BMW center can adjust your  
vehicle's systems in such a man-  
ner 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.<  
If you make use of this setting  
mode, be sure that the footwell  
behind the driver's seat is unobstructed  
before unlocking the vehicle. If you fail  
to do so, persons or objects could be  
Passenger side exterior mirror tilt  
function  
injured or damaged if the seat should  
move backward.<  
(automatic curb monitor)  
1 Move the mirror selector switch (ar-  
row) to the "driver's mirror" position  
2 When the selector lever is placed in  
"Reverse," the passenger-side mirror  
tilts downward to help the driver  
monitor the area directly adjacent to  
the car during parking (curbs, etc.).  
You can deactivate this automatic fea-  
ture: Set the mirror selector switch to  
the passenger's mirror position.  
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