Seats, mirrors and steering wheel -> Exterior mirrors for your BMW i5 2023-2025

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cident, injury, or property damage. Estimate  
the distance to the traffic behind by looking  
over your shoulder.  
Removing the center head restraint  
Only remove the head restraint if no one will be  
sitting in the center seat.  
1. Raise the head restraint up against the re-  
sistance.  
Overview  
2. Press the buttons, arrow 1, and pull the  
head restraint out completely.  
Icon  
Meaning  
Fold the exterior mirror in and out.  
Installing the head restraints  
Proceed in the reverse order to install the head  
restraint.  
Adjust the exterior mirrors.  
Select left exterior mirror, Automatic  
Curb Monitor.  
Exterior mirrors  
General information  
Select right exterior mirror.  
The front passenger's side exterior mirror is  
more curved than the driver's side mirror.  
The exterior mirror adjustment is stored in the  
active BMW ID or in the active driver profile. If  
the BMW ID or the driver profile is reactivated  
at a later time, the stored position is called up  
automatically.  
Adjusting the exterior mirrors  
Press the button.  
The selected exterior mirror moves  
along with the button movement.  
The current exterior mirror adjustment can be  
stored using the memory function.  
Selecting the exterior mirror  
Press the button to select the left  
exterior mirror. The LED illuminates.  
Safety information  
Warning  
Press the button to select the right  
exterior mirror. The LED illuminates.  
Objects in the mirror are closer than they ap-  
pear. The distance to the road users behind  
could be incorrectly estimated, for instance  
while changing lanes. There is a risk of ac-  
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improves your view of the curb and other low-  
lying obstacles when parking, for instance.  
Malfunction  
In case of an electrical malfunction, adjust the  
exterior mirror by pressing on the edges of the  
mirror glass.  
Activating the Automatic Curb Monitor  
Folding in/folding out the exterior  
mirrors  
1.  
Press the button. The LED illumi-  
nates.  
2. Engage selector lever position R.  
NOTICE  
Deactivating the Automatic Curb  
Monitor  
Depending on the vehicle width, the vehicle  
can be damaged in car washes. There is a  
risk of damage to property. Before washing,  
fold in the mirrors by hand or with the button.  
Press the button. The LED illuminates  
and the LED of the driver’s side outside  
mirror goes out.  
Press the button.  
Interior mirror, automatic  
dimming feature  
Folding is possible at vehicle speeds of up to  
approx. 12 mph/20 km/h.  
Folding the exterior mirrors in and out is help-  
ful in the following situations:  
General information  
The interior mirror is dimmed automatically.  
In car washes.  
Photocells are used for control:  
On narrow roads.  
In the mirror glass.  
Exterior mirrors that were folded in are folded  
out automatically at a speed of approx.  
25 mph/40 km/h.  
On the rear of the mirror.  
Overview  
Automatic heating  
Both exterior mirrors are automatically heated  
as needed and when the drive-ready state is  
switched on.  
Automatic dimming  
The exterior mirror on the driver's side is au-  
tomatically dimmed. Photocells in the interior  
mirror are used to control this.  
Automatic Curb Monitor  
Functional requirements  
Keep the photocells clean.  
Principle  
Do not cover the area between the interior  
mirror and the windshield.  
If reverse gear is engaged, the mirror glass on  
the passenger's side is tilted downward. This  
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