Folding mirrors not folding

[DaFoot]

So my car has been sat over the Christmas break not being used. Only a week or 10 days.

I used to be able to long press my lock button on key fob and the mirrors would fold themselves inwards.

That auto folding seems to have stopped.

I've had a look through the menus on the dash, the only option I can see that might refer to this functionality is ticked.

Any suggestions on potential causes/fixes before I call the SEAT garage?

What do these shiny wing mirrors cost if it means a replacement (they are the grey ones that come with the fancy alloy wheels as part of Titanium pack).

 

[Stevan]

To rule out an issue with the wing mirrors themselves have you tried folding them using the driver door arm rest wing mirror adjuster stick?

 

[Curtly]

Just do the window reset trick and they'll be fine. Search the forum, it's covered once per month.

 

[DaFoot]

To rule out an issue with the wing mirrors themselves have you tried folding them using the driver door arm rest wing mirror adjuster stick?

I wasn't aware it is possible to fold from that control, adjust the position of the glass, yes but not fold the whole unit into car from there. I'll have a fiddle.

 

[DaFoot]

Just do the window reset trick and they'll be fine. Search the forum, it's covered once per month.

Thanks, I'll see what I can find.

 

[Walone]

I wasn't aware it is possible to fold from that control, adjust the position of the glass, yes but not fold the whole unit into car from there. I'll have a fiddle.

The switch has a position for folding the mirrors and for the heating them, I think 5 positions in total.

 

[DaFoot]

Found the switch position to fold the mirrors, that worked.
So I now know the motors etc are ok.

Looks at the window reset thing someone mentioned, tried a couple of times to do the down and hold then up and hold thing, not yet sorted it. I'll keep trying.

 

[DaFoot]

Found a solution that worked for me. I only did this to the front windows, it may be only the drivers taht I needed to do I don't know.

- Press window button so window goes down (doesn't have to be all the way).
- hold up for a second or two after window closes
- release button
- hold up again for a couple of seconds

This was a procedure I found in the manual after reading the section about windows.
Why resetting window position should change behaviour of the wing mirrors is beyond me, but it worked!

 

[Davhar68]

Hi, had same problem Saturday (Leon fr 2015) mirrors worked fine from switch but not from key,noticed could not long press open all windows either today, various solutions offered on net, I tried

Opened all windows and roof fully
Closed roof
Closed each window individually,pressed up button, once up, released button for a second and then pressed up again for further 10 seconds, then moved on to next window doing same
Tried long press lock on key, car locked, mirrors closed

Thankyou everyone

 

[Descentrader]

Hi

Thanks for posting - fixed the problem on my Sons LeonFR

Worked a treat

 

[AClarkson]

Thank you so much for this post. Your suggestion in 2018 worked today