Cause is a failure in the ring that senses the mirror location its plastic and wears away.
Bmw e90 power folding mirrors.
Bmw e90 models with folding mirrors have a few issues.
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The most common symptom is the mirror folding past the normal stop toward the front of the vehicle.
Same problem described the 1996 should be listed as 2006.
This mirror issue is easy to fix.
No need to cut t.
Repair is to replace the whole mirror assembly approximately 800.
Simply lubricate the home pin so it works as bmw designed it.
So you can now fold the mirror through the fob.
The fix for this is to replace the complete mirror.
Mine is an 06 and there are thousands of reports for this on the bmw related forums.
There were no power folding mirrors in 96.
Don t be fooled by other videos that say you have to remove the mirror d.
If your mirrors are folding forward past the home setting this is an easy fix.
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