Auto fold mirrors outside garage

[100d]

When my car gets near the garage it’s set to auto fold in.
But after I leave the garage and the garage door auto closes, the mirrors don’t unfold out. I need to press the button to unfold them.

Does that make sense?

Thanks for the tips!

 

[CDrury]

Me too.

 

[100d]

Me too.

So is that normal?

 

[Unclepaul]

Think you need to drive for a while for them to automagically fold back out.

 

[100d]

I am not sure what a while means….id like my mirrors to fold out as soon as I put the car in drive and start going. Not after a while …

 

[CDrury]

So is that normal?

Nope

 

[minderbinder]

I am not sure what a while means….id like my mirrors to fold out as soon as I put the car in drive and start going. Not after a while …

You have to be far enough away for the car to know that you're not at home anymore. It's about 40-50 feet for me.

 

[100d]

Ok. Will try driving out more. There’s no setting specific to unfolding?

 

[minderbinder]

Ok. Will try driving out more. There’s no setting specific to unfolding?

The only setting is "auto-fold at a location" - no other adjustments. You can also link the behavior to HomeLink, if you have that. Also note that the mirrors will always unfold when you reach 30 MPH, no matter whether they were auto or manually folded.

 

[100d]

I have Homelink. That’s how I got auto fold when I get near garage. Just can’t figure out how to get them up again.

 

[DerbyDave]

From Tesla: When you leave the saved location, mirrors remain folded until your driving speed reaches 31 mph (50 km/h), or until you touch Controls > Unfold Mirrors.

 

[fholbert]

You have to be far enough away for the car to know that you're not at home anymore. It's about 40-50 feet for me.

I'd say closer to 100' from the garage, but yea. Mirrors fold and unfold using your proximity from home via the GPS.

From Tesla: When you leave the saved location, mirrors remain folded until your driving speed reaches 31 mph (50 km/h), or until you touch Controls > Unfold Mirrors.

I'll bet that's old. I'm doing 15mph to 20mph when mine unfold. There is a 90* turn right away.

 

[DerbyDave]

@fholbert, I think it may be old as well, it seems when I put the car in drive, the mirrors start unfolding as I drive away.

 

[fholbert]

@fholbert, I think it may be old as well, it seems when I put the car in drive, the mirrors start unfolding as I drive away.

I wish mine did that. I have to use the camera as I swing right onto the right side of the street.

 

[nurusz]

This problem has been bothering me since the beginning of my adventure with Tesla. I have a narrow garage door so this topic is important to me and I finally decided to be more careful and leave the garage with the mirrors folded out.

 

[EVRider-FL]

My 2023 Model S is set to fold the mirrors when I approach my garage, and that works 100% of the time. The mirrors are supposed to unfold when I leave my garage, and sometimes they do right away, sometimes they do further away, and sometimes not at all. My 2018 Model S did not have that issue.

If you want your mirrors to unfold as soon as you put the car in gear, enable the Mirrors Auto Fold option. I don’t do that because I don’t want my mirrors to unfold before I back out of the garage.

 

[Lance From Jax]

Mine unfold about the time I get to the end of my drive way, 75'. If I sit in my drive they don't open. Its a distance thing. Have you told your car where "home" is?

 

[100d]

Mine unfold automatically when I hit 30 mph. So if I leave my driveway like Batman out of the batcave it’s not an issue.

 

[maxx4speed]

Mine also unfolds around 25-35 mph

 

[Darmie]

You can always use the voice command, "Unfold Mirror" "Open Mirror"