Folding mirrors automatically when parked?

[Vector]

For those of you familiar with the 2015 Escalade (not the 2015.5), I discovered how to get the mirrors to fold in with the remote by holding the lock button in for a few extra seconds. However, I cannot figure out how to set the system to fold the mirrors automatically upon putting it into park and/or when you kill the ignition, rather than having to hold in the fob button when arming it.

I hope and assume the early model 2015 did this along with the 2015.5 and subsequent model years. This simple thing can probably be done within the system, but I cannot find how to do it in the manual or setting the folding mirror option within the CUE.

TIA

 

[cardude2000]

I don’t believe it can be set to automatic


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[Tahoe14]

If you do a Google search for "hidden secrets on your chevy tahoe" it talks about setting it in the infotainment screen but not an automatic fold without pushing the fob. That leads me to believe that true auto fold is not available.

 

[Doubeleive]

they designed these like this for a reason, so you have control of when they fold or don't fold, say you park next to a pillar, fold your mirrors in, auto start your truck mirrors autofold out into pillar, no thanks

 

[Vector]

they designed these like this for a reason, so you have control of when they fold or don't fold, say you park next to a pillar, fold your mirrors in, auto start your truck mirrors autofold out into pillar, no thanks

That does not make sense to me as other model cars have the auto fold mirrors. Plus I cannot imagine parking so close to a pillar or some other object that my auto fold mirrors would hit them either way. I am glad they will fold with the fob, but it seems that someone along this gen would have figured out a hack/fix to make it work automatically.

 

[CND17 BURBAN]

Like others have said I wouldn't want an auto folding mirror when the ignition is turned on or off.
I have to park in underground parking sometimes for work. The parking spots are typically narrow (to maximize the number of parking spots) and people in Toronto don't really care how they park. So when I can find a spot that's beside a pillar I'll take it. It at least protects the one side of the truck from other doors. I can fold the mirrors in, park very close to the pillar giving me extra room to get out of the truck. When I leave I drive out of the spot and then fold out the mirrors.
There's a button on the drives door that folds the mirrors in and out.

 

[Vector]

Like others have said I wouldn't want an auto folding mirror when the ignition is turned on or off.
I have to park in underground parking sometimes for work. The parking spots are typically narrow (to maximize the number of parking spots) and people in Toronto don't really care how they park. So when I can find a spot that's beside a pillar I'll take it. It at least protects the one side of the truck from other doors. I can fold the mirrors in, park very close to the pillar giving me extra room to get out of the truck. When I leave I drive out of the spot and then fold out the mirrors.
There's a button on the drives door that folds the mirrors in and out.

I fully get what you are saying, however how do you then account of other cars/trucks that do it?
Wouldn't those manufactures/consumers have the same worries that you have expressed if it were a major concern?
Heck even if you didn't have to hold the button on the fob, and it did it automatically when you armed the system that would be better than having to remember to hold it in as you are walking away.

 

[CND17 BURBAN]

I don't know what the other manufactures do.
Maybe because they don't have control over when the mirror fold open and closed they don't park close to pillars like I would.
The way GM has there's set up I view it as a great option.
If they just folded when the ignition was on or off, you would be losing out on the benefit of having folding mirrors then.

 

[jsal52]

I also have an Audi and it is very simple - it always folds the mirrors automatically when you lock the car (assuming you have that setting on) and unfolds when you crank it. If you want to fold them manually you rotate the knob used to select and move them away from either mirror to the six o'clock position, the mirrors fold and stay folded until you turn the switch back to the other setting.

I also park in a garage with posts and use the manual fold on my vehicles. The auto fold is nice in parking lots so someone who parks later doesn't hit your mirrors with their door.

 

[wa3cuj]

I like he auto fold option on my Lexus. I touch the door handle to lock the door and the mirrors fold. As I am walking away from the car I can look back and if the mirrors are folded, I know that I locked the car. On my return, as soon as I touch the door handle the mirrors unfold. I am having a tough time getting use to having to reach into my pocket and use the key FOB to do this on my Denali. I'll get use to it in time, but it is just those little things.......

 

[noob]

I have family members with mercedes that fold in automatically (S class and GL), and I own an Escalade that it has to be done manually with a button push on the arm controls. That being said, given GM quality, I prefer only to fold it in when warranted. My Escalade side mirros stopped being able to fold about 4 years into ownership. I used to fold them in frequently if I were parked at a mall or in tight spots (at work, I kept them out). The plastic gears in the inside eventually gave up. I rather not have a SUV that will fold, only to start your car, and it cannot fold back out.

 

[Vector]

I have family members with mercedes that fold in automatically (S class and GL), and I own an Escalade that it has to be done manually with a button push on the arm controls. That being said, given GM quality, I prefer only to fold it in when warranted. My Escalade side mirros stopped being able to fold about 4 years into ownership. I used to fold them in frequently if I were parked at a mall or in tight spots (at work, I kept them out). The plastic gears in the inside eventually gave up. I rather not have a SUV that will fold, only to start your car, and it cannot fold back out.

That sounds like acceptance of poor quality, thus the fewer times the mirrors fold, the longer they will last.

American car companies have improved from their "I don't give a flip attitude" they use to have once union mentality took hold.
However once foreign (and especially ***) companies started kicking their rears and everyone was buying Japanese, they improved.
Still we need to exceed if not meet the standard of Japanese companies if our auto industry is to grow, much less survive.
Sadly (as seen by some apologists in this thread) American companies are given cover with poor rational as to why our products do not meet a higher standard.

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[noob]

That sounds like acceptance of poor quality, thus the fewer times the mirrors fold, the longer they will last.

American car companies have improved from their "I don't give a flip attitude" they use to have once union mentality took hold.
However once foreign (and especially ***) companies started kicking their rears and everyone was buying Japanese, they improved.
Still we need to exceed if not meet the standard of Japanese companies if our auto industry is to grow, much less survive.
Sadly (as seen by some apologists in this thread) American companies are given cover with poor rational as to why our products do not meet a higher standard.

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I agree with you. He have accepted poor American quality. And so much so, the Japanese brands build their cars in American to those same poor standards. Hence I will never own an American made Honda after a long line of honda's in the family. Once things started breaking in my sister 06 honda accord, I knew the quality was poor, and my transmission was replaced 5 times in my 2001 Acura TL. My infiniti G35 was great, but was built in Japan (you can tell by the J beginning to the VIN number). And my friends Acura TSX is a champ with over 230k miles with just reg maintenance (also made in Japan unlike the TL and Honda vehicles). My wife's 2014 RDX blew a head with a stuck valve within 3k miles of ownership.

The only reason I drive domestic (last two cars were Escalades, and had a tahoe before that). Is of all the American built cars, I trust the LS based motors. Though the small bits on the car may fail, the motor will last long enough to get me to 100k miles when I'll buy another car.

If we want American cars to be great again, they have to be built great again. Problem is, ACROSS the board, with ALL mass manufacturers, they are built to a price point. To maximize profits, they are only willing to invest so much, Plus they DO NOT WANT to make a car last forever. They purposely choose parts with a certain life cycle. They don't make money unless they sell you a car, and they need you to buy a new car every few years.

 

[Vector]

I agree with you. He have accepted poor American quality. And so much so, the Japanese brands build their cars in American to those same poor standards. Hence I will never own an American made Honda after a long line of honda's in the family. Once things started breaking in my sister 06 honda accord, I knew the quality was poor, and my transmission was replaced 5 times in my 2001 Acura TL. My infiniti G35 was great, but was built in Japan (you can tell by the J beginning to the VIN number). And my friends Acura TSX is a champ with over 230k miles with just reg maintenance (also made in Japan unlike the TL and Honda vehicles). My wife's 2014 RDX blew a head with a stuck valve within 3k miles of ownership.

The only reason I drive domestic (last two cars were Escalades, and had a tahoe before that). Is of all the American built cars, I trust the LS based motors. Though the small bits on the car may fail, the motor will last long enough to get me to 100k miles when I'll buy another car.

If we want American cars to be great again, they have to be built great again. Problem is, ACROSS the board, with ALL mass manufacturers, they are built to a price point. To maximize profits, they are only willing to invest so much, Plus they DO NOT WANT to make a car last forever. They purposely choose parts with a certain life cycle. They don't make money unless they sell you a car, and they need you to buy a new car every few years.

Funny how we experienced similar situations. For about a decade we were leasing Acura's when they were made in Japan. Then one year we were on the lot looking at a new one and the salesman said only to lease an imported one.
I asked why, and he said build quality.
The lot had both, so he put two of them together as a comparison, but didn't say which was which. He asked me to pick out which one I thought was made in Japan vs. here in the states. It took me all of 20 seconds to see the difference in the paint, hood alignment, etc.

All my Subs over the years have gone deep into the 100k mileage without a single engine/transmission failure.
However the cheap materials and lack of features compared with *** imports is astounding.
How they got away with it for so long is beyond understanding. What ever happened to our attention to details and engineering?
I know unions had a lot to do with it, but where is the skill, pride, and quality control?

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