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Old 12-24-2021, 12:06 PM
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Default 21 S4 minor problems

  • The Active Lane Keep Assist is gone - checked settings and it shows options for early or late warning and vibrates but there are no little lines on the dash that are either white when it's not active or green when active)
  • Using the key fob or touching the door to lock no longer folds the mirrors. I have tried on all mirror settings so I don't think I am doing anything wrong. I can still manually fold the mirrors (as I need to so I can park in my tight garage).
Neither of these is urgent and the car is going in on Tuesday.

I am just wondering if anyone else has had these problems?

While not urgent I am concerned the locked car with mirrors open may make it appear the car is not locked. I know I can fold them manually but inevitably I will sometimes forget.

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Originally Posted by Dan Greenberg
While not urgent I am concerned the locked car with mirrors open may make it appear the car is not locked. I know I can fold them manually but inevitably I will sometimes forget.

TIA
Why would open mirrors be a red flag that the car is unlocked? My ‘21 is a Premium trim, so I don’t have those features to begin with, but it never occurred to me that unfolded mirrors would signal to crooks that the car is unlocked. 95% of cars on the road don’t have this feature. While I don’t miss folding mirror, I would have liked side mirrors to tilt down when you put the car in reverse.
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Fold Mirrors on Lock is in the MMI--check in Vehicle/Settings/Central Locking if it's like mine.

I expect the Premium has the mirror tilt function. Try this: Keep your mirror selection wheel on the passenger mirror, and when the car is in Reverse, adjust the tilt to your liking. When you go to Drive it will return to the nominal setting.

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Originally Posted by Bada Bing
Why would open mirrors be a red flag that the car is unlocked? My ‘21 is a Premium trim, so I don’t have those features to begin with, but it never occurred to me that unfolded mirrors would signal to crooks that the car is unlocked. 95% of cars on the road don’t have this feature. While I don’t miss folding mirror, I would have liked side mirrors to tilt down when you put the car in reverse.
On the news everytime they talk about car theft they say"its easy to spot an unlocked luxury car because they fold the mirrors when locked. " I don't want to give people the impression my car might be unlocked.
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re your lane assist there is a small button on the stack on the left side of the steering wheel push it in to engage or disengage
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Originally Posted by jim2560
Fold Mirrors on Lock is in the MMI--check in Vehicle/Settings/Central Locking if it's like mine.

I expect the Premium has the mirror tilt function. Try this: Keep your mirror selection wheel on the passenger mirror, and when the car is in Reverse, adjust the tilt to your liking. When you go to Drive it will return to the nominal setting.
From the order guide, it looks like Premium trim has manual folding mirrors. I doubt I’d ever fold them manually unless parked at the mall or something. it’s odd that the order guide doesn’t show the auto folding side mirrors as part of P+ or Prestige packages either.


I’ll try the tilt down feature. Thanks for the tip!

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Originally Posted by jackaudi09
re your lane assist there is a small button on the stack on the left side of the steering wheel push it in to engage or disengage

All fixed. My mistake wife must have changed things when she drove
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Originally Posted by jim2560
Fold Mirrors on Lock is in the MMI--check in Vehicle/Settings/Central Locking if it's like mine.
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I checked this MMI setting page but have no option for folding side mirrors. Must be a P+ and/or Prestige feature.

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@Bada Bing - post a picture of the driver side mirror control; if there are two positions below the **** they are likely power folding and heatind; if only one then likely heating only.

https://www.audiworld.com/forums/s4-.../#post25495974

Order guide here explicitly mentions "heated power exterior mirrors (manual folding) for the Premium trim. Mirror tilt on reverse usually comes only if you have memory seats, as the memory function is used to record the mirror position for normal operation so the car knows where to reset the mirror after tilting.
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