XJ X351 door mirror question

[CambsBill]

I know that the X350 had a driver setting to stop the wing mirrors from folding when locking the car, but still allowed the driver to fold them using the buttons in the door. The 'disable on locking' option on the X351 is a dealer-only setting, but this apparently disables the ability to fold using the buttons in the door when, for example, going through width restrictions.

Or is my local dealer wrong? Can you turn off the 'fold on locking' whilst still being able to fold the mirrors when required?

[GilesGuthrie]

I'd be worried about whether your dealer was going to be able to disable the "fold on lock" operation by anything more subtle than yanking the fuse out of the folding mechanism.

[Piersman2]

Isn't that option available on the vehicle settings on the touch screen?

[rswift]

On my 2003 X350, it is an option available under vehicle settings on the touch screen, I can't imagine it would be much different on a 351, as it is only a face lifted version.

It is very simple to see and change.

Depending if the design has changed, those mirrors easily become stuck due to the crud & dirt around the pivot pins, it is quite easy to clean away, but I find if they are used all of the time, i.e. set to work on locking, they don't seize.

[CambsBill]

Piersman2 said:

Isn't that option available on the vehicle settings on the touch screen?

Nope, it was there with the X350 and still is with the XF, so it's a bit odd that they've changed things with the X351

[rswift]

CambsBill said:

Piersman2 said:

Isn't that option available on the vehicle settings on the touch screen?

Nope, it was there with the X350 and still is with the XF, so it's a bit odd that they've changed things with the X351

I stand corrected then, my only obvious suggestion is to pop into a local independent with the Jaguar computer, if anything like mine it's the sort of thing they will do for free, anticipating that you may be back with something expensive to fix at some point...or just ask for it to br done at the next service or similar. Sounds like something a main dealer will try and charge 1/2 hours labour for.