Mirror folding button
Folds both electric door mirrors in against the car, or out again.
What pressing it does
Folds the door mirrors in — for a narrow space or an automatic car wash — and out again. Hyundai's Tucson uses a button; SEAT's Ateca uses a 'fold' position on the round mirror knob. Both can instead fold the mirrors when you lock the car with the key and unfold them when you unlock, if that is turned on in the infotainment settings.
Check your car's manual: makes and models differ in what a button does, which positions a switch has and whether it works with the engine off, and your owner's manual is the authority for your car.
- What it looks like
- A door mirror with a curved arrow swinging it in
- Also labelled
- Fold mirrors; Power folding mirrors
- Standard
- None — a maker's symbol, described here from 2 makers' manuals: Hyundai, SEAT
What to check in your car's manual
Where the fold control is, whether automatic folding on locking is switched on, and what to do if a mirror has been knocked out of place.
Where makes differ
Hyundai: a separate button, a 'welcome' option that unfolds as you approach with the key, and no automatic folding at 15 km/h or faster. SEAT: a knob position, and if a mirror has been knocked out of position it must first be fully retracted electrically.
No regulation defines it
Neither the UN R121 table nor FMVSS 101 Tables 1 and 2 lists a mirror-folding control, so its symbol is the maker's.
Good to know
- Hyundai says not to fold electric mirrors by hand (it can damage the motor) and not to fold or adjust them while driving; SEAT warns against trapping fingers.
Other buttons under “Seats, mirrors”
Sources
No regulation defines this control, so it is described from 2 carmakers' own owner's manuals, each read on the date shown.
- Hyundai 2025 Tucson (general market, English web manual): Outside rearview mirrors — Folding the outside rearview mirror — Folding button; fold on lock or unfold on approach via settings; not at 15 km/h or more; do not fold by hand. checked 2026-09-25
- SEAT Ateca owner's manual, UK English, edition 06.21 (model year 2022), PDF: Adjusting the exterior mirrors; Fold the rearview mirrors when locking the vehicle, p. 125-126 — Fold position on the knob; fold on lock and unfold on unlock via settings; retract fully after a knock. checked 2026-09-25
Written in our own words; the manuals cover their own models only.