BMW 5 Series: Adjusting the distance
Safety information
Warning
The system cannot serve as a substitute for the driver's personal judgment. Due to the system limits, braking can be late. There may be a risk of accident or risk of damage to property. Be aware to the traffic situation at all times. Adjust the distance to the traffic and weather conditions and maintain the prescribed safety distance, possibly by braking.
Without steering and traffic jam assistant: reducing distance
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Press the button repeatedly
until the
desired distance is set.
Instrument cluster will display selected distance.
Without steering and traffic jam assistant: increasing distance
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Press the button repeatedly
until the
desired distance is set.
Instrument cluster will display selected distance.
With steering and traffic jam assistant: adjusting distance
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Press the button repeatedly
until the
desired distance is set.
Continuing cruise control
An interrupted cruise control can be continued by calling up the stored speed.
Make sure that the difference between current speed and stored speed is not too large before calling up the stored speed. Otherwise, unintentional braking or accelerating may occur.
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Press the button with the system
interrupted.
Cruise control is continued with the stored values.
In the following cases, the stored speed value is deleted and cannot be called up again:
- When the system is switched off.
- When drive-ready state is switched off.
Changing between cruise control with/without distance control
Safety information
Warning
The system does not react to traffic driving ahead of you, but instead maintains the stored speed. There may be a risk of accident or risk of damage to property. Adjust the desired speed to the traffic conditions and brake as needed.
Changing to cruise control without distance control
Distance control can be switched off and on when driving with cruise control activated.
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With steering and traffic jam
assistant:
press and hold this button.
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Without steering and traffic jam
assistant:
Press and hold this button.
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Press and hold this button.
In order to switch back to Cruise control with distance control, press the button again.
After switching, a Check Control message is displayed.
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Displays in the instrument
cluster
Display in the speedometer
Green marking: system is
active,
the marking indicates the
desired speed.
Orange/white marking: system
is interrupted, the marking indicates
the stored speed.
No m
System limits
Detection range
The detection capacity of the system and the
automatic braking capacity are limited.
Two-wheeled vehicles for instance might not be
detected.
Deceleration
The system does not deceler
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Range
Concept
The range indicates the distance that can still be
covered with the current fuel level.
General information
The estimated range available with the remaining
fuel is permanently displayed in the instrument
cluster.
With a low remaining range, a Check Control
message is briefly displayed. Wit
Active steering intervention
In vehicles with the Side Collision Avoidance (included in Active Driving
Assistant Plus, optional
equipment OE 5AT), the driver is assisted by another measure known as "active
steering intervention".
If the driver does not react to the warning issued by the Lane Departure Warning
system an
