BMW 5 Series: Overview
Button in the vehicle
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Intelligent Safety
Radar sensors
The radar sensors are located in the bumpers.
Front bumper.
Rear bumper.
Always keep the bumper in the area of the radar sensors clean and unobstructed.
Camera
The camera is installed near the interior mirror.
Keep the windshield in front of the interior mirror clean and clear.
Switching on/off
Switching on automatically
The side collision mitigation activates automatically after departure if the function was switched on at the end of the last trip.
Switching on/off manually
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Press the button.
The menu for the Intelligent Safety system is displayed.
If all Intelligent Safety systems were switched off, all systems are now switched on.
"Configure INDIVIDUAL": depending on the equipment version, the Intelligent Safety systems can be individually configured. The individual settings are activated and stored for the driver profile currently used. As soon as a setting is changed on the menu, all settings of the menu are activated.
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Press the button repeatedly.
The following settings are switched between: "ALL ON": all Intelligent Safety systems are switched on. Basic settings are activated for the subfunctions.
"INDIVIDUAL": the Intelligent Safety systems are switched on according to the individual settings.
Some Intelligent Safety systems cannot be individually switched off.
Press and hold this button.
All Intelligent Safety systems are switched off.
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Warning function
Light in the exterior mirror
If there is a risk of collision
If there is a risk of collision, the light in the exterior
mirror flashes and the steering wheel vibrates.
An active steering interventio
Rear collision preparation
Concept
The system reacts to vehicles approaching from
behind.
General information
Two radar sensors in the rear bumper monitor
the area behind the vehicle.
When a vehicle approaches from the rear a
Active Protection
Concept
Active Protection prepares occupants and the
vehicle for a possible accident in critical driving or
collision situations.
General information
Active Protection consists of various PreCrash
fun
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Airbag front sensor
Two airbag front sensors are installed in the front area of the engine
supports. The measured values
are forwarded to the Advanced Crash Safety Module (ACSM) where they are
evaluated.
The airbag front sensors on the left and right assist with the identification of
a head-on crash.
The sensors d
Exhaust turbocharger
B58TU exhaust turbocharger
Exhaust turbocharger in the B58TU engine
Exhaust turbocharger made of steel, for cylinder head-integrated exhaust
manifold ZIAK¹
Exhaust turbocharger made of steel, for non cylinder head-integrated
exhaust
manifold nZIAK²
ZIAK¹ = cylinder head-integrated exhau
