BMW 5 Series: Overview of Sensors
The graphic below provides an overview of the main sensors used in the G30
for the Driver Assistance
Systems and shows their installation locations.
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G30 Overview of sensors
- Control unit for radar sensor, right (RSR) (also known as
Short Range Radar (SRR) in Technical Systems)
- KAFAS stereo camera
- Blind Spot Detection (primary) (also known as
Short Range Radar (SRR) in Technical Systems)
- Blind Spot Detection (secondary) (also known as
Short Range Radar (SRR) in Technical Systems)
- Control unit for radar sensor, left (RSL) (also known as
Short Range Radar (SRR) in Technical Systems)
- Active Cruise Control (ACC) (also known as
Full Range Radar Sensor (FRR) in Technical Systems)
- Night Vision camera
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Due to the ever increasing amount of traffic on our roads, Driver Assistance
Systems in vehicles
continue to gain in importance. The systems have different functions: some
gather information to help
The system is operated by pressing the Intelligent Safety button and using a
menu to configure the
Intelligent Safety systems on the Central Information Display (CID).
G30 Intelligent Safety overvie
The camera-based collision warning is part of the Active Driving Assistant
optional equipment
(OE 5AS) in the G30 and is implemented using the KAFAS stereo camera.
The collision warning in the
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Buttons on the steering wheel
Cruise control on/off
Store/maintain speed
Pause cruise control / Continue
cruise control with the last
setting
Without steering and traffic
jam assistant:
Increase the distance
Without steering and traffic
jam assistant:
Reduce distance
With steering and traff
History
Historical overview of the BMW 5 Series
E12 (1972-1981)
E28 (1981-1987)
E34 (1987-1995)
E39 (1995-2003)
E60 (2003-2010)
F10 (2010-2016)
G30 (production starts in late 2016 as a 2017 MY vehicle)
Overview of system descriptions
Many of the systems used are already known from the curr