BMW 5 Series: Switching on/off
Switching on
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Press the button on the steering
wheel.
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Steering wheel symbol lights up
gray.
The system is on standby and does not manipulate steering.
System activates automatically as soon as all function conditions are fulfilled.
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Steering wheel symbol lights up
green.
The system is active.
With the system switched on, the person warning with City braking function and the side collision mitigation are active.
Switching off
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Press the button on the steering
wheel.
The indicator goes out.
The system does not perform supportive steering wheel movements.
Interrupting automatically
The system is automatically interrupted in the following situations:
- At a speed above 130 mph/210 km/h.
- When the steering wheel is released.
- When you manipulate steering.
- When you leave your own lane.
- When the turn signal is switched on.
- When the lane is too narrow.
- If for a particular time no lane marking is detected and there is no vehicle driving in front.
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Steering wheel symbol lights up
gray.
The system is on standby and does not manipulate steering.
System activates automatically as soon as all function conditions are fulfilled.
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Displays in the instrument
cluster
Gray steering wheel symbol:
The system is on standby.
Green steering wheel
symbol:
The system is activated.
Yellow steering wheel symbol
and a signal sounds, if applicable:
System interrupt
System limits
General information
The system cannot be activated or meaningfully
used in certain situations.
Safety information
Warning
The system is designed to operate in certain
conditions and circumstances. Due
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Displays and control
elements
In the vicinity of the steering
wheel
Light switch element
Turn signal indicator, high beams
Instrument cluster
Wipers
Start/Stop button
Indicator/warning lights
Instrument cluster
The indicator/warning lights can light up in a variety
of combinations and colors.
Several of the lights are c
Park Distance Control
The Park Distance Control (PDC), optional equipment (OE 508), assists the
driver when maneuvering
in and out of a parking space. The current distance from an obstruction is
indicated by acoustic signals
and on a visual display.
G30 Park Distance Control PDC view in the CID
The distance from an ob
