BMW 5 Series: Warning and braking function
Displays
Early warning:
Acute warning:
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Vehicle symbol flashes red and a signal
sounds
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Request for intervention by braking and
evasive action, if required
Acute warning:
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Person symbol flashes red and a signal sounds
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Request for intervention by braking and
evasive action, if required

The acute warning does not relieve the driver of his responsibility to
adapt the speed and driving style
to the traffic conditions.
Additional information regarding the collision warning may be found in the
"G12 Driver Assistance
Systems" reference manual.
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The collision warning and pedestrian warning are switched on and off using
the Intelligent Safety
button.
G30 Intelligent Safety button
Intelligent Safety button
The point at which the early coll
The collision warning has a limited capacity for detection.
As a result, incorrect or delayed warnings may occur. It is possible the
following vehicles are not
detected:
A slow vehicle when drivi
The Lane Departure Warning is an element of the Active Driving Assistant,
optional equipment (OE
5AS) and the Active Driving Assistant Plus, optional equipment (OE 5AT).
The Lane Departure Warning d
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Signal tones
General information
An intermittent tone indicates when the vehicle
is approaching an object. For instance, if an object
is detected to the left rear of the vehicle, a
signal tone sounds from the left rear speaker.
The shorter the distance to the object, the
shorter the intervals.
If
General information
After the mobile phone is connected once to the
vehicle, the mobile phone can be operated using
iDrive and the steering wheel buttons.
Connecting the mobile phone via passkey
entry
Via iDrive:
1. "My Vehicle".
2. "iDrive settings".
3. "Mobile devices".
4. "Connect new device".