In d ic a to r la m p
with th e s ys te m s witc he d o n w he n p os s i-
b le .<
The ind ic a to r la m p in the ins tru m e nt
c lus te r goe s out s oon a fte r yo u s ta rt
th e e ngine .
S w itc h in g DS C o n
If th e in d ic a to r la m p fla s he s :
DS C is a c tive a nd is re gula tin g th e d rive
a nd b ra kin g fo rc e s .
P re s s th e DS C b utto n a ga in; th e in d ic a to r
la m p in th e in s tru m e nt c lus te r g oe s o ut.
DS C is n ow a c tiva te d .
The in d ic a to r la m p s ta ys lit:
DS C h a s b e e n s witc he d o ff u s ing th e b ut-
to n a nd th e s ta b ilizing inte rve ntio ns a re n o
longe r a va ila b le .
xDrive
xDrive is th e a ll-whe e l d rive s ys te m o f yo ur
BMW X3 . Th e c om b ine d e ffe c ts o f xDrive
a nd DS C fu rth e r o p tim ize th e tra c tio n a nd
d yn a m ic d rivin g c ha ra c te ris tic s . Th e a ll-
whe e l d rive s ys te m xDrive va ria b ly d is trib -
ute s th e d rive to rq ue to th e fro nt a nd re a r
a xle d e p e nd ing on th e d rivin g s itu a tio n a nd
p re va iling ro a d c ond itio ns .
S w itc h in g o ff DS C
Hill De s c e n t Co n tro l HDC
Th e c o n c e p t
HDC is a s ys te m for h ill d e s c e nt a s s is ta nc e
th a t re d uc e s the s p e e d on s te e p d ownwa rd
inc line s a nd m a ke s it e ve n e a s ie r to c ontro l
th e d rivin g c ha ra c te ris tic s o f yo ur B MW
und e r th e s e c ond itio ns .
The ve hic le m ove s a t s lightly m ore th a n
wa lking s p e e d w ith out a c tive in te rve ntio n
fro m th e d rive r.
P re s s th e b utto n; th e ind ic a to r la m p c om e s
on a nd s ta ys o n.
S ta b ilizing inte rve ntio ns of th e c ha s s is c on-
tro l s ys te m DS C a re n o lo nge r a va ila b le .
Ho we ve r, th e b ra kin g in te rve ntio ns th a t
s im ula te th e func tio n of th e d iffe re ntia l loc k
c ontin ue to b e a c tive .
HDC is a va ila b le fo r a c tiva tio n a t ve hic le
s p e e d s b e low a p p ro x. 2 0 m p h/35 km /h.
Wh e n d rivin g d own s te e p hills with a s p e e d
b e low a p p ro x. 2 0 m p h/35 km /h, th e ve hi-
c le re d uc e s s p e e d a uto m a tic a lly d own to
s lightly m ore th a n w a lking s p e e d , a p p ro x.
5 m p h/8 km /h, a nd th e n m a inta ins th is
s p e e d a t a c ons ta nt.
In the following e xc e p tio na l c irc um s ta nc e s ,
it m a y b e e ffe c tive to s witc h off th e DS C for
a s hort p e rio d :
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Wh e n ro c kin g th e ve hic le a nd s ta rtin g
off in d e e p s now o r o n lo os e ro a d s ur-
fa c e s
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On s a nd y ro a d s urfa c e s
You c a n u s e th e a c c e le ra to r o r b ra ke s to
va ry th is a uto m a tic a lly c ontro lle d s p e e d
with in a ra nge e xte nd ing fro m a p p ro x.
3 m p h/5 km /h to 1 5 m p h/25 km /h.
On p oor s urfa c e s w ith d e e p ru ts
If th e w he e ls c hurn o n m ud d y s urfa c e s
Wh e n d rivin g w ith s now c ha ins .
You c a n s p e c ify a ta rg e t s p e e d w ith in th e
s a m e ra nge b y u s ing th e +/– b utto ns o f th e
c ru is e c ontro l in th e s te e ring w he e l.
As a re s ult o f th e b ra kin g in te rve n-
tio ns , th e b ra ke s m a y b e s ub je c te d to
a d d itio na l lo a d s w he n th e s ys te m is
s witc he d off. In ord e r to lim it th e b ra ke te m -
p e ra tu re , b rie f a uto m a tic m a s kin g o f th e
b ra ke a c tiva tio n is p os s ib le .
HDC is a uto m a tic a lly d e a c tiva te d o nc e
ve hic le s p e e d a ga in e xc e e d s a p p ro x.
35 m p h/60 km /h.
To m a inta in ve hic le s ta b ility, a lwa ys d rive
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