2008 BMW 5-Series 525i 525xi 530i 530xi 550i E61 Wagon Owners Manual

While stopped
Displays in instrument cluster
Before leaving the vehicle with the engine
running, engage position P of the auto-
matic transmission and apply the handbrake.
Otherwise the vehicle can roll.<
If a detected vehicle in front of you brakes to a
complete stop and your vehicle has also been
braked to a complete stop by the system:
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If the vehicle in front of you drives off while
the marking 1 for the desired speed in the
speedometer is green, your vehicle will
accelerate without you having to do any-
thing.
1
Stored desired speed
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Green: the system is active.
Orange: the system is interrupted.
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If the vehicle in front of you drives off while
the marking 1 is orange, you briefly depress
the accelerator pedal or press button 4.
Rolling bars in the distance indicator 3
mean that the vehicle in front of you has
driven off.
2
3
Lights up yellow: vehicle detected ahead
Display also used for warnings, please read
all information on warnings
Selected distance to vehicle ahead
The indicator lights up as soon as the sys-
tem is activated
If you are stopped behind a vehicle with the
brake pedal depressed and the system is inter-
rupted or deactivated:
The bars roll: the vehicle in front of you has
driven off
1.
Press button 4 to activate a stored desired
speed or select a desired speed with the
lever, arrow 1 or arrow 2.
4
Brief display of stored desired speed
If the display --- mph/--- km/h appears
briefly, the conditions necessary for oper-
2.
3.
Release the brake pedal.
ation may currently not be met.<
If the vehicle in front of you drives off, briefly
depress the accelerator pedal or press
button 4.
Warning lamps
The indicator 2 continuously
flashes yellow.
Deactivating system
The prerequisites for operating the
system are no longer met, e.g. as a
result of ABS or DSC interven-
tions. The system brakes until you actively take
over.
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Press the lever upward or downward twice
while driving.
When stopped, do the same with the brake
pedal depressed.
Switch off the ignition.
The indicator 2 flashes red; a sig-
nal sounds.
The system indicates that you
The displays turn off, and the stored desired
speed and distance are deleted.
must brake and/or maneuver the
vehicle yourself. The system can-
not automatically restore the distance to the
vehicle driving ahead.
However, this display cannot relieve the driver
of the responsibility for adjusting the desired
speed and driving style to the traffic conditions.
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