BMW 5 Series: Switching off
The system can be switched off manually:
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Press the park assistance
button.
Switching signal tone for suitable parking spaces on/off
Via iDrive:
1. "My Vehicle".
2. "Vehicle settings".
3. "Parking".
4. "Parking Assistant".
5. "Sound if parking space detected".
The setting is stored for the driver profile currently used.
System limits
Safety information
Warning
The system is designed to operate in certain conditions and circumstances. Due to conditions or other factors, the system may not respond.
There may be a risk of accident or risk of damage to property. Actively intervene as warranted. Refer to the information in this Owner's Manual regarding the scope of the system's operation and limitations.
No parking assistance
The parking assistant does not offer assistance in the following situations:
- In tight curves.
- For diagonal parking spaces.
Functional limitations
The system may not be fully functional in the following situations:
- On bumpy road surfaces such as gravel roads.
- On slippery ground.
- On steep uphill or downhill grades.
- With accumulations of leaves/snow in the parking space.
- With a mounted emergency wheel.
- In case of changes to an already-measured parking space.
- With ditches or edges, for instance an edge of a port.
Limits of ultrasonic measurement
Ultrasonic measurements might not function in the following situations:
- For small children and animals.
- For persons with certain clothing, for instance coats.
- With external interference of the ultrasound, for instance from passing vehicles or loud machines.
- When sensors are dirty, iced over, damaged or out of position.
- Under certain weather conditions such as high relative humidity, wet conditions, snowfall, extreme heat, or strong wind.
- With tow bars and trailer couplings of other vehicles.
- With thin or wedge-shaped objects.
- With moving objects.
- With elevated, protruding objects such as ledges.
- With objects with corners, edges, and smooth surfaces.
- With objects with a fine surface structure such as fences.
- For objects with porous surfaces.
- With small and low objects, for instance boxes.
- With obstacles and persons at the edge of the lane.
- With soft obstacles or obstacles covered in foam material.
- With plants and bushes.
- Low objects already displayed, for instance curbs, can move into the blind area of the sensors before or after a continuous tone sounds.
- Cargo that extends beyond the perimeter of the vehicle is not taken into account by the system.
Parking spaces that are not suitable may be detected or suitable parking spaces may not be detected at all.
Malfunction
A Check Control message is displayed.
The parking assistant failed. Have the system checked by a dealer's service center or another qualified service center or repair shop.
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Concept, General information, Safety information
Concept
The vehicle can be remotely parked and driven out in reverse in the case of
suitable forward-parking spaces, for instance a garage. The driver is not in the
vehicle, but controls the parking
Overview
Ultrasound sensors
With the four side ultrasound sensors, arrows,
and the ultrasound sensors of PDC Park Distance
Control in the bumpers, the parking
spaces are measured and the distances to obstacle
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Fuses
General information
The fuses are located at different places in the
vehicle.
Safety information
Warning
Incorrect and repaired fuses can overload electrical
lines and components. There is a risk of
fire. Never attempt to repair a blown fuse. Do
not replace a nonworking fuse with a substitute
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Parked-car ventilation
Concept
The car's interior can be cooled or heated before
driving off with the parked-car ventilation. Depending
on set temperature and ambient temperature,
the car's interior is ventilated or possibly
heated using the residual engine heat.
General information
The system can be switched on and off d
