BMW 3: Overview
Button in the vehicle
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Intelligent Safety
Radar sensors
The radar sensors are located in the bumpers.
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Front bumper.
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Rear bumper.
Always keep the bumper in the area of the radar sensors clean and unobstructed.
Camera
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The camera is installed near the interior mirror.
Keep the windshield in front of the interior mirror clean and clear.
Switching on/off
Switching on automatically
The side collision mitigation activates automatically after departure if the function was switched on at the end of the last trip.
Switching on/off manually
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Press the button.
The menu for the Intelligent Safety system is displayed.
If all Intelligent Safety systems were switched off, all systems are now switched on.
"Configure INDIVIDUAL": depending on the equipment version, the Intelligent Safety systems can be individually configured. The individual settings are activated and stored for the driver profile currently used. As soon as a setting is changed on the menu, all settings of the menu are activated.
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Press the button repeatedly.
The following settings are switched between: "ALL ON": all Intelligent Safety systems are switched on. Basic settings are activated for the subfunctions.
"INDIVIDUAL": the Intelligent Safety systems are switched on according to the individual settings.
Some Intelligent Safety systems cannot be individually switched off.
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Press and hold this button.
All Intelligent Safety systems are switched off.
Setting the intensity of the steering wheel vibration
Via iDrive:
1. "CAR".
2. "Settings".
3. "Driver Assistance".
4. "Steering wheel feedback".
5. "Vibration intensity".
6. Select the desired setting.
The setting is applied to all Intelligent Safety systems and stored for the driver profile currently used.
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Warning function
Light in the exterior mirror
Acute warning
If there is a risk of collision, the light in the exterior
mirror flashes and the steering wheel vibrates.
A Check Control message is displayed at
the same
Rear collision preparation
Concept
The system reacts to vehicles approaching from
behind.
General information
Two radar sensors in the rear bumper monitor
the area behind the vehicle.
When a vehicle approaches from the rear a
Emergency Stop Assistant
Concept
If the driver is no longer fit to drive, the system
helps to safely bring the vehicle to a standstill.
General information
The emergency stop function is not triggered
automatically. The emerg
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Display on the Control Display
System activated/deactivated
Gray: the system is not
available.
White: the system is available but not
activated.
System is activated.
Parking space search is active.
The parking procedure is
active.
Steering control has been taken over
by system.
Parking space search and system
status
IROX coating - Crankshaft drive
Detailed magnification of the IROX coating
IROX-coated bearing shell
Oil film
IROX coating
Bearing shell
Binding resin
Hard particle
Solid lubricant
The IROX coating is applied to a conventional bearing shell. It consists of a
binding resin matrix made
of polyamide-imide with embedded har
