BMW 3: Overview
Button in the vehicle
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Park assistance button
Ultrasound sensors
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With the four side ultrasound sensors, arrows, and the ultrasound sensors in the bumpers, the parking spaces are measured and the distances to obstacles determined.
Functional requirements
Ultrasound sensors
Ensure full functionality:
- Do not cover sensors, for instance with stickers.
- Keep the sensors clean and unobstructed.
For measuring parking spaces
- Maximum speed while driving forward approx. 22 mph/35 km/h.
- Maximum distance to row of parked vehicles: 5 ft/1.5 m.
Suitable parking space
General information:
- Gap behind an object that has a min. length of 1.7 ft/0.5 m.
- Gap between two objects with a minimum length of approx. 1.7 ft/0.5 m.
Parallel parking to the road:
- Min. length of gap between two objects: your vehicle's length plus approx. 2.6 ft/0.8 m.
- Minimum depth: approx. 5 ft/1.5 m.
Diagonal parking:
- Minimum width of the gap: own vehicle's width plus approx. 2.3 ft/0.7 m.
- Minimum depth: your vehicle's length.
The depth of diagonal parking spaces must be estimated by the driver. Due to technical limitations, the system is only able to approximate the depth of diagonal parking spaces.
For parking
- Doors and trunk lid are closed.
Steptronic transmission:
- Driver's safety belt is fastened.
Switching on and activating
Switching on with the button
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Press the park assistance
button.
The LED lights up.
The current status of the parking space search is indicated on the Control Display.
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Parking assistant is activated
automatically.
Switching on with reverse gear
Shift into reverse.
The current status of the parking space search is indicated on the Control Display.
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"Autom.
Parking"
Switching on via iDrive
Display of the rearview camera or PDC view must be active.
1. Move the Controller to the right.
2. Activate the parking assistant on the Control
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"Autom. Parking"
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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
Driving out of a parking space
using the parking assistant
Concept
The system makes driving out of parallel parking
spaces easier.
General information
Steptronic transmission
The parking assistant calculates an optimal line
for pulling out of a parking space
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
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Run-flat tires
Concept
Run-flat tires permit continued driving under restricted
conditions even in the event of a complete
loss of tire inflation pressure.
General information
The wheels consist of tires that are self-supporting,
to a limited degree, and possibly special
rims.
The support of the sidewall allows t
System limits
Detection range
The detection capacity of the system and the
automatic braking capacity are limited.
Two-wheeled vehicles for instance might not be
detected.
Deceleration
The system does not decelerate in the following
situations:
For pedestrians or similarly slow-moving road
users.
For red tr
