BMW 3: 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
The detection of objects with ultrasonic measurements
can run into physical limits, e.g., 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, e.g., high
relative humidity, wet conditions, snowfall,
cold, 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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The route criteria can be individually adjusted.
The settings are stored as standard and automatically
applied to new destination guidances.
Set route criteria
1. Press the button on the
Controller.
2. Move the Controller to the right.
3. "Settings".
4. "Route settings".
5. Select the
Vehicle care products
General information
BMW recommends using vehicle care and
cleaning products from BMW. Suitable care
products are available from a dealer's service
center or another qualified service center or repair
shop.
Safety information
Warning
Cleansers can contain substances that are da