BMW 7 Series: Active Protection
Concept
Active Protection prepares occupants and the
vehicle for a possible accident in critical driving or
collision situations.
General information
Active Protection consists of various PreCrash
functions, which can vary depending on the
equipment.
The system is used to detect certain critical driving
situations that might lead to an accident. This
includes the following critical driving situations:
- Emergency stop.
- Severe understeering.
- Severe oversteering.
Certain functions of several systems can, within
the system limits, lead to Active Protection triggering:
- Front collision mitigation: automatic brake intervention.
- Front collision mitigation: Brake Assistant.
- Night Vision with pedestrian and animal detection:
Brake Assistant.
- Rear collision preparation: detection of imminent
rear collisions.
Safety information
Warning
The system cannot serve as a substitute for the
driver's personal judgment. Due to the system
limits, critical situation could not be detected
reliably or in time. There is a risk of accident.
Adjust driving style to traffic conditions. Watch
traffic closely and actively intervene where appropriate.
Function
When the safety belt is fastened, the driver's and
passenger's belt straps are automatically tightened
once after driving away.
In accident-critical situations, the following individual
functions become active as needed:
- Automatic pretensioning of the front safety
belts.
- Automatic window closing up to a narrow
gap.
- Automatic closing of the glass sunroof, including
sun protection.
- Automatic closing of the panoramic glass
sunroof, including sun protection.
- For vehicles equipped with comfort seats in
the front: automatic positioning of the backrest
for the front passenger seat.
- For vehicles equipped with comfort rear
seats: automatic positioning of the backrests
for the rear passenger seats.
After a critical driving situation without an accident,
the front safety belts are loosened again.
If the belt tension does not loosen automatically,
stop the vehicle and unbuckle the safety belt using
the red button in the buckle. Fasten the
safety belt before continuing on your trip.
All other systems can be restored to the desired
setting.
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the vehicle to a halt automatically without intervention
by the driver in certain situations. This
can reduce the risk of a further collision
Vehicle features and
options
This chapter describes all standard, country-specific
and optional features offered with the series.
It also describes features and functions that are
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The lighter socket can be used as a socket for
electrical equipment when standby and driveready
state are switched on.
General information
The total load of all sockets must not exceed
140 watts at 12 volts.
Do not damage the socket by using non-compatible
connectors.
Safety information
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