BMW 7 Series: Remote Control Parking- 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.
- At very high or very low external temperatures.
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.
Functional limitations due to radio
interference
In the case of radio interference, functional limitations
may occur during Remote Control Parking
with the BMW display key.
Additional information:
Malfunction
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.
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Concept
At blind driveways or when driving out of diagonal
parking spaces, approaching cross traffic is
detected sooner by the system than is possible
from the driver's seat.
General information
Two
General information
The respective display is called up on the Control
Display. A signal tone may sound and the
light in the exterior mirror may flash.
Light in the exterior mirror
The light in the
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Only perform this repair work on an engine that has cooled down.
Necessary preliminary work
Remove ACOUSTIC COVER.
REMOVE BOTH INTAKE SILENCER HOUSINGS.
Remove EXHAUST SYSTEM.
Remove both control sensors.
Remove both monitoring sensors.
Picture shows the left side,
Concept
The system reads if the front passenger seat is
occupied by measuring the human body's resistance.
Front, knee, and side airbag on the front passenger's
side are activated or deactivated.
General information
Before transporting a child on the front passenger
seat, refer to the safety inform