Adaptive drive, Technology for comfort, convenience and safety – BMW X6 M 2011 User Manual

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Technology for comfort, convenience and safety

speed, approx. 5 mph/8 km/h, and then main-
tains this speed at a constant.
Only use HDC in transmission positions D or R.

Increasing or reducing speed

You can use the accelerator or brakes to vary
this automatically controlled speed within a
range extending from approx. 4 mph/6 km/h to
15 mph/25 km/h.
You can specify a target speed within the same
range by using the lever of the cruise control.
With downhill grade over 10

Ξ you can reduce

the speed to approx. 3 mph/4 km/h. Pull the
lever of the cruise control beyond the resis-
tance point, arrow

1 Increasing speed
2 Pull to the resistance point:

Reduce speed to approx. 4 mph/6 km/h

3 Pull beyond the resistance point:

With downhill grade over 10

Ξ, reduce

speed to approx. 3 mph/4 km/h.

Activating HDC

Press the button; the LED lights up.
The HDC display is shown in the instrument
panel.

The LED flashes when the brakes are applied
automatically.

Deactivating HDC

Press the button again. The LED and the HDC
display go out.
HDC is automatically deactivated at speeds
over approx. 37 mph/60 km/h.

Displays* in instrument panel

1 Display for target speed
2 HDC display

Malfunction

HDC is temporarily unavailable in the following
situations due to a high brake temperature:

The LED in the button and the display HDC
go out during HDC operation.

The LED in the button and the HDC display
do not light up when the button is pressed.

Malfunction of driving stability control

systems

When driving on poor roads, avoid using
full throttle or pressing the accelerator

beyond the kickdown point and also avoid
heavy braking. Otherwise, the drive train may be
damaged or accidents can occur.

Adaptive Drive*

The concept

Adaptive Drive reduces the body roll which
occurs when cornering quickly or during fast
evasive maneuvers. In addition, Adaptive Drive

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