Cruise control – BMW ActiveHybrid X6 2010 User Manual

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Cruise control

The concept

The cruise control is available for use at speeds
of approx. 20 mph/30 km/h. The vehicle stores
and maintains the speed that you set using the
lever mounted on the steering column.

The cruise control can also be activated
during electric driving, eDRIVE. The

cruise control provides a particularly sensitive
adjustment of the electric drive output.

Do not use the cruise control under driv-
ing conditions that do not permit a con-

stant speed, e.g. when driving on winding
roads, in heavy traffic or in poor road conditions
such as snow, rain, ice, and loose road surface.
Otherwise you could lose control of the vehicle
and cause an accident.

One lever for all functions

1 Storing speed and maintaining or increas-

ing

2 Storing speed and maintaining or decreas-

ing

3 Deactivating cruise control
4 Resuming stored speed

Maintaining current speed

Briefly press, arrow

1, or briefly pull, arrow 2

lever.
The speed currently being driven is stored and
maintained. It is indicated on the speedometer
and briefly in the instrument panel.
If the engine braking effect is not sufficient on
steep downhill slopes, the vehicle may exceed
the set speed.

Increasing speed

Repeatedly press the lever up to or beyond the
resistance point, arrow

1, until the desired

speed is set.

Each time the lever is pressed to the resis-
tance point, the speed is increased by
approx. 1 mph or 1 km/h.

Each time the lever is pressed beyond the
resistance point, the desired speed
increases by a maximum of 5 mph or
10 km/h.

The system stores the setting and maintains
the set speed.

Accelerating with lever

Accelerate slightly:
Press the lever up to the resistance point,
arrow

1, until the desired speed is reached.

Accelerate more rapidly:
Press the lever beyond the resistance point,
arrow

1, until the desired speed is reached.

The vehicle accelerates without pressure on
the accelerator pedal. The system stores the
setting and maintains the set speed.

Reducing speed

Repeatedly pull the lever up to the resistance
point or beyond, arrow

2, until the desired

speed is displayed.

Each time the lever is pulled up to the resis-
tance point, the desired speed decreases
by approx. 1 mph or 1 km/h.

Each time the lever is pulled beyond the
resistance point, the desired speed is
decreased by a maximum of 5 mph or
10 km/h until the minimum speed of
20 mph or 30 km/h is reached.

The system stores the setting and maintains
the set speed.

Deactivating cruise control

Briefly press the lever up or down, arrow

The displays in the speedometer go out.
In addition, the system is automatically deacti-
vated: