Lamps, Parking lamps/low beams, La mp s – BMW M3 Coupe 2010 User Manual

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Lamps

Parking lamps/low beams

0 Lamps off,

daytime running lights

1 Parking lamps and daytime running lights
2 Low-beam headlamps and welcome lamps
3 Automatic headlamp control

, daytime run-

ning lights, welcome lamps, high-beam
assistant

and adaptive light control

When you open the driver's door with the igni-
tion switched off, the exterior lighting is auto-
matically switched off if the light switch is in
position

0, 2 or 3.

Switch on the parking lamps if necessary,
switch position

Parking lamps

In switch position

1, the front, rear and side

vehicle lighting is switched on. You can use the
parking lamps for parking.
When the ignition is switched off and the switch
is in position

1, only the outside sections of the

rear lamps are illuminated, refer to page

232

The parking lamps will discharge the bat-
tery. Therefore, do not leave them on for

unduly long periods of time; otherwise, the bat-
tery might not have enough power to start the
engine. It is preferable to switch on the left-
hand or right-hand roadside parking lamps,
refer to page

Low beams

The low beams light up when the light switch is
in position

2 and the ignition is on.

Automatic headlamp control*

When the switch is in position

3, the low beams

are switched on and off automatically depend-
ing on ambient light conditions, e.g. in a tunnel,
in twilight, or if there is precipitation. The adap-
tive light control

is active. The LED next to the

symbol is illuminated when the low beams are
on. You can also activate the daytime running
lights, refer to page

. In the situations

described above, the lamps then automatically
switch from daytime running lights to low
beams.
The headlamps may also come on when the
sun is sitting low on a blue sky.

The low beams remain switched on
regardless of the ambient lighting condi-

tions when you switch on the fog lamps.

The automatic headlamp control cannot
serve as a substitute for your personal

judgment in determining when the lamps
should be switched on in response to ambient
lighting conditions. For example, the system
cannot detect fog or hazy weather. To avoid
safety risks, you should always switch on the
low-beam headlamps manually under these
conditions.

Welcome lamps

If you leave the light switch in position

2 or 3

when you park the car, the parking lamps and
the interior lamps light up briefly when you
unlock the vehicle.

Activating/deactivating welcome
lamps

"Settings"

"Lighting"