Technology for driving comfort and safety – BMW 325xi Sports Wagon 2006 User Manual

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Technology for driving comfort and safety

Activating HDC

Press the button; the indicator lamp lights up.
The indicator lamp flashes when the vehicle is
being braked automatically.

Deactivating HDC

Press the button again; the indicator lamp goes
out.
HDC is deactivated instantly above a speed of
approx. 35 mph or 60 km/h, or approx.
10 seconds after the ignition is switched off.

Using HDC

In cars with manual transmission:
Use HDC in lower gears and in reverse gear.
With automatic transmission:
You can use HDC in any drive position.

Displays in the instrument cluster

1 Display for target speed
2 HDC display

Malfunction

The HDC display disappears during HDC oper-
ation, or does not appear:
HDC is temporarily unavailable due to exces-
sive brake temperature, or DSC has failed.

Malfunction in driving stability control
systems

The warning lamps come on. DSC
including DTC and DBC is malfunc-
tioning.
The vehicle remains operational.

Have the system checked as soon as possible.

Drive cautiously and think well ahead,
otherwise unstable driving conditions

could result.

With xDrive 325xi

If one of the malfunctions described
below occurs, drive cautiously and think

well ahead. Also avoid situations that require full
braking, otherwise accidents could result.
Avoid driving on rough tracks and pressing the
accelerator pedal down to full throttle or kick-
down position, otherwise the drive system
could be damaged.

The warning lamps for the brake sys-
tem come on in red, together with the
yellow indicator lamps for driving sta-
bility control systems and FTM:
The driving stability control systems
and the Flat Tire Monitor have failed.

All warning lamps come on in yellow:
The driving stability control systems and the
Flat Tire Monitor have failed. The electronic
brake-force distribution is still active.
Have the system checked as soon as possible.

Display

of this malfunction on Cana-

dian models.

Display

of this malfunction on Cana-

dian models.