BMW 2012 3 Series M3 Сoupe User Manual

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Controls

Driving

Warning lamp

The warning lamp lights up when
Active Cruise Control has been
automatically deactivated, for exam-

ple due to a driving speed below 20 mph or
30 km/h or a DSC intervention. A message
appears on the Control Display.

Resuming stored desired speed and

distance

Briefly press the button, arrow

The stored speed and distance are regained
and maintained.
In the following instances, the stored speed is
deleted and can no longer be resumed:

When driving stability control systems are
intervening.

In cars with manual transmission: when you
shift gears very slowly or shift to neutral.

In cars with automatic transmission: when
you engage selector lever position N.

In cars with Sport automatic transmission
with double clutch: when you engage selec-
tor lever position N.

When the ignition is switched off.

Displays in the instrument cluster

1 Stored desired speed
2 Shows yellow: vehicle detected ahead

Flashes in red: system cannot maintain dis-
tance; driver must brake the vehicle
Flashes in yellow: driving stability control
systems are intervening; cruise control is
deactivated

3 Selected distance to vehicle ahead

The indicator lights up as soon as the sys-
tem is activated.

4 Selected desired speed is temporarily dis-

played

If --- mph or --- km/h temporarily appears
in the instrument cluster display, it is pos-

sible that the system prerequisites for operation
are currently not met. Calling up Check Control
messages, refer to page

Warning lamps

The indicator

2 flashes in red; a

signal sounds.
The system indicates that you
must brake and/or maneuver the
vehicle yourself. Active Cruise

Control cannot automatically restore the dis-
tance to the vehicle ahead.
This indicator does not release you from your
responsibility to adapt your desired speed and
driving style to prevailing driving conditions.

The indicator

2 flashes in yellow.

The prerequisites for operating
Active Cruise Control are not met,
e.g. as a result of ABS or DSC
interventions. Active Cruise Con-

trol is deactivated. You can reactivate the sys-
tem, if desired, by briefly pressing or pulling the
lever when road and traffic conditions permit. It
is not possible to resume a stored speed.

Radar sensor

The sensor's ability to detect vehicles ahead
may be restricted as a result of heavy rain, dirt,