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8'' Colour-Info-Display: press Í.
Select Driving functions on the touch
screen and then Blind spot
monitoring. System is activated by
viewing on.
B illuminates continously green in the
instrument cluster to confirm the
function.
Functionality
When the system detects a vehicle in
the side blind zone while driving
forwards, a round LED will illuminate
in the relevant exterior mirror.
The LED comes on immediately when
being passed.
The LED comes on after a delay when
passing another vehicle slowly.
Operation conditions
The following conditions must be
fullfilled for proper operation:
● All vehicles are moving in the
same direction and in adjacent
lanes.
● The speed of your vehicle is
between 7 and 87 mph.
● Passing a vehicle with a speed
difference of less than 6 mph.
● Another vehicle is passing with a
speed difference of less than 15
mph.
● The traffic flow is normal.
● Driving on a straight or slightly
curved road.
● The vehicle is not pulling a trailer.
Driving and operating
No alert will be given in the following
situations:
● In the presence of non-moving
objects (parked vehicles,
barriers, street lamps, road
signs...).
● With vehicles moving in the
opposite direction.
● Driving on a winding road or a
sharp corner.
● When passing (or being passed
by) a very long vehicle (lorry,
coach...) which is at the same
time detected at the rear in the
blind spot angle and present in
the driver's forward field of vision.
● In very heavy traffic: vehicles
detected in front and behind are
confused with a lorry or a
stationary object.
● When passing too quickly.
Deactivation
The system is deactivated in the
vehicle personalisation 3 99. B
extinguishes in the instrument cluster.
Additionally, an acoustic signal
sounds
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