Maintaining And Storing The Speed; Interrupting Cruise Control Manually; Interrupting Cruise Control Automatically - BMW X5 Owner's Manual

CONTROLS
Switching on
With steering and lane control assistant:
1. Press the button on the steering
wheel.
2. If necessary, set the cruise control.
Without steering and lane control assistant:
Press the button on the steering wheel.
The indicator lights in the instrument cluster light
up and the mark in the speedometer is set to the
current speed.
Cruise control is active. The current speed is
maintained and stored as desired speed.
DSC Dynamic Stability Control is switched on, if
necessary.
Switching off
To switch off the system while standing, step on
brake pedal at the same time.
Press the following button on the steering wheel
again:
Without steering and lane control assis‐
tant.
With steering and lane control assistant.
The displays go out. The stored desired speed is
deleted.
Interrupting manually
When active, press the following button on the
steering wheel:
Without steering and lane control assis‐
tant.
With steering and lane control assistant.
If interrupting the system while stationary, press
on the brake pedal at the same time.
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Interrupting automatically
The system is automatically interrupted in the
following situations:
▷ When the driver applies the brakes.
▷ When selector lever position D is disengaged.
▷ Dynamic Traction Control DTC is activated or
DSC Dynamic Stability Control is deactivated.
▷ If DSC Dynamic Stability Control intervenes.
▷ If the safety belt is unbuckled and the driver's
door is opened while the vehicle is standing
still.
▷ If the system has not detected objects for an
extended period, for instance on a road with
very little traffic without curb or shoulder
markings.
▷ If the detection range of the radar is impaired,
for instance by dirt or heavy fog.
▷ After a longer stationary period when the ve‐
hicle has been braked to a stop by the sys‐
tem.
Setting the speed

Maintaining and storing the speed

Press the rocker switch up or down once while
the system is interrupted. The system will be ac‐
tivated.
The current speed is maintained and stored as
desired speed.
The stored speed is displayed on the speedom‐
eter.