Activating/Deactivating Cruise Control - BMW Mini series Owner's Handbook Manual

CONTROLS
Activating
1 Resuming cruise control
2

Activating/deactivating cruise control

3 Maintaining speed, memorising speed, and
accelerating
4 Maintaining speed, memorising speed, and
decelerating
The indicator light in the speedometer comes
on. The cruise control is on standby and can be
activated.
Activating/deactivating cruise control
Press the button 2.
The system is automatically deactivated, during:
> braking
>
gear changes
>
in selector lever position N
> when the driving stability control system is
intervening
Cruise control is not deactivated by pressing the
accelerator pedal. Once the accelerator pedal is
released, the memorised speed is regained and
maintained.
The memorised speed is deleted when the igni-
tion is switched off.
Maintaining current speed
Press the button 3.
The vehicle's current speed is maintained and
memorised.
If engine braking alone is insufficient on a down-
hill gradient, the controlled speed may be
exceeded. It may in turn prove impossible to
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maintain speed on uphill gradients if current
engine power output is insufficient.
Increasing speed
Press the button 3 repeatedly until the desired
speed is reached. Each time the button is
pressed, road speed is increased by approx.
2 km/h or approx. 1 mph.
Accelerating with the button
Hold button 3 down.
The vehicle accelerates without the accelerator
pedal being touched. After you release the but-
ton, the speed the vehicle has reached will be
maintained and memorised.
Reducing speed
Press button 4 repeatedly until the desired
speed is reached.
Functions analogous to increasing speed or
accelerating, except that the speed is
decreased.
Calling up memorised speed
Press button 1.
The speed last memorised is regained and main-
tained.
The memorised speed is deleted when the igni-
tion is switched off.
Display in the revolution counter*
The selected speed is displayed briefly.
If --- km/h (--- mph) appears temporarily
in the revolution counter, it is possible that