Lamps; Headlamp Control - BMW X3 Owner's Manual

Controls

Lamps

Vehicle equipment
All standard, country-specific and optional
equipment that is offered in the model series is
described in this chapter. Therefore, equipment
is also described that is not available in a vehicle,
e. g., because of the selected optional equip‐
ment or country variant. This also applies for
safety-related functions and systems.
At a glance
1 Rear fog lamps
2 Front fog lamps
3 Automatic headlamp control / Adaptive
Light Control / High-beam Assistant / wel‐
come lamps / daytime running lights
4 Lamps off/daytime running lights
5 Parking lamps/daytime running lights
6 Low beams/welcome lamps / High-beam
Assistant
7 Instrument lighting
8 Headlamp range control
Parking lamps/low beams,

headlamp control

General information
Switch position: 0,
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Lamps
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If the driver door is opened with the ignition
switched off, the exterior lighting is automati‐
cally switched off at these switch settings.
Parking lamps
Switch position
up on all sides, e.g., for parking.
Do not use the parking lamps for extended pe‐
riods; otherwise, the battery may become dis‐
charged and it would then be impossible to start
the engine.
When parking, it is preferable to switch on the
one-sided roadside parking lamps, refer to
page 87.
Low beams
Switch position with the ignition switched
on: the low beams light up.
Welcome lamps
When parking the vehicle, leave the switch in
position or : the parking and interior
lamps light up briefly when the vehicle is un‐
locked.
Activating/deactivating
1. "Settings"
2. "Lighting"
3. "Welcome light"
The setting is stored for the remote control cur‐
rently in use.
: the vehicle lamps light