BMW X1 Owner's Handbook Manual page 76

Controls
Overview
Parking brake
Engaging
WARNING
An unsecured vehicle can start moving
and rolling away. Danger of accidents. Before
leaving the vehicle, secure it to prevent rolling
away.
Observe the following to ensure that the vehi‐
cle is secured against rolling away:
▷ Engage the parking brake.
▷ Turn the front wheels into the direction of
the kerb on upward or downward gradi‐
ents.
▷ Additionally secure the vehicle on upward
or downward gradients, e.g. using a
wedge.◀
WARNING
Unsupervised children or animals in the
vehicle can set the vehicle in motion and en‐
danger themselves or other road users, for ex‐
ample by the following actions:
▷ Pressing the start/stop button.
▷ Releasing the parking brake.
▷ Opening and closing doors or windows.
▷ Setting the selector lever to neutral.
▷ Operating vehicle equipment.
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Risk of accident or injury. Do not leave children
or animals unsupervised in the vehicle. When
leaving the vehicle, take the remote control
with you and lock it.◀
Pull switch.
LED is illuminated.
The indicator light illuminates red. The
parking brake is engaged.
Depending on the parking situation, the park‐
ing brake is automatically engaged.
Steptronic transmission: in some parking sit‐
uations, engaging selector lever position P au‐
tomatically applies the parking brake. In these
cases, the parking brake is automatically dis‐
engaged when exiting from selector lever posi‐
tion P.
During the journey
Use during the journey serves as an emer‐
gency brake:
Pull and hold the switch. Vehicle brakes
strongly for as long as the switch is pulled.
The indicator light illuminates red, a
signal sounds and the brake lights illu‐
minate.
A Check Control message is shown.
If the vehicle is braked to approximately
3 km/h, 2 mph, the parking brake is engaged.
Releasing
With the ignition switched on:
Manual transmission: press button with
the brake depressed.
Steptronic transmission: Press the switch with
the brake pressed or selector lever position P
engaged.
LED and indicator light turn off.
Parking brake is released.