Fog Lights; Front Fog Lights; Instrument Lighting; Rear Fog Lights - BMW X3 xDrive20i 2013 Owner's Handbook Manual

Controls

Fog lights

Front fog lights

The side lights or low-beam headlights must be
switched on.
Press the button. The green indicator
light is illuminated.
If automatic driving lights control, see page 87,
has been activated, the low-beam headlights il‐
luminate automatically when the front fog lights
are switched on.
Guiding fog lights
In switch position
wider illumination is also activated up to a speed
of 110 km/h, 68 mph.

Rear fog lights

The low-beam headlights or front fog lights
must be switched on.
Press the button. The yellow indicator
light is illuminated.
Left-hand/right-hand traffic
Halogen headlights
Measures to prevent the headlights from daz‐
zling oncoming vehicles are necessary if you
take the vehicle into countries in which the op‐
posite rule of the road applies. Your Service cen‐
tre can provide the appropriate light benders
that can be affixed to the headlight lenses. Pro‐
ceed in accordance with the enclosed instruc‐
tions when affixing the light benders to the head‐
lights.
Xenon headlight
Light distribution of the headlights automati‐
cally avoids dazzling of the low-beam headlights
when driving in a country in which the traffic
drives on the opposite side.
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Lights
, a guide fog light for a
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Adaptive Headlights
When driving in a country where you drive on the
opposite side of the road from the country the
car is licensed, do not drive with the
otherwise this could cause a dazzling effect from
the cornering light.

Instrument lighting

Adjusting
You can adjust the brightness of
the instrument lighting only when
the side lights or the low-beam
headlights are switched on.
The lighting intensity can be set
using the knurled wheel.

Interior light

General
The interior light, the footwell lights, door entry
lighting and the courtesy lighting are controlled
automatically.
The brightness of some equipment is influenced
by the knurled wheel for the instrument lighting.
1 Interior light
2 Reading light
setting,