BMW X1 Owner's Manual page 248

CONTROLS
Display
Depending on vehicle equipment, warnings
may be displayed in front of, next to, and be-
hind the vehicle.
View behind vehicle.
View next to vehicle.
Shaded areas indicate the detection range of
the sensors.
If the area is shaded gray, no obstacles were
identified in the detection range.
Colored markings in the shaded area indicate
that obstacles have been identified in the de-
tection range.
If the shaded area is not continuous, the area
next to the vehicle has not been scanned yet.
System limits
General information
The function for protecting the vehicle sides
only shows stationary obstacles that were pre-
viously detected by the sensors when passing
by.
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Parking
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Park Distance Control does not detect when
an obstacle moves later. When the vehicle is
stationary, the gray shaded areas on the sides
are hidden after a certain time. The area on
the side of the vehicle must be newly captured.
Also follow the information on system limits in
the "Parking assistance systems" chapter.
Trailer towing
The rear functions of Park Distance Control are
switched off with a trailer attached or when the
trailer socket is occupied.
Depending on the vehicle equipment, the de-
tection range of the sensors is shown as a
shaded area on the control display.
Obstacles next to the vehicle are not displayed.
Depending on the national-market version, the
rear functions of Park Distance Control remain
switched on when trailer towing is enabled.
The trailer towing icon is shown on the
control display.
Additional information:
Driving with trailer or rear carrier, refer to
page 300.
Unwarranted warnings
Unwarranted warnings may be given if the
system limits of Park Distance Control are
reached.
To prevent unwarranted warnings, for instance
in car washes, turn off automatic Park Dis-
tance Control activation on obstacle detection.
Malfunction
The attention icon is shown on the con-
trol display.
Depending on vehicle equipment, the
sensor detection range may not be shown on
the control display.
A Check Control message is displayed.