BMW XM Owner's Manual page 263

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 area: detection range of sensors.
▷ Gray shaded area: no obstacles were de-
tected in the detection range.
▷ Colored marks in shaded area: obstacles
were detected in the detection range.
▷ Shaded area interrupted: the area next to
the vehicle has not yet been detected.
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.
The system does not detect whether an obsta-
cle moves later on. When the vehicle is station-
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Parking
ary, 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.
An icon is displayed on the control dis-
play.
Additional information:
Towing a trailer, refer to page 313.
Unwarranted warnings
Reaching the system limits can cause unwar-
ranted warnings.
To prevent unwarranted warnings, for instance
in car washes, turn off automatic Park Dis-
tance Control activation on obstacle detection.
Malfunction
An icon is displayed on the control dis-
play.
Depending on the vehicle equipment:
the detection range of the sensors is not dis-
played on the control display.
A Check Control message is displayed.
Park Distance Control malfunction. Have the
vehicle checked by an authorized service cen-
ter or another qualified service center or repair
shop.
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