Lights - BMW 318i Owner's Handbook Manual

Lights

Side lights/low-beam
headlights
0 Lights off
1 Side lights
2 Low-beam headlights and welcome lights
3 Automatic driving lights control
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driving lights , welcome lights, High-Beam
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Assistant and Adaptive Head Light
If you open the driver's door with the ignition
switched off, the exterior lighting is switched off
automatically if the light switch is in position 0,
2, or 3.
If required, switch on the side lights, switch
position 1.
Side lights
When the switch is in position 1 the lights are on
all round the car. You can use the side lights for
parking.
With the ignition switched off, only the outer
chambers of the tail lights are lit up, see
page 132.
The side lights will discharge the battery.
Therefore, you should not leave them on
for longer periods of time, as otherwise the bat-
tery might not have enough power to start the
engine. It is preferable to switch on the right or
left parking lights, see page
78
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Low-beam headlights
The low-beam headlights come on when the
light switch is in position 2 and the ignition is
switched on.
Automatic driving lights control*
When the switch is in position 3, the low-beam
headlights are switched on and off automati-
cally depending on ambient light conditions,
e.g. in a tunnel, twilight, and in precipitation.
Adaptive Head Light
beam headlights are on, the LED next to the
symbol is lit. You can also activate the daytime
driving lights, see page 79. In the above-men-
tioned situations, the system then switches
automatically from daytime driving lights to low-
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beam headlights.
, daytime
The headlights may also come on when the sun
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is sitting low on a blue sky.
light conditions if you switch on the fog
lights
when it is necessary to switch on the lights. The
sensors are unable, for instance, to recognise
fog or hazy weather. To avoid any safety risk in
such situations, switch on the low-beam head-
lights
Welcome lights
If you leave the light switch in position 2 or 3
when parking and switching off the vehicle, the
side lights and interior lights light up briefly
when the vehicle is unlocked.
Headlight courtesy delay feature
If you activate the headlight flasher after parking
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the car, with the lights switched off, the low-
beam headlights come on and remain on for a
certain time.
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is active. When the low-
The low-beam headlights remain
switched on irrespective of the ambient
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The driving lights control function cannot
substitute for your personal judgement of
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