Warning Lights - BMW 318i Owner's Handbook Manual

Calling up memorised desired speed
and distance
Tap the button, arrow 4.
The memorised speed and distance are
regained and maintained.
The memorised speed value is deleted and can
no longer be called up in the following
instances:
> When driving stability control systems are
intervening
> Cars with manual gearbox: when you shift
gears very slowly or shift to idle position
> Cars with automatic gearbox: when you
move the selector lever to position N
> When the ignition is switched off
Displays in the instrument cluster
1 Memorised desired speed
2 Shows yellow: vehicle detected ahead
Flashes in red: system cannot maintain dis-
tance; driver must brake the vehicle
Flashes in yellow: driving stability control
systems are intervening; cruise control is
deactivated
3 Selected distance to vehicle ahead
The indicator lights up as soon as the sys-
tem is activated
4 Selected desired speed is temporarily dis-
played
If --- km/h or --- mph temporarily appears
in the instrument cluster display, it is pos-
sible that the system prerequisites for operation
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are currently not met. Calling up Check Control
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Warning lights

The indicator 2 flashes in red, and
a signal sounds.
The system indicates that you
must brake and/or manoeuvre the
vehicle yourself. Active Cruise
Control cannot automatically restore the mem-
orised distance to the vehicle ahead.
This indicator does not release you from your
responsibility to adapt your desired speed and
driving style to prevailing driving conditions.
The indicator 2 flashes in yellow.
The prerequisites for operating
Active Cruise Control are not met,
e.g. as a result of ABS or DSC
interventions. Active Cruise Con-
trol is deactivated. You can reactivate the sys-
tem if desired by tapping or pulling the lever
when road and traffic conditions permit this. It is
not possible to call up the speed.
Radar sensor
The sensor's ability to detect vehicles ahead
may be restricted as a result of heavy rain, dirt,
snow or ice. If necessary, clean the radar sensor
located in the front bumper, see arrow. Be sure
to use particular care when removing any layers
of snow or ice from the sensor.
When the radar sensor is not properly posi-
tioned, Active Cruise Control cannot be acti-
vated at all.