BMW 5 E60 E61 owners manual page 66

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choose to overcome the deceleration by Swerving vehicles briefly pressing the accelerator pedal. Driver interventions Anytime the driver presses down on the accelerator pedal, any automatic Drivingbraking action by the system is interrupted until the pedal is fully released. After doing this, release the accelerator and the system again controls your cruising speed and dis- tance setting. While driving with activated system, resting your foot on the accelerator When a vehicle moves from an adjacent pedal will cause the system not to brake lane into your lane, active cruise control will even if necessary. Be certain that floormats not recognize this vehicle until it is fully in or other objects on the vehicle floor do not your lane ahead of your vehicle. interfere with movement of the accelerator pedal.< Malfunctions While active cruise control is capable If there is a malfunction, the indica- of braking your vehicle automatically tor lamp symbol is displayed in the when you approach a slower vehicle instrument cluster. Please note any ahead, it is important to be aware that the supplementary information that appears on ability of the system to apply the brakes is the Control Display. also limited, if you are driving down a steep The build-up of foreign material, e.g., grade or when you reduce your desired snow, ice, dirt, road debris, etc., can lead speed sharply. The system cannot stop to reduced detection performance of active your vehicle. It uses only a portion of brak-cruise control. You should check the sen- ing system capacity and does not utilize the sor under the front bumper and clean it as full capacity of the vehicle braking system. necessary prior to driving your vehicle. If Therefore, the system cannot decrease the sensor becomes covered by foreign your speed for large differences in speed material or has a malfunction, it is possible between your vehicle and the vehicle that the sensor will no longer be able to ahead. Examples: during emergency brak- detect vehicles in front of you. After the ing, when you approach a vehicle traveling system recognizes that the sensor is no at a much lower speed than your own longer functional, a message is displayed speed such as approaching a toll booth or on the Control Display and an acoustic sig- when a much slower vehicle cuts in front of nal is emitted. you at close range.< Whenever active cruise control recognizes a situation that requires driver braking because the system capacity has been reached or has been exceeded, the system alerts the driver by flashing this symbol in the instrument cluster and sounding a signal. 64 Online Edition for Part No. 01 41 0 157 647 - © 07/03 BMW AG

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