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The concept The PDC assists you when you are
parking. Acoustical signals inform you
of the distance to an obstacle. To do
this, four ultrasonic sensors in the front
and rear bumpers each measure the
distance to the nearest object. The
detection range of the front sensors
and the two sensors located at the
ends of the rear bumper is approxi-
mately 2 ft (60 cm), while the rear
center sensors can detect objects to a
distance of roughly 5 ft (1.50 m).Automatic functionThe system starts to operate auto-
matically about one second after you
select reverse with the ignition key in
position 2.
Manual activation Press the button; the indicator lamp
comes on.
After driving a distance of more than
approx. 160 ft (50 m) or exceeding a
speed of approx. 20 mph (30 km/h), the
system switches off and the indicator
lamp goes out. Switch the system on
again as required. Manual deactivationPress the button again. 530de229
Acoustical signals The distance from an obstacle is indi-
cated in front with a higher intermittent
tone, and at the rear with a lower inter-
mittent tone. As the distance between
vehicle and object decreases, the inter-
vals between the tones become
shorter.
A continuous tone indicates the pres-
ence of an object less than approx. 1 ft
(30 cm) away.
The warning signal is canceled after
approx. 3 seconds if you are moving
parallel to a wall.
If there is a malfunction of the system:
The indicator lamp flashes and a short
steady signal tone is sounded
>if you activate PDC with the button
>when you select reverse for the first
time after switching on the ignition
>if a malfunction occurs while the PDC
system is active.
Switch the system off and have the
cause of the malfunction corrected by
your BMW Sports Activity Vehicle
center.
Park Distance Control (PDC)
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