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EnglishSafety -> Cross Traffic Warning for your BMW i4 2021-2025
Safety
CONTROLS
Follow the information in the "Parking assis-
tance systems" chapter.
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Status
Warning light illuminates red and
acoustic signal sounds: Hands not
grasping steering wheel. Interruption
of lane keeping is imminent.
Safety information
Warning
Warning light illuminates red and
acoustic signal sounds: lane keeping
is switched off.
The system cannot serve as a substitute for
the driver’s personal judgment in assessing
the traffic situation. Based on the limits of
the system, it cannot independently react to
all traffic situations. There is a risk of acci-
dent, injury, and property damage. Adjust
driving style to traffic conditions. Watch the
surrounding traffic situation closely, be ready
to take over steering and braking at any time,
and actively intervene where appropriate.
System limits
Use the system only in the event of a driver
failure.
The system cannot replace the roadworthy
driving performance of a driver.
Cross Traffic Warning
Sensors
The system is controlled by the following sen-
sors:
Principle
At blind driveway exits or when driving out of
perpendicular parking spaces, road users ap-
proaching from the side are detected sooner
by the cross traffic warning than is possible
from the driver's seat.
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Radar sensors, side, rear.
Depending on the equipment: radar sen-
sors, side, front.
Activating/deactivating Cross Traffic
Warning
General information
The system must be activated on the control
display for the Cross Traffic Warning to switch
on automatically.
1.
Apps menu
2. "Vehicle"
3. "Driving settings"
4. "Driver Assistance"
5. "Parking and maneuvering"
The area behind the vehicle is monitored by
sensors.
6. Depending on the equipment, select the
following setting:
Depending on the vehicle equipment, the area
around the vehicle in front of the vehicle is
monitored as well.
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"Rear warning"
"Front and rear warning"
The system indicates approaching road users.
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Visual warning
Turning on the cross traffic warning
automatically
The system must be activated on the control
display. The system turns on automatically as
soon as Park Distance Control or a camera
view activates and you engage a gear position.
Warning light in exterior mirror
If reverse gear is engaged, the rear system is
switched on.
Depending on the equipment, the front system
is turned on when a gear position is engaged.
Depending on the national-market version, the
system is automatically active when the vehi-
cle is started.
The warning light in the exterior mirror flashes
if the rear sensors detect other vehicles when
the vehicle is reversing.
Turning off the cross traffic warning
automatically
The system is automatically turned off in the
following situations:
Display in the Park Distance Control view
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When the speed exceeds walking speed.
When a certain distance covered is ex-
ceeded.
Warning function
General information
The control display shows the corresponding
view, an acoustic signal may sound as neces-
sary, and the warning light in the exterior mir-
ror flashes.
In the Park Distance Control view, the respec-
tive boundary area flashes red if vehicles are
detected by the sensors.
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Depending on vehicle equipment: display in
camera image
BMW Drive Recorder
Principle
The BMW Drive Recorder stores brief video
recordings of the vehicle surroundings, e.g., to
document surrounding traffic.
Vehicle features and options
This system may not be available in the
owned vehicle, e.g. due to the selected op-
tional equipment, the national-market version
or the option for later enabling and software
updates. This also applies to individual func-
tions of the system.
Depending on the direction of travel, the view
to the front or back is displayed in the camera
image.
The respective boundary area, arrow 1, in the
camera image flashes red if vehicles are de-
tected by the sensors.
For information on whether a function is cur-
rently available in the vehicle or when the func-
tion can be installed in the vehicle, contact an
authorized service center or another qualified
service center or repair shop.
Yellow lines, arrow 2, mark the bumper of your
own vehicle.
Additional information:
Acoustic warning
In addition to the visual warning, a signal tone
sounds if your own vehicle moves into the re-
spective direction.
Vehicle equipment, refer to page 8.
General information
Video recordings can be saved in different
ways:
Depending on the national-market version, the
signal tone will already sound when the gear
position is engaged.
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Automatic storage of the recording.
The function makes it possible to document
the accident with the correspondingly set
recording type.
System limits
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Manual storage of the recording.
System limits of the sensors
Additional information:
This function is used to document traffic sit-
uations with the configured recording type.
Sensors of the vehicle, refer to page 41.
The assistance systems' cameras are used to
record, e.g., Panorama View.
Functional limitations
The function can be limited, for instance in the
following situations:
Additionally, the following parameters are
stored for the trip:
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Date.
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In tight curves.
Time.
Crossing objects are moving at a very slow
or a very fast speed.
Vehicle speed.
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Other objects that hide cross traffic are in
the capture range of the sensors.
Global Positioning System coordinates.
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