Light and view -> Parking lights, low-beam headlights and roadside parking lights for your BMW i5 2023-2025
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Function
Driving lights automatic
Exterior lighting menu.
Principle
The low-beam headlights are switched on and
off automatically depending on the ambient
brightness, for example in tunnels, in twilight
or if there is precipitation.
Automatic headlight control.
Low-beam headlights.
Exterior lighting off.
Exterior lighting off.
General information
A blue sky with the sun low on the horizon can
cause the lights to be turned on.
If the low-beam headlights are switched on
manually, the automatic headlight control is
deactivated.
Functions via iDrive
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Function
Automatic headlight control.
Activate automatic headlight control
Press the button on the light switch.
Low-beam headlights.
Parking lights.
The icon in the button illuminates green.
The indicator light in the instrument
cluster is illuminated when the low-
beam headlights are switched on.
Exterior lighting off.
System limits
The automatic headlight control cannot re-
place your personal judgment of lighting condi-
tions.
Left roadside parking light.
Right roadside parking light.
For example, the sensors are unable to detect
fog or hazy weather. In these situations, turn
the lights on manually.
Buttons on the vehicle key
Parking lights, low-beam
headlights and roadside
parking lights
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Function
Interior lighting.
Parts of the exterior lighting.
General information
Pathway lighting.
If the driver's door is opened when the drive-
ready state is switched off, the exterior lighting
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is automatically switched off after a period of
time.
Low-beam headlights
Turning on low-beam headlights
Parking lights
Press the button on the light switch.
General information
The parking lights can only be turned on at low
speeds.
The low-beam headlights illuminate when
drive-ready state is switched on.
The indicator light in the instrument
cluster illuminates.
Turning on parking lights
1.
Apps menu
Press the button again to switch on the low-
beam headlights when the standby state is
switched on.
2. "Vehicle"
3. "Exterior lighting"
4. "Parking light"
Turning off low-beam headlights
Depending on the national-market version, the
low-beam headlights can be turned off in the
low speed range:
The indicator light in the instrument
cluster illuminates.
The vehicle is illuminated on all sides.
Do not use the parking lights for extended pe-
riods; otherwise, they might drain the vehicle
battery and it would then be impossible to
switch on drive-ready state.
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Press the button on the light switch.
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Press and hold the button on the
light switch.
Turn off light via iDrive.
Turning off parking lights
The following options are available to turn off
the parking lights:
Roadside parking lights
When the vehicle is parked, a one-sided road-
side parking light can be switched on.
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Press the button on the light switch.
1.
Apps menu
Press and hold the button on the
light switch.
2. "Vehicle"
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Turn off light via iDrive.
3. "Exterior lighting"
Turn on drive-ready state.
4. "Left roadside park. light" or "Right
roadside park. light"
After the drive-ready state is switched on,
the automatic headlight control will be acti-
vated.
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