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  
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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.  
Press the button on the light switch.  
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.  
Press the button on the light switch.  
1.  
Apps menu  
Press and hold the button on the  
light switch.  
2. "Vehicle"  
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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