Lights -> Parking lights, cornering lights and roadside parking lights for your BMW X4 2014-2018

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This chapter describes all standard, country-  
specific and optional features offered with the  
series. It also describes features that are not  
necessarily available in your vehicle, e. g., due  
to the selected options or country versions.  
This also applies to safety-related functions  
and systems. When using these functions and  
systems, the applicable country provisions  
must be observed.  
Parking lights  
Low beams  
Instrument lighting  
Parking lights, cornering  
lights and roadside parking  
lights  
Overview  
Switches in the vehicle  
General information  
Position of switch:  
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If the driver door is opened with the ignition  
switched off, the exterior lighting is automati‐  
cally switched off at these switch settings.  
Parking lights  
Position of switch:  
The light switch element is located next to the  
steering wheel.  
The vehicle is illuminated on all sides.  
Do not use the parking lights for extended pe‐  
riods; otherwise, they might drain the battery  
and it would then be impossible to start the en‐  
gine.  
Light functions  
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Function  
When parking, switch on the one-sided road‐  
side parking lamp, refer to page 99.  
Front fog lights  
Low beams  
Position of switch:  
Automatic headlamp control  
Adaptive Light Control  
The low beams light up when the ignition is  
switched on.  
Lights off  
Daytime running lights  
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Lights  
Controls  
Settings are stored for the profile currently  
used.  
Roadside parking lights  
Concept  
Headlamp courtesy delay feature  
General information  
The vehicle can be illuminated on one side.  
Switching on  
The low beams stay lit for a short while after  
the radio-ready state is switched off if the  
lights are turned off and the headlight flasher is  
switched on.  
Setting the duration  
On the Control Display:  
1. "Settings"  
2. "Lighting"  
With the ignition switched off, press the lever  
either up or down past the resistance point for  
approx. 2 seconds.  
3. "Pathway lighting:"  
4. Set length of time.  
Settings are stored for the profile currently  
used.  
Switching off  
Briefly press the lever to the resistance point in  
the opposite direction.  
Automatic headlamp control  
Concept  
Welcome lights and  
headlamp courtesy delay  
feature  
The low beams are switched on and off auto‐  
matically depending on the ambient bright‐  
ness, e.g., in tunnels, in twilight or if there is  
precipitation.  
Welcome lights  
General information  
A blue sky with the sun low on the horizon can  
cause the lights to be switched on.  
General information  
Depending on the equipment, when switching  
off the vehicle, switch position  
or  
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When emerging from a tunnel during the day,  
the low beams are not switched off immedi‐  
ately but instead only after approx. 2 minutes.  
Depending on the ambient brightness, individ‐  
ual light functions may be switched on briefly,  
when the vehicle is unlocked.  
The low beams always stay on when the fog  
lamp is switched on.  
Activating/deactivating  
On the Control Display:  
Activating  
Position of switch:  
1. "Settings"  
2. "Lighting"  
3. "Welcome lights"  
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