Controls and features -> Interior lamps for your BMW X5 2000-2006

Front fog lamps  
Instrument lighting  
Interior lamps  
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Briefly press the button to switch on/off. Turn the serrated dial to adjust the illu- The interior lamps operate automati-  
mination intensity.  
cally.  
The parking lamps or low beams  
must be switched on for the fog  
lamps to operate. A green indi-  
cator lamp appears in the instrument  
cluster to indicate that the front fog  
lamps are on.  
Switching interior lamps on  
and off manually  
Briefly press button 1.  
If you want the interior lamps to remain  
off all the time, press and hold the but-  
ton for approx. 3 seconds.  
If the high beams are switched on, the  
front fog lamps go out.  
Briefly press the button to revert to nor-  
mal operation.  
If the automatic headlamp control  
is activated, the low beams will  
The button for the interior lamps in the  
rear passenger area only switches  
these lamps on and off.  
automatically be switched on when the  
front fog lamps are switched on.<  
106nInterior lamps  
Reading lamps  
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Reading lamps are located at the front  
and in the rear next to the dome light.  
They can be switched on and off with  
the respective buttons 2 located next to  
them.  
Footwell and cargo area lamps  
The lamps are controlled in the same  
manner as the front interior lamps.  
Front area lighting  
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This lighting system in the two exterior  
mirrors illuminates the ground in the  
area near the two front doors. It is also  
controlled in the same manner as the  
front interior lamps, but it does not  
function while the vehicle is moving.  
In order to prevent battery dis-  
charge, all of the lamps in the  
vehicle are switched off automatically  
approx. 15 minutes after the ignition  
key is turned to position 0.<