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At a glance
Cockpit
Cockpit
describes equipment that may not be found in
your vehicle, for instance due to the selected
special equipment or the country version. This
also applies to safety-related functions and sys‐
tems.
Vehicle equipment
This chapter describes all series equipment as
well as country-specific and special equipment
offered for this model series.Therefore, it also
All around the steering wheel
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Rear window safety switchꢀꢁ44
Power windowsꢀꢁ43
Exterior mirror operationꢀꢁ57
Lamps
Instrument lightingꢀꢁ92
Front fog lampsꢀꢁ91
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Cockpit
At a glance
Parking lampsꢀꢁ88
Low beamsꢀꢁ88
Windshield wipersꢀꢁ72
Rain sensorꢀꢁ72
Automatic headlamp con‐
trolꢀꢁ89
BMW X5: rear window wip‐
ersꢀꢁ73
Adaptive light controlꢀꢁ89
High-beam Assistantꢀꢁ90
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Start/stop the engine and switch
the ignition on/offꢀꢁ66
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6
Head-up Displayꢀꢁ125
11 Ignition lockꢀꢁ66
12 Steering wheel buttons, right
Change the radio station
Steering column stalk, left
Turn signalꢀꢁ71
Stopping a traffic announcement
Select a music track
High beams, head‐
lamp flasherꢀꢁ90
Scrolling through the redial list
Next entertainment source
Recirculated-air modeꢀꢁ130
Steering wheel heatingꢀꢁ59
Lane departure warningꢀꢁ100
High-beam Assistantꢀꢁ90
Roadside parking lampsꢀꢁ90
Computerꢀꢁ79
Settingsand informationabout the
vehicleꢀꢁ77
13 Horn, the entire surface
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BMW X6: shifting up or down with automatic
transmissionꢀꢁ74
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Instrument clusterꢀꢁ14
Steering column stalk, right
15 Cruise control lever
Cruise controlꢀꢁ116
Active cruise controlꢀꢁ109
16 Steering wheel buttons, left
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Cockpit
Telephoneꢀꢁ230
17 Releasing the hoodꢀꢁ282
Volume
Activate/deactivate the voice acti‐
vation systemꢀꢁ25
Instrument cluster
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2
3
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Turn signal indicator lamp
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▷
▷
▷
Indicator/warning lampsꢀꢁ15
Cruise controlꢀꢁ116
Speedometer
Indicator/warning lampsꢀꢁ15
Active Cruise Controlꢀꢁ109
Tachometerꢀꢁ78
Active Cruise Controlꢀꢁ109
BMW X5: reserve display for diesel ex‐
haust fluidꢀꢁ265
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Display for
BMW X5: current fuel consumptionꢀꢁ78
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▷
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Automatic transmission positionꢀꢁ74
BMW X6: engine oil temperatureꢀꢁ78 or
current fuel consumptionꢀꢁ78
HDC Hill Descent Controlꢀꢁ106
Computerꢀꢁ79
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Display for
▷
▷
Clockꢀꢁ77
Date of next scheduled service, and re‐
maining distance to be drivenꢀꢁ81
External temperatureꢀꢁ77
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Odometer and trip odometerꢀꢁ77
High-beam Assistantꢀꢁ90
▷
Adaptive Drive: sport chassis and sus‐
pension tuningꢀꢁ107
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Fuel gaugeꢀꢁ79
Check Control message
presentꢀꢁ83
10 Resetting the trip odometerꢀꢁ77
Viewing service requirement displayꢀꢁ78
In urgent cases, this information will be shown
as soon as the corresponding lamp comes on.
Indicator/warning lamps
The concept
Indicator lamps without text messages
The following indicator lamps notify you that
certain functions are active:
Symbol Function or system
Parking brake set, refer to
page 68
Canada: parking brake set, refer to
page 68.
The indicator and warning lamps can light up in
a variety of combinations and colors.
High beams/headlamp flasher, refer
to page 90
Several of the lamps are checked for proper
functioning when the engine is started or the ig‐
nition is switched on, and light up briefly.
Front fog lamps, refer to page 91
Text messages
Lamp flashes:
Text messages at the upper edge of the Control
Display explain the meaning of the displayed in‐
dicator and warning lamps.
DSC or DTC controls the drive and
braking forces for maintaining vehi‐
cle stability, refer to page 103
Supplementary text messages
Engine malfunction with adverse ef‐
fect on emissions, refer to
page 287
You can call up more information, e.g., on the
cause of a malfunction and on how to respond,
via Check Control, refer to page 83.
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At a glance
Cockpit
All around the center console
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2
3
Headlinerꢀꢁ17
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Open the tailgateꢀꢁ36ꢀꢁ38
Active seatꢀꢁ53
Control Displayꢀꢁ19
Hazard warning systemꢀꢁ300
Central locking systemꢀꢁ35
Park Distance Control PDCꢀꢁ117
Top Viewꢀꢁ122
Backup cameraꢀꢁ120
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5
Opening glove compartmentꢀꢁ143
HDC Hill Descent Controlꢀꢁ104
Automatic climate control with 2-zone con‐
trolꢀꢁ128
Automatic climate control with 4-zone con‐
trolꢀꢁ132
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Radio and CD/DVD driveꢀꢁ186
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DSC Dynamic Stability Con‐
trolꢀꢁ103
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Parking brakeꢀꢁ68
DTC Dynamic Traction Con‐
trolꢀꢁ104
11 Adaptive Driveꢀꢁ107
12 Selector lever for automatic transmis‐
Side Viewꢀꢁ124
sionꢀꢁ74
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Controller with buttonsꢀꢁ18
Automatic Holdꢀꢁ69
All around the headliner
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2
3
Emergency Requestꢀꢁ300
Glass sunroofꢀꢁ45ꢀꢁ46
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5
Reading lampsꢀꢁ92
Interior lampsꢀꢁ92
Indicator lamp for the front pas‐
senger airbagsꢀꢁ95
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