2008 BMW 6 Series Owner's Manual - Page 72

Driving While stopped Before leaving the vehicle with the engine running, engage position P of the automatic transmission and apply the handbrake. Otherwise the vehicle can roll.< If a detected vehicle in front of you brakes to a complete stop and your vehicle has also been braked to a complete stop by the system: > If the vehicle in front of you drives off while the marking 1 for the desired speed in the speedometer is green, your vehicle will accelerate without you having to do anything. > If the vehicle in front of you drives off while the marking 1 is orange, you briefly depress the accelerator pedal or press button 4. Rolling bars in the distance indicator 3 mean that the vehicle in front of you has driven off. If you are stopped behind a vehicle with the brake pedal depressed and the system is interrupted or deactivated: 1. Press button 4 to activate a stored desired speed or select a desired speed with the lever, arrow 1 or arrow 2. 2. Release the brake pedal. 3. If the vehicle in front of you drives off, briefly depress the accelerator pedal or press button 4. Displays in instrument cluster 1 Stored desired speed > Green: the system is active. > Orange: the system is interrupted. 2 Lights up yellow: vehicle detected ahead Display also used for warnings, please read all information on warnings Selected distance to vehicle ahead The indicator lights up as soon as the system is activated The bars roll: the vehicle in front of you has driven off 3 4 Brief display of stored desired speed If the display --- mph/--- km/h appears briefly, the conditions necessary for operation may currently not be met.< Warning lamps The indicator 2 continuously flashes yellow. The prerequisites for operating the system are no longer met, e.g. as a result of ABS or DSC interventions. The system brakes until you actively take over. The indicator 2 flashes red; a signal sounds. The system indicates that you must brake and/or maneuver the vehicle yourself. The system cannot automatically restore the distance to the vehicle driving ahead. However, this display cannot relieve the driver of the responsibility for adjusting the desired speed and driving style to the traffic conditions. Deactivating system > Press the lever upward or downward twice while driving. > When stopped, do the same with the brake pedal depressed. > Switch off the ignition. The displays turn off, and the stored desired speed and distance are deleted. 70 Online Edition for Part no. 01 41 0 014 242 - © 08/07 BMW AG