BMW X3 Owners Manual: System limits

BMW X3 Owners Manual / Controls / Driving comfort / Parking assistant / System limits

No parking assistance The parking assistant does not offer assistance in the following situations:

In tight curves.

Functional limitations The system may not be fully functional in the following situations:

On bumpy road surfaces such as gravel roads.
On slippery ground.
On steep uphill or downhill grades.
With accumulations of leaves/snow in the parking space.

Limits of ultrasonic measurement Ultrasonic measuring might not function under the following circumstances:

For small children and animals.
For persons with certain clothing, e.g. coats.
With external interference of the ultrasound, e.g. from passing vehicles or loud machines.
When sensors are dirty, iced over, damaged or out of position.
Under certain weather conditions such as high relative humidity, rain, snowfall, extreme heat or strong wind.
With tow bars and trailer couplings of other vehicles.
With thin or wedge-shaped objects.
With moving objects.
With elevated, protruding objects such as ledges or cargo.
With objects with corners and sharp edges.
With objects with a fine surface structure such as fences.
For objects with porous surfaces.

Low objects already displayed, e.g., curbs, can move into the blind area of the sensors before or after a continuous tone sounds.

The parking assistant may identify parking spaces that are not suitable for parking.

Malfunction

A Check Control message is displayed.

The parking assistant failed. Have the system checked.

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