BMW X3 Owners Manual: 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.