08-04-2022, 01:08 PM | #1 |
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Auto park and backup
I read that my 2019, 540i can park and back out of a space without driver assistance if that is true how do I access the commands to make it happen?
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08-05-2022, 04:42 AM | #3 |
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Is that the reverse assist or whatever it's called that I think was added when the LCI came out. In essence backs up the track it's just covered
Or do you mean where the car drives forward out of a tight space . For that you need the hardware and the display key. 2019 is pre LCI so I don't think it'll be on your car |
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08-11-2022, 02:38 PM | #5 |
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As I recall, when you put the car in reverse and the screen changes with the camera views and all that, there's a checkbox for automated parking.
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02-08-2023, 03:29 PM | #6 |
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This is on my 2018 530i, may be different for other years:
I don't have the LCD remote so don't know what additional parking feature is included with that but I have auto parking and here are the steps I go through to use it 1) When I get to a row or column of cars with parking spaces in between I press the parking button on the console, lit in green in the photo below You can set this to happen automatically when you slow down moving by cars but I find that annoying sometimes so I initiate manually. 2) As you move along the cars and spaces the radar will identify a suitable space and you will hear a sound at which time if you wish to take that space you will STOP, or if you dont like that spot just keep moving for another space to be recognized. 3) After you stop you must use the indicate to confirm which side of the car, left or right is the parking space you are to park in 4) It may ask you to also state if you want to parallel park or park perpendicularly (you likely get this if there are seveal empty perpendicular spaces next to each other). Choose the appropriate orientation 5) Say ok to any warning prompts put your foot on the break, at the same time using your finger press and hold down the auto parking button on the console (same button as step 1) 6) Holding the parking button down release the break, if you have done everything correctly the car will start parking itself. The whole time it is doing that you are holding down the parking button. If you release it the car will stop and cancel the whole operation. It is a cool feature but to be honest I use it as a novelty factor, often there are cars behind me waiting to pass and it takes too long so I just park manually. |
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03-05-2023, 11:09 PM | #9 | |
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03-06-2023, 06:38 PM | #10 | |
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The feature works OK and can get into some fairly tight spots if you’re not too poorly aligned next to the car you’re going to be parking behind. If it also saw the spot and you decided halfway through parking it yourself that you want to let it do it you can. I’ve used it a decent amount in South Philly which is a challenging parallel parking environment to fully test the feature. My wife hates parallel parking, but we almost crashed a Toyota using theirs on a test drive so she didn’t trust the BMW one until I tested in every condition. Smallest space I had it get into had less than half a foot between the car bumper for the car in front and behind. I was pretty surprised by it. It worked well enough for me to give it a stamp of approval (not that that matters to anyone, but my wife ). My only negative of the feature is it can be a little slow in how fast it parks (but makes sense as you need to monitor). I have never had it hit anything no matter how challenging of a scenario I have given it. If it can’t get the job done due to a challenging scenario it will let you know and cancel the process on its own. When I ordered my car, you couldn’t get 360 cameras without the feature. I’d say the 360 cameras are absolutely not negotiable… |
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