BMW 2009 X6 xDrive50i Owner's Manual

Driving

One lever for all functions

1 Storing speed and maintaining or increas-

ing

2 Storing speed and maintaining or decreas-

ing

3 Deactivating cruise control
4 Resuming stored speed

Maintaining current speed

Briefly press, arrow

1, or briefly pull, arrow 2

lever.
The speed currently being driven is stored and
maintained. It is indicated on the speedometer
and briefly in the instrument panel.
The controlled speed can drop on uphill grades
if the engine output is insufficient. If the engine
braking effect is not sufficient on a downhill
grade, the system lightly brakes the vehicle.

Increasing speed

Repeatedly press the lever up to or beyond the
resistance point, arrow

1, until the desired

speed is set.

Each time the lever is pressed to the resis-
tance point, the speed is increased by
approx. 1 mph or 1 km/h.

Each time the lever is pressed beyond the
resistance point, the desired speed
increases by a maximum of 5 mph or
10 km/h.

The system stores the setting and maintains
the set speed.

Accelerating with lever

Accelerate slightly:
Press the lever up to the resistance point,
arrow

1, until the desired speed is reached.

Accelerate more rapidly:
Press the lever beyond the resistance point,
arrow

1, until the desired speed is reached.

The vehicle accelerates without pressure on
the accelerator pedal. The system stores the
setting and maintains the set speed.

Reducing speed

Repeatedly pull the lever up to the resistance
point or beyond, arrow

2, until the desired

speed is displayed.

Each time the lever is pulled up to the resis-
tance point, the desired speed decreases
by approx. 1 mph or 1 km/h.

Each time the lever is pulled beyond the
resistance point, the desired speed is
decreased by a maximum of 5 mph or
10 km/h until the minimum speed of
20 mph or 30 km/h is reached.

The system stores the setting and maintains
the set speed.

Deactivating cruise control

Briefly press the lever up or down, arrow

The displays in the speedometer go out.
In addition, the system is automatically deacti-
vated:

when braking

when transmission position N is engaged

when DTC is activated or DSC is deacti-
vated

when HDC is activated

when the parking brake is set

when driving stability control systems inter-
vene