2025 BMW iX Warning and Indicator Lights User Manual
This Guide covers the 2025 BMW iX’s warning and indicator lights. These lights inform you to potential issues and important driving measures, assuring your vehicle’s safety and performance.
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Indicator lights and warning lights
Principle
The indicator lights and the warning lights on the instrument cluster show the status of some functions in the vehicle. The indicator lights and warning lights indicate faults in monitored systems.
General information
Indicator lights and warning lights can illuminate in a variety of combinations and colors.
Several of the lights are checked for proper functioning and illuminate temporarily when drive-ready state is turned on.
Red lights
Seat belt reminder
Seat belt on the driver’s seat is not buckled.
Additional information:
Seat belt reminder
Airbag system
Warning light does not illuminate or illuminates continuously: the airbag system or the seat belt tensioners may not be operational. Have the vehicle checked immediately by an authorized service center or another qualified service center or repair shop.
Additional information:
Parking brake
The parking brake is set. Additional information: Parking brake
Brake system
The brake pads are worn or there is another issue with the brake system.
The braking assistance may not be operational. A higher pedal force may be required for braking.
Have the vehicle checked immediately by an authorized service center or another qualified service center or repair shop.
System fault
Emergency Stop Assistant
The Emergency Stop Assistant is triggered.
Additional information:
Emergency Stop Assistant
Risk of collision
Warning light illuminates or flashes in conjunction with an acoustic signal if there is risk of imminent collision.
Additional information:
Forward Collision Mitigation
Pedestrian Warning
Increased awareness is required.
Warning light flashes and a signal sounds: risk of imminent collision with a person, e.g., a pedestrian or a cyclist. Immediately initiate braking or an evasive maneuver.
Additional information:
Warning function for pedestrians
Forward Collision Warning
Warning light illuminates: risk of collision, e.g., with a vehicle, is detected. Increased awareness is required.
Warning light flashes and a signal sounds: risk of imminent collision with a vehicle detected. Immediately initiate braking or an evasive maneuver.
Additional information:
Warning function in rear-end collision situations
Intersection Collision Warning: vehicle detected from the right
Warning light illuminates: risk of collision with vehicle crossing from the right detected. Increased awareness is required.
Intersection Collision Warning: vehicle detected from the left
Warning light illuminates: risk of collision with vehicle crossing from the left detected.
Increased awareness is required.
Additional information:
Warning function at intersections,
Distance Control
Warning light flashes and acoustic signal sounds: Brake and evade as necessary.
Additional information:
Distance Control
Assisted Driving Mode
Warning light flashes and acoustic signal sounds:
The system is switched off or will be interrupted very soon.
Warning light illuminates and acoustic signal sounds:
The driver’s line of sight is not directed at the surrounding traffic. System interruption is imminent. The system reduces the speed to a standstill if applicable. It is possible that the system will not execute any supporting steering movements.
Additional information:
Assisted Driving Mode
Assisted Driving Mode: Hands are not on steering wheel
Warning light illuminates and acoustic signal sounds:
The system reduces the speed to a standstill if applicable.
It is possible that the system will not execute any supporting steering movements.
Immediately grasp the steering wheel with your hands and pay attention to the surrounding traffic.
Additional information:
Assisted Driving Mode
Yellow lights
Antilock Braking System
The system may not be operational. The Antilock Braking System is not available.
The ability to steer may be restricted during full braking.
Have the vehicle checked immediately by an authorized service center or another qualified service center or repair shop.
Additional information:
Antilock Braking System
Assisted Driving Mode
Warning light illuminates and acoustic signal sounds: A system interruption is imminent.
Warning light flashes: A lane boundary has been crossed.
Additional information:
Assisted Driving Mode
Assisted Driving Mode: Hands are not on steering wheel
Grab the steering wheel with your hands.
Additional information:
Assisted Driving Mode
Dynamic Stability Control
Warning light flashes: Dynamic Stabil-ity Control is regulating the driving and brake power. The vehicle is stabilized.
Reduce the vehicle speed and adjust your driv-ing style to the road conditions.
Warning light illuminates: Dynamic Stability Control has malfunctioned or is initializing. Driving stabilization is restricted or has failed.
If the warning light illuminates continuously, have the vehicle checked immediately by an authorized service center or another qualified service center or repair shop.
Additional information:
Dynamic Stability Control
The Dynamic Stability Control limited or increased driving dynamics activated.
The Dynamic Stability Control limited or increased driving dynamics activated
Dynamic Stability Control is restricted or enhanced driving dynamics is activated.
“SPORT PLUS” is activated.
Additional information:
- Dynamic Stability Control
- Setting for increased driving dynamics
Drive-off support
Drive-off support is activated.
Additional information:
Flat tire monitor
Warning liht illuminates: Flat tire or tire pressure loss has been detected.
Reduce your speed and stop cautiously. Avoid sudden braking and steering maneuvers.
Additional information:
Flat tire monitor
Tire pressure monitor
Warning light illuminates: Flat tire or tire pressure loss has been detected. Follow the information in the Check Control message.
Warning light flashes then illuminates continuously: Flat tires or tire pressure losses cannot be detected.
- Fault caused by systems or devices with the same radio frequency: after leaving the area of the interference, the system automatically becomes active again.
- In the case of tires with special approval: the tire pressure monitor was unable to complete the reset. Reset the system again.
- Wheel without wheel electronics installed: Have it checked by an authorized service center or another qualified service center or repair shop as needed.
- Malfunction: have the vehicle checked by an authorized service center or another qualified service center or repair shop.
Additional information:
Tire pressure monitor
Steering system
Have the vehicle checked by an authorized service center or another qualified service center or repair shop.
Additional information:
Integral Active Steering
Acoustic pedestrian protection
Acoustic pedestrian protection has malfunctioned. Increased caution when maneuvering.
If malfunctioning repeatedly, have the vehicle checked by an authorized service center or another qualified service center or repair shop.
Additional information:
Acoustic pedestrian protection
Charging capacity limited
Additional information:
Charge vehicle
Green lights
Turn signal is on.
Unusually rapid flashing of the indicator light indicates that a turn signal bulb has failed.
Additional information:
Parking lights
Parking lights are switched on.
Additional information:
Parking lights, low-beam headlights
Low-beam headlights
Low-beam headlights are switched on. Additional information:
Parking lights, low-beam headlights
Automatic High Beam Assistant
High-beam headlights are switched on and off automatically depending on the traffic situation.
Additional information:
Automatic High Beam Assistant
Lane departure warning
Depending on vehicle equipment and national-market version:
Indicator light flashes: the system is performing a steering intervention.
Additional information:
Lane departure warning
Automatic Hold: vehicle is held automatically
Automatic Hold is ready to use. The vehicle is automatically held in place when it is stationary.
Additional information:
Automatic Hold
Automatic Hold: vehicle secured against rolling away
Additional information:
Automatic Hold
Cruise Control
The system is active.
Additional information:
Cruise control
Distance Control
Indicator light illuminates: Vehicle has been detected ahead of you. The vehi-cle icon goes out if no vehicle has been detected ahead of you.
Indicator light flashes: Preceding vehicle has driven off.
Additional information:
Distance Control
Speed Limit Assist
Additional information:
Speed Limit Assistant
Assisted Driving Mode
The system supports the driver in keeping the vehicle within the lane.
Additional information:
Assisted Driving Mode
Lane Change Assistant: lane change in progress
Arrow icon for lane change green: the system carries out a lane change.
Additional information:
Lane Change Assistant
Lane Change Assistant: lane change not possible
Additional information:
Lane Change Assistant
Assisted Driving Mode Plus
The system is active.
Additional information:
Assisted Driving Mode Plus
Blue lights
High-beam headlights
High-beam headlights have been switched on.
Additional information:
- High-beam headlights
- Automatic High Beam Assistant
Automatic High Beam Assistant
High-beam headlights are switched on via the Automatic High Beam Assistant.
Additional information:
Automatic High Beam Assistant
Gray lights
Seat belt reminder
Seat belt on the passenger seat or another seat in the vehicle is not buckled.
Additional information:
Seat belts
Distance Control
Indicator light is illuminated: the system is interrupted.
Indicator light flashes: Conditions are not adequate for the system to work. The sys-tem was deactivated but applies the brakes until you actively resume control by pressing on the brake pedal or accelerator pedal.
Additional information:
Distance Control
The system is on standby and does not manipulate steering movements.
System activates automatically as soon as all function conditions are fulfilled.
Additional information:
Assisted Driving Mode
Assisted Driving Mode Plus
The system is interrupted and will activate automatically as soon as all functional requirements are met.
Additional information:
Assisted Driving Mode Plus
White lights
Cruise Control with Distance Control
No Distance Control because accelerator pedal is being pressed.
Additional information:
Distance Control
Assisted Driving Mode Plus
Additional information:
Assisted Driving Mode Plus
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