2025 BMW X6 Warning and Indicator Lights User Manual
This tutorial covers 2025 BMW X6 warning and indicator lights. Safe driving and car maintenance require understanding these lights. Learn each symbol’s meaning and response.
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Video: 2025 BMW X6 Warning Lights
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 the braking process.
Have the vehicle checked immediately by an authorized service center or another qualified service center or repair shop.
Emergency Stop Assistant
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
Warning light illuminates: risk of collision with a person, e.g., a pedestrian or a cyclist.
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 Warn
Warning light illuminates: risk of collision with vehicle crossing from the right detected. Increased awareness is required.
Warning light flashes and a signal sounds risk of imminent collision with a crossing vehicle detected. Immediately initiate braking or an evasive maneuver.
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 hands are not on the steering wheel or, depending on the vehicle equipment and national-market version, 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.
Immediately grasp the steering wheel with your hands and pay attention to the surrounding traffic.
Additional information:
Assisted Driving Mode
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Yellow lights
Antilock Braking System
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
Hands are not grasping the steering wheel. The system is still active.
Grab the steering wheel with your hands.
Additional information:
Assisted Driving Mode
Hands are not grasping the steering wheel. The system is still active.
Grab the steering wheel with your hands.
Dynamic Stability Control
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 deactivated or the Dynamic Traction Control activated.
Dynamic Stability Control is deactivated or Dynamic Traction Control is activated.
Additional information:
Dynamic Stability Control
Dynamic Traction Control
Flat tire monitor
Warning light illuminates: Flat tire or tire pressure loss has been detected.
Reduce your speed and stop cau-tiously. Avoid sudden braking and steering maneuvers.
Additional information:
Flat tire monitor
Tire pressure monitor
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:
Steering system
The steering system may not be oprational.
Have the vehicle checked by an authorized service center or another qualified service center or repair shop.
Additional information:
Integral Active Steering, refer to page 211.
Exhaust emissions
- The warning light illuminates:
The exhaust gas quality is declining, e. g., because the fuel filler cap is fitted incorrectly. Have the vehicle checked as soon as possible. - The warning light flashes under certain circumstances:
This indicates that there is excessive misfiring in the engine.
Reduce the vehicle speed and have the ve-hicle checked immediately; otherwise, serious engine misfiring within a brief period can seriously damage emission control components, in particular the catalytic converter.
Have the vehicle checked by an authorized service center or another qualified service center or repair shop.
Additional information:
Socket for OBD on-board diagnostics
Acoustic pedestrian protection
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
Green lights
Turn signal
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
Parking lights, low-beam headlights
Automatic High Beam Assistant
Low-beam headlights are switched on and the Automatic High Beam Assistant is activated.
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
Additional information:
Automatic Hold
Automatic Hold: vehicle secured against rolling away
The vehicle is automatically secured against rolling away after stopping.
Additional information:
Automatic Hold
Cruise Control
The system is active.
Additional information:
Cruise control
Distance Control
Indicator light flashes: Preceding vehicle has driven off.
Additional information:
Distance Control
Speed Limit Assist
The detected speed limit can be applied with the SET button. As soon as the speed limit has been applied, a green checkmark is displayed.
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
Additional information:
Lane Change Assistant
Lane Change Assistant: lane change not possible
Gray line for lane boundary on the appropriate side: system detected a lane change request. Lane change not currently 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
Additional information:
- High-beam headlights
- 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
Cruise Control
The system is interrupted.
Additional information:
Cruise 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
Assisted Driving Mode
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
Additional information:
Distance Control
Assisted Driving Mode Plus
The system can be activated.
Additional information:
Assisted Driving Mode Plus