BMW 7 Owners & Service Manuals

BMW 7 Series: Light Functions

Side Light, Low Beam and High Beam

The exterior lighting system is switched on via the light switch.

The following table shows the terminal setting for switching on the exterior lighting.

LIGHT FUNCTIONS

Exterior Lighting

The control panel contains the light switch for the side lights and low beam headlights as well as the following components:

  • Fog light button
  • Display for automatic driving lights control
  • Thumbwheel for dimming the instrument lighting.

Examples of the lights control panel:

Exterior Lighting
Fig. 49: Identifying Automatic Driving Lights Control Panel Components

COMPONENTS DESCRIPTION CHART

  1. Fog lights
  2. Dimmer, instrument lighting
  3. Light switch

Side Light

The light switch in the light control unit must be turned to switch position 1 to switch on the side light.

The following lamps are activated together with switching on the side light:

  • Daytime driving light corona rings, dimmed on bi-xenon headlights
  • Tail lights
  • Left/right license plate light
  • Terminal 58 switched.

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