How to use the Auto Hold function in your BMW – BMW How-To

In this video, BMW How-To shows you how to use the Auto Hold function of your parking brake. The parking brake is used to prevent your BMW from rolling when it is parked. Additionally, Automatic Hold is available on BMWs with a Steptronic transmission. The system provides assistance by automatically applying and releasing the brake, for example in stop-and-go traffic or preventing the vehicle from rolling back on sloping ground. In order to activate Automatic Hold, the car needs to be in drive-ready state. Press the button on the middle console, the LED is illuminated. In the instrument cluster, the indicator lamp illuminates green (AUTO H). Once the brake has been applied, the vehicle is secured from rolling as soon as the indicator light is illuminated green. To drive off, press the accelerator pedal. The brake is released automatically and the indicator lamp for the parking brake is no longer illuminated. When the vehicle is being held by Automatic Hold and drive-ready state is switched off or the vehicle is exited, the parking brake is automatically applied. The indicator lamp for the parking brake switches from green to red.

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[chrisevans]

As a car wash attendant, this feature is the bane of my existence, because it comes on by itself and no one ever knows how to turn it off. I found this video while Google-ing how to turn it off.

That being said, thank you very much for this video. It came in very useful today.

[MrZerosixZeroone]

wow amazing, welcome to the future, my old 2008 mercedes has this as standard.

[jph.j]

Love this brand I don't regret switching from Benz at all❤❤❤

[cristywyndham-shaw]

Thank you! I activated it accidentally, but I'm so glad I did. I love this feature!! ❤

[raajsingh]

This is on my 5 series 2013 great feature very useful

[lucvde]

Sie haben 100 % Recht, Herr Sperling !

[youwilllearn]

BMW = Planned Obsolescence at its finest 👌🏻

[AdityaGupta-jevh]

People with manual transmission watching this be like: 👁️👄👁️

[Staramol]

really helpful for my 330i m sport thanks

[blue-ckns]

I love this feature on my Volkswagen Golf R

[Vyper-]

Is it bad for my brakes to keep it on always? I drive on the city everyday with alot of traffic lights.

[stevealexR]

Since passing my test in 1983, I’ve almost exclusively driven automatics and have never used the handbrake in any of them; I merely put the transmission in Park. Autos’ inherent idle speed “creep” means the vehicle is held on all but the steepest hills anyway so why do we suddenly need an Auto Hold function?

[DS-wohd]

I came here to figure out how to apply the parking brake on my 2022 8 series and learned about an auto hold feature lol

[krzysztof]

What kind of gearbox is it, is it a 7-speed steptronic double-clutch, if so, can I turn off the engine in D or R mode, then the gearbox will automatically switch to P mode and the parking brake will be activated.

[abdelmoneim]

It doesn't need activation in my Mercedes. Do I have to press every time I start the engine ?

[Cenk-lmzw]

Wo finde ich den Blinker in meinem bmw?

[rsa]

and also if you only press the brakes lightly, it doesnt activate. Protip

For BMWs with this button, Is the setting remembered between drives or do you need to enable it every time you jump into the car?

In my M235i, I don't have this button but I do have the functionality and it's always enabled.

[lessheppard]

Where is my idrive 7 update. Downloaded it, but it would not activate and install. It’s now disappeared. Clunky absolute trash. Fix it please.

[bhadransnair]

Please put a video on Heat Protection Glazing