Reverse camera changing mid manoeuvre

Hi all

I should start by saying I have never driven a BMW before this week so this may be common on all models but it's not something I've ever encountered on other cars I've driven.

When I am reversing the car, for example when parallel parking, I am looking at the display which is showing the rear of the vehicle via the reverse camera. I am reversing slowly to make sure I have distance from the car behind me. Nothing extra ordinary here.

Then suddenly (and in my view inexplicably) the display moves to the overhead camera while I'm mid way through the manoeuvre. I find this very disorientating and quite dangerous as I'm relying on a particular camera to park and while my foots still down I suddenly don't have the visibility I was using.

I think this is something which is happening through design rather than fault, but is there anything I can do to lock in the camera I want to use without the car deciding what it thinks I would find most useful?

Hope that makes sense, and thank you

FYI car is bmw xdrive45 and in UK

Posted Dec 11, 2025, 9:46 AM UTC

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