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Congratulations, and thank you for choosing a BMW.
Thorough familiarity with your vehicle will provide you with
enhanced control and security when you drive it. We therefore
have this request:
Please take the time to read this Owner's Manual and familiarize
yourself with the information that we have compiled for you
before starting off in your new vehicle. It contains important data
and instructions intended to assist you in gaining maximum use
and satisfaction from your BMW's unique range of technical fea-
tures. The manual also contains information on maintenance
designed to enhance operating safety and contribute to main-
taining the value of your BMW throughout an extended service
life.
This Owner's Manual should be considered a permanent part of
this vehicle. It should stay with the vehicle when sold to provide
the next owner with important operating, safety and maintenance
information.
This manual is supplemented by a Service and Warranty Infor-
mation Booklet for US models or a Warranty and Service Guide
Booklet for Canadian models.
We wish you an enjoyable driving experience.
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Contents
The fastest way to find specific topics is to use
the index on page 202.
Using this Owner's Manual
4 Notes
Reporting safety defects 7
At a glance
10 Cockpit
16 Control Center
22 Voice command system
Controls
28 Opening and closing
38 Adjustments
47 Transporting children safely
51 Driving
65 Everything under control
76 Technology for comfort, convenience
and safety
87 Lamps
90 A congenial climate
96 Practical interior accessories
Driving tips
106 Things to remember when driving
Navigation
114 Starting navigation system
115 Destination entry
124 Destination guidance
128 What to do if …
Entertainment
132 On/off and tone
138 Radio
145 CD player and CD changer
Communications
152 Telephoning
161 TeleService, BMW Assist
Mobility
168 Refueling
170 Wheels and tires
176 Under the hood
180 Maintenance
182 Replacing components
189 Giving and receiving assistance
Reference
196 Technical data
199 Short commands of voice command
system
202 Everything from A to Z
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Notes
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Notes
Using this Owner's Manual
We have made every effort to ensure that you
are able to find what you need in this Owner's
Manual as quickly as possible. The fastest way
to find specific topics is to refer to the detailed
index at the back of the manual. If you wish to
gain an initial overview of your vehicle, you will
find this in the first chapter.
Should you sell your BMW some day, please
remember to hand over the Owner's Manual as
well; it is an important component of your vehi-
cle.
Additional sources of information
Should you have any other questions, your
BMW center will be glad to advise you at any
time.
You can find information on BMW, e.g. technol-
ogy, on the Internet at www.bmwusa.com.
Symbols used
Indicates precautions that must be fol-
lowed precisely in order to avoid the pos-
sibility of personal injury and serious damage to
the vehicle.
Indicates information that will assist you
in gaining the optimum benefit from your
vehicle and enable you to care more effectively
for your vehicle.
Refers to measures that can be taken to
help protect the environment.
<Marks the end of a specific item of informa-
tion.
*
Indicates special equipment, country-spe-
cific equipment and optional extras, as well as
equipment and functions not yet available at the
time of printing.
"..." Identifies Control Display texts used to
select individual functions.
Symbols on vehicle components
Indicates that you should consult the rel-
evant section of this Owner's Manual for
information on a particular part or assembly.
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The individual vehicle
On purchasing your BMW, you have decided in
favor of a model with individualized equipment
and features. This Owner's Manual describes
the entire array of options and equipment avail-
able with a specific BMW model.
Please bear in mind that the manual may con-
tain information on accessories and equipment
that you have not specified for your own vehicle.
Sections describing options and special equip-
ment are marked by asterisks
*
to assist you in
identifying possible differences between the
descriptions in this manual and your own vehi-
cle's equipment.
If equipment in your BMW is not described in
this Owner's Manual, please refer to the accom-
panying Supplementary Owner's Manuals.
Editorial notice
BMW pursues a policy of continuous, ongoing
development that is conceived to ensure that
our vehicles continue to embody the highest
quality and safety standards combined with
advanced, state-of-the-art technology. For this
reason, it is possible that the features described
in this Owner's Manual could differ from those
on your vehicle.
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For your own safety
Maintenance and repair
Advanced technology, e.g. the use of
modern materials and high-performance
electronics, requires specially adapted mainte-
nance and repair methods. Therefore, have cor-
responding work on your BMW carried out only
by a BMW center or a workshop that works
according to BMW repair procedures with cor-
respondingly trained personnel. If work is car-
ried out improperly there is a danger of conse-
quential damage and the related safety risks.<
California Proposition 65 Warning
California law requires us to issue the following
warning:
Engine exhaust and a wide variety of
automobile components and parts,
including components found in the interior fur-
nishings in a vehicle, contain or emit chemicals
known to the State of California to cause cancer
and birth defects and reproductive harm. In
addition, certain fluids contained in vehicles and
certain products of component wear contain or
emit chemicals known to the State of California
to cause cancer and birth defects or other
reproductive harm.
Battery posts, terminals and related accesso-
ries contain lead and lead compounds. Batter-
ies also contain other chemicals known to the
State of California to cause cancer. Wash your
hands after handling. Used engine oil contains
chemicals that have caused cancer in labora-
tory animals. Always protect your skin by wash-
ing thoroughly with soap and water.<
Parts and accessories
For your own safety, use genuine parts
and accessories approved by BMW.
When you purchase accessories tested and
approved by BMW and Genuine BMW Parts,
you simultaneously acquire the assurance that
they have been thoroughly tested by BMW to
ensure optimum performance when installed
on your vehicle.
BMW warrants these parts to be free from
defects in material and workmanship.
BMW will not accept any liability for damage
resulting from installation of parts and accesso-
ries not approved by BMW.
BMW cannot test every product made by other
manufacturers to verify if it can be used on a
BMW safely and without risk to either the vehi-
cle, its operation, or its occupants.
Genuine BMW Parts, BMW Accessories and
other products approved by BMW, together
with professional advice on using these items,
are available from all BMW centers.
Installation and operation of non-BMW
approved accessories such as alarms, radios,
amplifiers, radar detectors, wheels, suspension
components, brake dust shields, telephones,
including operation of any portable phone from
within the vehicle without using an externally
mounted antenna, or transceiver equipment, for
instance, CBs, walkie-talkies, ham radios or
similar accessories, may cause extensive dam-
age to the vehicle, compromise its safety, inter-
fere with the vehicle's electrical system or affect
the validity of the BMW Limited Warranty. Refer
to your BMW center for additional informa-
tion.<
Maintenance, replacement, or repair of
the emission control devices and sys-
tems may be performed by any automotive
repair establishment or individual using any cer-
tified automotive part.<
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Service and warranty
We recommend that you read this publication
thoroughly.
Your BMW is covered by the following warran-
ties:
> New Vehicle Limited Warranty
> Rust Perforation Limited Warranty
> Federal Emissions System Defect Warranty
> Federal Emissions Performance Warranty
> California Emission Control System Limited
Warranty
Detailed information about these warranties is
listed in the Service and Warranty Information
Booklet for US models or in the Warranty and
Service Guide Booklet for Canadian models.
Reporting safety defects
The following applies only to vehicles owned
and operated in the US.
If you believe that your vehicle has a defect
which could cause a crash or could cause injury
or death, you should immediately inform the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) in addition to notifying BMW of North
America, LLC, P.O. Box 1227, Westwood, New
Jersey 07675-1227, Telephone (800) 831-
1117.
If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it may
open an investigation, and if it finds that a safety
defect exists in a group of vehicles, it may order
a recall and remedy campaign. However,
NHTSA cannot become involved in individual
problems between you, your dealer, or BMW of
North America, LLC.
To contact NHTSA, you may either call the Auto
Safety Hotline toll-free at 1-800-424-9393 (or
366-0123 in Washington, D.C. area) or write to:
NHTSA, U.S. Department of Transportation,
Washington, D.C. 20590. You can also obtain
other information about motor vehicle safety
from the Hotline.
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At a glance
This overview of buttons, switches and displays
is intended to familiarize you with
your vehicle's operating environment.
The section will also assist you in becoming
acquainted with the control concepts
and options available for operating
the various systems.
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Cockpit
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Cockpit
Around the steering wheel: controls and displays
1 Rear window blind
*
97
2 Rear window safety switch 35
3 Opening and closing windows 34
4 Adjusting exterior mirrors 45
5
Turn signals 56
High beams, headlamp flasher 88
Roadside parking lamps 88
Check Control 67
Computer 69
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6 Buttons on steering wheel
7 Instrument cluster 12
9 Ignition lock 51
10 Horn: the entire surface
13 Releasing hood 176
14 Opening luggage compartment lid 32
Telephone
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153:
> Press: accept call or terminate
call
as well as dialing if an entry has
been selected from "A - Z",
"Top 8", "Redial", "Received
calls" or "Missed calls"
> press longer: redialing
Volume
Activating/deactivating voice com-
mand system
*
22
Fast forward/reverse 132
> Radio
Press: change radio station
Press longer: manual search
or automatic search scan
> CD
Press: select track
Press longer: fast forward/
reverse
> Telephone
*
Press: select entry in "A - Z",
"Top 8", "Redial", "Received
calls" or "Missed calls"
Individually programmable
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46
Individually programmable 46
8
Windshield wipers 57
Rain sensor 57
11
Steering wheel heater
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46
Steering wheel adjustment 45
12
Cruise control
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: 58
Active cruise control
*
59
15
Head-Up Display
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84
16
Parking lamps 87
Low beams 87
Automatic headlamp control
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87
Adaptive Head Light 88
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17
Instrument lighting 89
Fog lamps
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88
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Instrument cluster
1 Indicator lamps for turn signals 13
2 Speedometer
3 Indicator and warning lamps 13
4 Display for active cruise control
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60
5 Tachometer 65
and Energy Control 66
6 Display for
> Clock/date 65
> Outside temperature 65
> Indicator and warning lamps 68
> Speed of cruise control
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58
> Desired speed for active cruise
control
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59
7 Display for
> Odometer and trip odometer 65
> Computer 69
> Date and remaining travel distance for
service requirements 66
> Automatic transmission with
Steptronic 55
> SMG Sequential manual
transmission
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53
> Check Control message present 67
8 Fuel gage 66
9 Resetting trip odometer 65
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Indicator and warning lamps
The concept
Indicator and warning lamps and their combina-
tions are displayed in the display region 1 and in
the display 2. To better differentiate between
malfunctions, different symbols can be shown
on the display 2.
Some lights in the display region 1 are tested
for proper function by briefly lighting up during
starting of the engine or when the ignition is
switched on.
Acknowledging active functions
The following indicator lamps in the display
region 1 indicate that the associated functions
are activated:
What to do in case of a malfunction
All warning lamps and indicator lamps not yet
listed are also accompanied by text messages
on the Control Display. These may contain
more information as to the cause of a malfunc-
tion and instructions on what to do.
Sometimes, warning lamps are also accompa-
nied by supplemental text messages on the
Control Display that are shown immediately.
Text messages that do not appear immediately
are stored and can be displayed subsequently.
For further information on displaying these
messages later, refer to Check Control on
page 67.
Turn signals 56
Handbrake engaged 52
Handbrake engaged for Canadian
models
Front fog lamps 88
DTC Dynamic Traction Control 78
High beams/headlamp flasher 88
DSC Dynamic Stability Control 78
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1 Microphone for telephone
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153
2 Reading lamps 89
3 Initiating an emergency call
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189
4 Interior lamps 89
5 Glass sunroof, electric
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35
6 Passenger airbag status lamp 84
7 Microphone for voice command
system
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22
8 Control Display 16
Displays for menu navigation
9 Hazard warning flashers
10 Central locking system 31
11 Automatic climate control 90
12 Starting search function
> for radio stations 132
> for tracks 146
13 Ejecting
> navigation DVD
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114
> audio CD 132
14 Drive for navigation DVD
s*
114
15 Drive for audio CDs 132
16 Switching audio sources on/off and
adjusting volume 132
18 Controller 16
19 Activating voice command system
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22
20 Opening start menu on Control Display 17
21 Dynamic Driving Control
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54
Temperature setting, left/right 91
Automatic air distribution and
volume 91
Cooling function 91
AUC Automatic recirculated-air
control 91
Maximum cooling 91
Residual heat mode 92
Switching off automatic climate
control 92
Air volume 91
Defrosting windows 91
Rear window defroster 90
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Heated seats
*
43
Active seat ventilation
*
44
Active backrest width
adjustment
*
40
Active seat
*
44
PDC Park Distance Control
*
76
DTC Dynamic Traction Control 78
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Control Center
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Control Center
The Control Center groups the functions of a
large number of switches. This allows these
functions to be operated from a central position.
The following section provides an introduction
to basic menu navigation. The control of the
individual functions is described in connection
with the relevant equipment.
Controls
1 Controller
2 button: open the start menu from
any menu
3 Control Display
By moving the controller 1 horizontally in four
directions 4, rotating 5 and pressing 6, you can
navigate through the menus of the Control Cen-
ters and adjust settings.
To avoid posing an unnecessary hazard
due to inattention, both to your own vehi-
cle's occupants and to other road users: never
attempt to use the controls or make entries
unless traffic and road conditions allow.<
Menu overview
You can call up all the functions in the Control
Center using five menu items.
Communication
> Portable phone
*
> BMW Assist
*
or TeleService
*
Navigation or onboard information
> Navigation system
*
> Onboard information, e.g. for displaying the
average fuel consumption.
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Entertainment
> Radio
> CD player and CD changer
*
Climate
> Air distribution
> Seat air conditioning
> Independent ventilation
*
menu
> Switching off Control Display
> Tone and display settings
> Settings for traffic information
> Settings for your vehicle, e.g. for central
locking, or settings for your portable phone
> Display of service requirements and dates
for statutory emission and vehicle inspec-
tions.
Menu navigation
As of ignition key position 1, the following mes-
sage appears on the Control Display:
Confirm the message by pressing the control-
ler; this opens the start menu.
Start menu
From the start menu, you can open four menus
by moving the controller left, right, forward, or
back. Pressing the controller opens the menu.
Opening start menu
Press button.
To open the start menu from the menu:
Press the button twice.
Displays in menu
1 In menus, you can change fields to select
the menu items they contain or to make
adjustments. The current field is high-
lighted.
2 Menu items are usually grouped in horizon-
tal or vertical lists.
3 In these lists, arrows indicate the possibility
of accessing other menu items that are not
currently visible.
4 Settings are displayed graphically, numeri-
cally, or as text.
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5 A symbol indicates the last selected menu
item of the start menu:
Communication
Navigation or onboard information
Entertainment
Climate
menu
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Selecting menu items and making adjustments
1 Selecting individual menu items: turn the
controller. The highlight moves. Menu
items shown in white can be selected.
2 Activating highlighted menu items: press
the controller. New menu items are dis-
played or a function is executed.
3 Changing the current field: move controller
left, right, forward, or back and release.
4 Selecting menu items: such as 1.
5 Adjusting settings: turn the controller. This
causes the graphical display, numerical val-
ues or text displays to change. When you
change into another field or another menu,
the new setting is applied.
Changing directly to the last menu
Move the controller in the corresponding direc-
tion and hold it for longer than approx. 2 sec-
onds. The menu in the selected direction is
opened and the last menu item selected is dis-
played.
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