Document Outline

• 525i 530i 545i
• Contents
• Notes
  • Using this Owner's Manual
  • Symbols used
  • The individual vehicle
  • Editorial notice
  • For your own safety
  • Service and warranty
• Cockpit
  • All around the steering wheel: controls and displays
  • Instrument cluster
  • Indicator and warning lamps
  • Comfort area: controls and displays
• Control Center
  • Controls
  • Menu overview
  • Menu guidance
• Voice command system
  • The concept
  • Voice commands
  • Notes
• Opening and closing
  • The key set
  • Key Memory
  • Central locking system
  • Opening and closing: from outside
  • Opening and closing: from inside
  • Luggage compartment lid
  • Alarm system
  • Windows
  • Glass roof, electric*
• Adjustments
  • Sitting safely
  • Seats
  • Seat, mirror and steering wheel memory*
  • Head restraints
  • Safety belts
  • Heated seats*
  • Active seat ventilation*
  • Active seat*
  • Mirrors
  • Steering wheel adjustment
• Transporting children safely
  • The right place for children
  • Installing child-restraint systems
  • On journeys
• Driving
  • Ignition lock
  • Starting the engine
  • Handbrake
  • Manual transmission
  • Sequential manual transmission SMG*
  • Dynamic Driving Control
  • Automatic transmission with Steptronic*
  • Turn signal indicators/ headlamp flasher
  • Wiper system
  • Washer fluid
  • Cruise control*
  • Active cruise control*
• Everything under control
  • Odometer, outside temperature display, clock
  • Tachometer
  • Energy Control/Current fuel consumption
  • Fuel gauge
  • Service requirement display and display of legally prescribed inspections
  • Check Control
  • Computer
  • Speed limit
  • Stopwatch
  • Changing settings
• Technology for comfort, convenience and safety
  • PDC Park Distance Control*
  • Driving stability control/ ABS Antilock Brake System
  • Driving stability control/ DSC Dynamic Stability Control
  • Active roll stabilization*
  • Flat Tire Monitor
  • Active steering*
  • Airbags
  • Head-Up Display*
• Lamps
  • Parking lamps/low beams
  • Adaptive Head Light*
  • Instrument lighting
  • High beams/standing lamps
  • Fog lamps
  • Interior lamps
• A congenial climate
  • Independent ventilation*
• Practical interior accessories
  • Integrated universal remote control*
  • Roller sun blinds*
  • Glove compartment
  • Center armrest
  • Storage compartments
  • Beverage holders
  • Ashtray, front
  • Cigarette lighter, front
  • Ashtray, rear
  • Cigarette lighter, rear
  • Sockets
  • Rear center armrest
  • Fold down rear seat*
  • Ski bag*
• Things to remember when driving
  • Break-in procedures
  • General driving notes
  • Loading
  • Roof-mounted luggage rack*
• Starting navigation system
  • Navigation CD/DVD
  • Opening the navigation
  • Display in assistance window
  • Displaying position
• Destination entry
  • Entering a destination manually
  • Map-guided destination selection
  • Selecting destination using information
  • Recent destinations
  • Address book
  • Route selection
  • Wordmatch principle
• Destination guidance
  • Starting the destination guidance
  • Displaying route
  • Displaying towns and streets of the route
  • Destination guidance through voice instructions
  • Blocking sections of a route
  • Traffic information
  • Terminating/continuing destination guidance
  • What to do if …
• On/off, tone
  • Controls
  • Switching on/off
  • Adjusting the volume
  • Tone control
• Radio
  • Listening to the radio
  • Storing stations
  • Weather Band*
  • Satellite radio*
• CD Compact Disc
  • Listening to CDs
  • Selecting a track
  • Repeating a track
  • Sampling and selecting tracks, scan
  • Random play sequence
  • Fast forward/reverse
  • Malfunctions
• CD changer
  • CD magazine
  • Listening to CDs
  • Selecting a track
  • Repeating a track
  • Sampling and selecting tracks, scan
  • Random play sequence
  • Fast forward/reverse
  • Malfunctions
• Telephoning
  • Safety notice
  • Care instructions
  • Controls
  • Hands-free unit
  • Operation using the Control Center
  • Operation by voice control*
  • Notes
• TeleService, BMW Assist
  • TeleService
  • BMW Assist
  • Requirements
  • Services offered
  • Adapting TeleService or BMW Assist
  • Displaying vehicle data
• Refueling
  • Fuel filler door
  • Fuel specifications
• Wheels and tires
  • Tire inflation pressure
  • Tire identification marks
  • Tire condition
  • Replacing wheels/tires
  • Run-flat tires*
  • Snow chains*
• Under the hood
  • Hood
  • Engine compartment
  • Engine oil
  • Coolant
  • Brake fluid
  • Brake hydraulic systems
• Maintenance
  • The BMW Maintenance System
  • Care
• Rules and regulations
  • California Proposition 65 Warning
  • OBD connector
• Replacing components
  • Onboard tool kit
  • Windshield wiper blades
  • Lamps and bulbs
  • Changing a wheel
  • Battery
  • Fuses
• Giving and receiving assistance
  • Starting an emergency call*
  • Warning triangle*
  • First-aid kit*
  • Roadside Assistance
  • Jump-starting
  • Towing
• Technical data
  • Engine specifications
  • Dimensions
  • Weights
  • Capacities
• Everything from A to Z
  • Index
• Refueling