Document Outline

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• Notes
  • Using this Owner's Manual
  • Symbols used
  • The individual vehicle
  • Editorial notice
  • For your own safety
  • Service and warranty
  • Reporting safety defects
• Cockpit
  • Around the steering wheel: controls and displays
  • Instrument cluster
  • Indicator and warning lamps
  • Around the center console: controls and displays
• iDrive
  • Controls
  • Menu overview
  • Operating principle
  • Status information
  • Assistance window*
  • Switching Control Display off/on
• Voice command system
  • The concept
  • Voice commands
  • Notes
• Opening and closing
  • Keys/remote control
  • Personal Profile
  • Central locking system
  • Opening and closing: from outside
  • Opening and closing: from inside
  • Doors
  • Luggage compartment lid/ tailgate
  • Alarm system
  • Comfort access*
  • Windows
  • Glass sunroof*, electric
  • Sports Wagon: Panorama glass sunroof
• Adjustments
  • Sitting safely
  • Seats
  • Seat, mirror and steering wheel memory*
  • Head restraints
  • Safety belts
  • Heated seats*
  • Active seat ventilation*
  • Active seat*
  • Mirrors
  • Steering wheel
• Transporting children safely
  • The right place for children
  • Installing child restraint systems
  • On trips
• Driving
  • Ignition lock
  • Start/Stop button
  • Starting engine
  • Switching off engine
  • Handbrake
  • Manual transmission
  • SMG Sequential Manual Transmission*
  • Automatic transmission with Steptronic*
  • Turn signals/ headlamp flasher
  • Wiper system
  • Washer fluid
  • Cruise control*
  • Active cruise control*
• Everything under control
  • Odometer, outside temperature display, clock
  • Tachometer
  • Coolant temperature
  • Energy Control
  • Fuel gauge
  • Computer
  • Service requirements
  • Check Control
  • Speed limit
  • Stopwatch
  • Settings on Control Display
• Technology for comfort, convenience and safety
  • PDC Park Distance Control*
  • Driving stability control systems
  • Dynamic Drive*
  • Sports Wagon: Self-leveling suspension
  • Flat Tire Monitor FTM
  • TPM Tire Pressure Monitor*
  • Active steering*
  • Brake force display
  • Airbags
  • Head-Up Display*
  • BMW Night Vision*
• Lamps
  • Parking lamps/low beams
  • Adaptive Head Light*
  • High beams/ roadside parking lamps
  • High-beam assistant*
  • Fog lamps*
  • Instrument lighting
  • Interior lamps
• Climate
  • Automatic climate control
  • Parked car ventilation*
• Practical interior accessories
  • Integrated universal remote control*
  • Sun blinds*
  • Glove compartment
  • Front center armrest
  • Storage compartments
  • Cup holders
  • Ashtray, front
  • Cigarette lighter, front
  • Ashtray, rear
  • Cigarette lighter, rear
  • Connecting electrical devices
  • Center armrest, rear
  • Sedan: Through-loading system*
  • Sports Wagon: cargo area
  • Ski bag*
• Things to remember when driving
  • Break-in period
  • General driving notes
  • Cargo loading
  • Roof-mounted luggage rack*
• Starting navigation system
  • Navigation DVD
  • Display in assistance window
• Destination entry
  • Operating navigation system
  • Entering a destination manually
  • Entering destination via voice*
  • Map-guided destination selection
  • Selecting destination using information
  • Destination list
  • Address book
  • Selecting route
  • Word matching principle
• Destination guidance
  • Starting destination guidance
  • Terminating/continuing destination guidance
  • Route display
  • Destination guidance through voice instructions
  • Bypassing route sections
  • Displaying current position
• What to do if …
• On/off and tone
  • Controls
  • Switching on/off
  • Adjusting volume
  • Tone control
• Radio
  • Listening to radio
  • Storing stations
  • Automatically sorting stations*
  • Weather news flashes*
  • High Definition Radio*
  • Satellite radio*
• CD player and CD changer
  • Listening to CDs
  • Selecting a track
  • Sampling tracks, scan
  • Repeating a track
  • Random play sequence
  • Fast forward/reverse
  • CD magazine
  • Notes
• External audio device
  • Connecting
  • Starting audio playback
• Telephoning
  • The concept
  • Using a phone in your vehicle
  • Suitable mobile phones
  • Care instructions
  • Operating options
  • Commissioning
  • Operation via iDrive
  • Changing between mobile phone and hands-free system
  • Operation by voice*
  • Notes
  • Mounting/removing snap-in adapter
• 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
  • Run-flat tires*
  • New wheels and tires
  • Snow chains*
• Under the hood
  • Hood
  • Engine compartment
  • Engine oil
  • Coolant
  • Brake system
• Maintenance
  • BMW maintenance system
  • Socket for OBD Onboard Diagnostics interface
  • Care
• Replacing components
  • Onboard toolkit
  • Wiper blade replacement
  • Lamps and bulbs
  • Changing wheels
  • Vehicle battery
  • Fuses
• Giving and receiving assistance
  • Emergency call
  • Warning triangle*
  • First-aid kit*
  • Roadside Assistance*
  • Jump starting
  • Tow-starting and towing
• Technical data
  • Engine data
  • Dimensions
  • Weights
  • Capacities
• Short commands of voice command system
• Everything from A to Z
  • Index