Document Outline

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• Notes
  • About this Owner's Handbook
  • Symbols used
  • Your car
  • Status at time of printing
  • For your own safety
• Driving area
  • Around the steering wheel: controls and displays
  • Instrument cluster
  • Indicator and warning lamps
  • Around the centre console: controls and displays
• iDrive
  • Controls
  • Menu summary
  • Operating principle
  • Status information
  • Assistance window*
  • Switching control display on/off
• Voice input system
  • Principle
  • Speaking commands
  • Notes
• Opening and closing
  • Key/Remote control
  • Personal Profile
  • Central locking
  • Opening and closing: from the outside
  • Opening and closing: From the inside
  • Luggage compartment lid/ tailgate
  • Alarm system*
  • Comfort access*
  • Windows
  • Glass roof, electric*
  • Touring: Panorama glass roof*
• Adjusting
  • Safe seated position
  • Seats
  • Seat, mirror and steering wheel position memory*
  • Head restraints
  • Seat belts
  • Heated seats*
  • Active seat ventilation*
  • Active seat*
  • Mirrors
  • Steering wheel
• Child safety
  • Important considerations
  • Key switch* for front passenger airbag
  • Fitting child restraint systems
  • When driving with children
• Driving
  • Ignition lock
  • Start/stop button
  • Starting the engine
  • Stopping engine
  • Handbrake
  • Manual gearbox
  • Sequential Manual Gearbox SMG*
  • Automatic transmission with Steptronic*
  • Flashing turn indicators/ Headlight flasher
  • Wiper system
  • Washer fluid
  • Cruise control*
  • Active Cruise Control*
• Everything under control
  • Odometer, outside temperature display, clock
  • Revolution counter
  • Coolant temperature
  • Energy control
  • Fuel gauge
  • Computer
  • Service requirements
  • Check Control
  • Speed limit*
  • Stopwatch*
  • Settings on the control display
• Technical features for driving comfort and safety
  • Park Distance Control PDC*
  • Driving stability control systems
  • Dynamic Drive*
  • Touring: self-levelling suspension
  • Run Flat Indicator RPA
  • Active steering*
  • Two-stage brake lights*
  • Airbags
  • Head-Up Display*
• Lights
  • Side lights/Low-beam headlights
  • Adaptive Head Light*
  • Headlight beam throw adjustment
  • High-beam headlights/ parking lights
  • High-beam headlights assistant*
  • Fog lights
  • Instrument lighting
  • Interior light
• Climate
  • Automatic air conditioning
  • Automatic air conditioning with extended range of features*
  • Independent ventilation system*/auxiliary heater*
• Practical interior equipment
  • Integrated universal remote control*
  • Roller sun blinds*
  • Glove box
  • Centre armrest front
  • Storage compartments
  • Drinks holders*
  • Front ashtray*
  • Cigarette lighter, front*
  • Rear ashtray*
  • Connecting electrical appliances
  • Centre armrest at rear
  • Saloon: Through-loading system*
  • Ski bag*
  • Touring: load area
• Driving precautions
  • Running-in
  • General driving notes
  • Rule of the road
  • Load
  • Roof rack*
  • Towing a trailer
  • Climatic comfort windscreen*
• Starting navigation system
  • Navigation DVD
  • Display in the assistance window
• Destination input
  • Using navigation
  • Entering a destination manually
  • Entering a destination via voice commands*
  • Selecting a destination from a map
  • Selecting the destination via Information
  • Destinations list
  • Address book
  • Selecting a route
  • Wordmatch principle
• Route guidance
  • Starting route guidance
  • Ending/Resuming route guidance
  • Displaying the route
  • Route guidance by spoken instructions
  • Changing the route
  • Traffic information*
  • Displaying the car's position*
• What to do if ...
• On/off and settings
  • Controls
  • Switching on/off
  • Adjusting volume
  • Tone control
• Radio
  • Listening to the radio
  • Memorising stations
  • Automatically sorting stations*
  • Traffic reports*
• CD player and CD changer
  • Listening to CDs
  • Selecting a track
  • Sampling tracks, Scan
  • Repeating tracks
  • Random play
  • Fast forward/reverse
  • CD magazine
  • Notes
• TV
  • Calling up
  • Channels
  • Adjusting the picture*
• Refuelling
  • Fuel filler flap
  • Fuel grade
• Wheels and tyres
  • Tyre pressures
  • Condition of tyres
  • Run-flat tyres*
  • New wheels and tyres
  • Snow chains*
• In the engine compartment
  • Engine compartment lid
  • Important parts of the engine compartment
  • Engine oil
  • Coolant
  • Brake system
• Maintenance
  • BMW Maintenance System
  • Socket for on-board diagnosis OBD
  • Recycling
  • General care
• Replacing parts
  • Toolkit
  • Wiper blades, renewing
  • Lights and bulbs
  • Changing a wheel
  • Car battery
  • Fuses
• Mutual aid
  • Emergency call*
  • Warning triangle*
  • First aid pouch*
  • Mobile Service*
  • Starting with a flat battery
  • Tow-starting, towing away
• Technical data
  • Engine data
  • Fuel consumption, carbon dioxide/Q emissions
  • Dimensions
  • Weights
  • Towing a trailer
  • Performance
  • Filling capacities
• Short commands for the voice input system
• From A-Z
  • Index