Document Outline

• Notes
  • Using this Owner's Manual
  • Symbols used
  • The individual vehicle
  • Editorial notice
  • For your own safety
  • Service and warranty
• Cockpit
  • Around the steering wheel: controls and displays
  • Instrument cluster
  • Indicator and warning lamps
  • Around the center console: controls and displays
• Opening and closing
  • Remote control
  • Personal Profile
  • Central locking system
  • Opening and closing: Using the remote control
  • Opening and closing: Using the door lock
  • Opening and closing: From inside
  • Luggage compartment lid
  • Alarm system*
  • Convenient access*
  • Windows
  • Coupe: glass roof*, electric
  • Convertible: retractable hardtop
• Adjustments
  • Sitting safely
  • Seats
  • Head restraints
  • Entering the rear seats
  • Heated seats*
  • Seat and mirror memory
  • Safety belts
  • Mirrors
  • Steering wheel
• Transporting children safely
  • The right place for children
  • Installing child-restraint systems
  • LATCH child-restraint fixing system
• Driving
  • Ignition lock
  • Start/stop button
  • Starting the engine
  • Switching off the engine
  • Parking brake
  • Manual transmission
  • M dual clutch transmission with Drivelogic*
  • M Engine Dynamics Control
  • Turn signals/ headlamp flasher
  • Wiper system
  • Washer fluid
  • Cruise control
• Everything under control
  • Odometer, outside temperature display, clock
  • Tachometer
  • Coolant temperature
  • Engine oil temperature
  • Fuel gauge
  • Computer
  • Settings and information
  • Formats and units of measure
  • Service requirements
  • Clock
  • Date
  • Check Control
• Technology for driving comfort and safety
  • Park Distance Control PDC*
  • Driving stability control systems
  • Electronic Damper Control EDC*
  • Drive-off assistant
  • Flat Tire Monitor FTM*
  • Tire Pressure Monitor TPM*
  • Servotronic
  • Brake Force Display
  • Airbags
  • Convertible: rollover protection system
• Lamps
  • Parking lamps/low beams
  • Adaptive Head Light*
  • High beams/roadside parking lamps
  • Instrument lighting
  • Interior lamps
• Climate
  • Automatic climate control
• Practical interior accessories
  • Integrated universal remote control*
  • Digital compass*
  • Coupe: Roller sun blind*
  • Glove compartment
  • Center armrest
  • Storage compartments inside the vehicle
  • Cup holders
  • Ashtray, front
  • Ashtray, rear
  • Connecting electrical appliances
  • Coupe: Through-loading system
  • Convertible: Cargo loading
  • Storage compartments inside the cargo bay
  • Folding up the floor panel
  • Lashing eyes
  • Coupe: ski bag*
  • Convertible: through-loading opening with integrated transport bag*
• Things to remember when driving
  • Break-in period
  • General driving notes
  • Cargo loading
  • Coupe roof-mounted luggage rack*
• BMW M3 engineering
  • High performance V8 engine
  • Compound brake
  • Drive train
  • Driving on a race track
• Refueling
  • Fuel filler door
  • Fuel specifications
• Wheels and tires
  • Tire inflation pressures
  • Tire identification marks
  • Tire condition
  • New wheels and tires
  • Snow chains*
• Under the hood
  • Hood
  • Important parts of the engine compartment
  • Engine oil
  • Coolant
• Maintenance
  • BMW Maintenance System
  • Socket for On-Board Diagnosis OBD
• Care
  • Care products
  • Exterior care
  • Interior care
  • Vehicle storage
• Replacing components
  • Onboard tool kit
  • Wiper blades
  • Lamps and bulbs
  • Repairing a flat tire with the M Mobility System
  • Changing wheels
  • Vehicle battery
  • Fuses
• Giving and receiving assistance
  • Emergency Request*
  • Roadside Assistance
  • First aid pouch*
  • Warning triangle*
  • Jump starting
  • Tow-starting, towing away
• Indicator and warning lamps
• Technical data
  • Engine data
  • Dimensions
  • Weights
  • Capacities
• Everything from A to Z
  • Index