Get At a glance -> Cockpit Guide for BMW 5 Series 4 Door Fifth Generation (2004-2010)

Cockpit

Around the steering wheel: controls and displays

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2

3

4

Rear window safety switch 41

6

Turn signals 67

Sedan: sun blind* for rear window 122

Opening and closing windows 40

High beams,

headlamp flasher 110

Adjusting exterior mirrors 53

Automatic curb monitor* 53

High-beam assistant* 110

Roadside parking lamps 110

Check Control 83

5

Folding exterior mirrors in and out* 53

Computer 79

10

7

Buttons on steering wheel

12 Horn, entire surface

Mobile phone* 194:

13

Steering wheel heater* 54

>

Press: accepting and ending

call, starting dialing* for

selected phone number and

redialing if no phone number is

selected

Steering wheel adjustment 54

>

Press and hold: redialing

14

Cruise control* 69

Active cruise control 70

Volume

15 Releasing hood 230

Activating/deactivating voice

command system* 23

Opening luggage compartment lid/

16

Changing radio station 172

Selecting music track 183

Scrolling in phone book and in

lists with stored phone numbers

tailgate 33, 35

17

Head-Up Display* 102

BMW Night Vision* 104

Individually programmable* 54

Leaving lane warning* 106

Parking lamp 108

Daytime running lamps* 109

Low beams 108

18

Welcome lamps 108

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9

Instrument cluster 12

Automatic headlamp control* 108

Daytime running lamps* 109

Welcome lamps 108

Adaptive Head Light* 110

High-beam assistant* 110

Windshield wipers 68

Rain sensor 68

Sports Wagon: rear window

wiper 69

19

Instrument lighting 112

Starting/stopping engine and

Switching ignition on/off 61

10

Fog lamps* 112

11 Ignition lock 61

11

Instrument cluster

1

2

3

4

Indicator lamps for turn signals

Speedometer

8

Display for

> Odometer and trip odometer 78

> Computer 79

Indicator and warning lamps 13

Displays for

> Date and remaining travel distance

for service requirements 81

> Active cruise control* 70

> Leaving lane warning* 106

Tachometer 78

> Automatic transmission with

Steptronic* 63

5

6

7

> Sport automatic transmission* 66

> HDC Hill Descent Control* 93

> High-beam assistant* 110

Energy Control 79

Display for

> Clock/date 78

>

Check Control message present 83

Fuel gauge 79

10 Resetting trip odometer 78

> Outside temperature 78

> Indicator and warning lamps 83

> Speed of cruise control* 69

9

> Desired speed for active cruise

control* 70

12

In urgent cases, this information will be shown

as soon as the corresponding lamp comes on.

Indicator and warning lamps

The concept

Indicator lamps without text messages

The following indicator lamps signal particular

functions:

High beams/headlamp flasher 110

Fog lamps* 112

Handbrake applied 63

The indicator and warning lamps can light up in

different combinations and colors.

Handbrake applied for Canadian

models

Some lamps are tested for proper function by

briefly lighting up during starting of the engine

or when the ignition is switched on.

Lamp flashes:

DSC or DTC controls the drive and

braking forces for maintaining vehicle

stability 92

Explanatory text messages

DTC Dynamic Traction Control 93

Engine malfunction with deteriorating

emissions levels 236

Text messages at the bottom edge of the

Control Display explain the meaning of the

displayed indicator and warning lamps.

Additional information, e.g. on the cause of a

malfunction and on the corresponding need to

take action can be displayed via the Check Con-

trol, refer to page 83.

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Around the center console: controls and displays

14

1

Microphone for hands-free mode for

telephone*

and for voice command system* 23

14 Drive for navigation DVDs

15 Drive for audio CDs 168

*

142

16 Switching Entertainment sound output

2

3

4

5

Reading lamps 113

on/off and adjusting volume 168

SOS: initiating an emergency request 247

Interior lamps 112

17

Heated seats* 51

Glass sunroof*, electric 41

Panorama glass sunroof 43

Passenger airbag status lamp 101

Active seat ventilation* 52

6

7

Adjusting active backrest

width* 47

Control Display 16

Displays for menu navigation

Active seat* 52

8

9

Hazard warning flashers

Central locking system 32

PDC Park Distance Control* 90

DTC Dynamic Traction Control 92

10 Automatic climate control 114

Temperature setting,

left/right 115

Opening luggage compartment lid/

Automatic air distribution and

volume 115

tailgate* 33, 35

18 Controller 16

Cooling function 117

Turn, press or move horizontally in four

directions

AUC Automatic recirculated-air

control 117

19 Opening start menu on Control Display 17

Recirculated-air mode 117

Maximum cooling 117

Air volume 116

Defrosting windows and removing

condensation 116

Rear window defroster 114

11 Changing

> radio station 168

> track 168

12 Ejecting

> navigation DVD* 142

> audio CD 168

13 Programmable memory/direct selection

buttons 21

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