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cer. Wash your hands after handling. Used en‐

gine oil contains chemicals that have caused

cancer in laboratory animals. Always protect

your skin by washing thoroughly with soap and

water. For more information go to

ate your vehicle in another country or region, you

may be required to adapt your vehicle to meet

different prevailing operating conditions and ho‐

mologation requirements. You should also be

aware of any applicable warranty limitations or

exclusions for such country or region. In such

case, please contact Customer Relations for fur‐

ther information.

WARNING

Maintenance

Maintain the vehicle regularly to sustain the road

safety, operational reliability and the New Vehicle

Limited Warranty.

Operating, servicing and maintaining a passen‐

ger vehicle or off-highway motor vehicle can

expose you to chemicals including engine ex‐

haust, carbon monoxide, phthalates, and lead,

which are known to the State of California to

cause cancer and birth defects or other repro‐

ductive harm. To minimize exposure, avoid

breathing exhaust, do not idle the engine ex‐

cept as necessary, service your vehicle in a

well-ventilated area and wear gloves or wash

your hands frequently when servicing your ve‐

hicle. For more information go to

Specifications for required maintenance meas‐

ures:

▷ BMW Maintenance system.

▷ Service and Warranty Information Booklet for

US models.

▷ Warranty and Service Guide Booklet for

Canadian models.

If the vehicle is not maintained according to

these specifications, this could result in serious

damage to the vehicle. Such damage is not cov‐

ered by the BMW New Vehicle Limited Warranty.

Service and warranty

We recommend that you read this publication

thoroughly. Your vehicle is covered by the follow‐

ing warranties:

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▷ New Vehicle Limited Warranty.

General information

▷ Rust Perforation Limited Warranty.

▷ Federal Emissions System Defect Warranty.

▷ Federal Emissions Performance Warranty.

Electronic control devices are installed in the ve‐

hicle. Electronic control units process data they

receive from vehicle sensors, self-generate or

exchange with each other. Some control units

are necessary for the vehicle to function safely or

provide assistance during driving, for instance

driver assistance systems. Furthermore, control

devices facilitate comfort or infotainment func‐

tions.

▷ California Emission Control System Limited

Warranty.

Detailed information about these warranties is

listed in the Service and Warranty Information

Booklet for US models or in the Warranty and

Service Guide Booklet for Canadian models.

Your vehicle has been specifically adapted and

designed to meet the particular operating condi‐

tions and homologation requirements in your

country and continental region in order to deliver

the full driving pleasure while the vehicle is oper‐

ated under those conditions. If you wish to oper‐

Information about stored or exchanged data can

be requested from the manufacturer of the vehi‐

cle, in a separate booklet, for example.

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ognize and correct malfunctions, and helps the

vehicle manufacturer to optimize vehicle func‐

tions.

Personal reference

Each vehicle is marked with a unique vehicle

identification number. Depending on the country,

the vehicle owner can be identified with the vehi‐

cle identification number, license plate and corre‐

sponding authorities. In addition, there are other

options to track data collected in the vehicle to

the driver or vehicle owner, e.g. via the Connec‐

tedDrive account that is used.

The majority of this data is transient and is only

processed within the vehicle itself. Only a small

share of the data is stored event-related in event

or fault memories.

When servicing, for instance during repairs, serv‐

ice processes, warranty cases, and quality assur‐

ance measures, this technical information can be

read out from the vehicle together with the vehi‐

cle identification number.

Operating data in the vehicle

Control units process data to operate the vehicle.

For example, this includes:

A dealer’s service center or another qualified

service center or repair shop can read out the in‐

formation. The socket for OBD Onboard Diagno‐

sis required by law in the vehicle is used to read

out the data.

▷ Status messages for the vehicle and its indi‐

vidual components, e.g., wheel rotational

speed, wheel speed, deceleration, transverse

acceleration, engaged safety belt indicator.

The data is collected, processed, and used by

the relevant organizations in the service network.

The data documents technical conditions of the

vehicle, helps with the identification of the fault,

compliance with warranty obligations and quality

improvement.

▷ Ambient conditions, e.g., temperature, rain

sensor signals.

The processed data is only processed in the ve‐

hicle itself and generally volatile. The data is not

stored beyond the operating period.

Electronic components, e.g. control units and ig‐

nition keys, contain components for storing tech‐

nical information. Information about the vehicle

condition, component usage, maintenance re‐

quirements or faults can be stored temporarily or

permanently.

Furthermore, the manufacturer has product

monitoring duties to meet in line with product lia‐

bility law. To fulfill these duties, the vehicle man‐

ufacturer needs technical data from the vehicle.

The data from the vehicle can also be used to

check customer claims for warranty and guar‐

anty.

This information generally records the state of a

component, a module, a system, or the environ‐

ment, for instance:

Fault and event memories in the vehicle can be

reset when a dealer’s service center or another

qualified service center or repair shop performs

repair or servicing work.

▷ Operating states of system components,

e.g., fill levels, tire inflation pressure, battery

status.

Data entry and data transfer into

the vehicle

▷ Malfunctions and faults in important system

components, for instance lights and brakes.

▷ Responses by the vehicle to special situa‐

tions such as airbag deployment or engage‐

ment of the driving stability control systems.

General information

Depending on the vehicle equipment, comfort

and individual settings can be stored in the vehi‐

cle and modified or reset at any time.

▷ Information on vehicle-damaging events.

The data is required to perform the control de‐

vice functions. Furthermore, it also serves to rec‐

For example, this includes:

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▷ Settings for the seat and steering wheel posi‐

tions.

How the data will be processed further is deter‐

mined by the provider of the particular app being

used. The extent of the possible settings de‐

pends on the respective app and the operating

system of the mobile device.

▷ Suspension and climate control settings.

If necessary, data can be transferred to the en‐

tertainment and communication system of the

vehicle, e.g. via smartphone.

Services

This includes the following depending on the re‐

spective equipment:

General information

▷ Multimedia data such as music, films or pho‐

tos for playback in an integrated multimedia

system.

If the vehicle has a wireless network connection,

this enables data to be exchanged between the

vehicle and other systems. The wireless network

connection is realized via an in-vehicle transmit‐

ter and receiver unit or via personal mobile devi‐

ces brought into the vehicle, for instance smart‐

phones. This wireless network connection

▷ Address book data for use in conjunction with

an integrated hands-free system or an

integrated navigation system.

▷ Entered navigation destinations.

enables 'online functions' to be used. These in‐

clude online services and apps supplied by the

vehicle manufacturer or by other providers.

▷ Data on the use of Internet services.

This data can be stored locally in the vehicle or is

found on a device that has been connected to

the vehicle, e.g., a smartphone, USB stick or

MP3 player. If this data is stored in the vehicle, it

can be deleted at any time.

Services from the vehicle

manufacturer

Where online services from the vehicle manufac‐

turer are concerned, the corresponding functions

are described in the appropriate place, for in‐

stance the Owner's Manual or manufacturer's

website. The relevant legal information pertaining

to data protection is provided there too. Personal

data may be used to perform online services.

Data is exchanged over a secure connection,

for instance with the IT systems of the vehicle

manufacturer intended for this purpose.

This data is only transmitted to third parties upon

personal request as part of the use of online

services. This depends on the selected settings

for the use of the services.

Incorporation of mobile end devices

Depending on the vehicle equipment, mobile de‐

vices connected to the vehicle, for instance

smartphones, can be controlled via the vehicle

control elements.

Any collection, processing, and use of personal

data above and beyond that needed to provide

the services must always be based on a legal

permission, contractual arrangement or consent.

It is also possible to activate or deactivate the

data connection as a whole. That is, with the ex‐

ception of functions and services required by law

such as Assist systems.

The sound and picture from the mobile device

can be played back and displayed through the

multimedia system. Certain information is trans‐

ferred to the mobile device at the same time. De‐

pending on the type of incorporation, this in‐

cludes, for instance position data and other

general vehicle information. This optimizes the

way in which selected apps, for instance naviga‐

tion or music playback, work.

Services from other providers

There is no further interaction between the mo‐

bile device and the vehicle, for instance active

access to vehicle data.

When using online services from other providers,

these services are the responsibility of the rele‐

vant provider and subject to their data privacy

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conditions and terms of use. The vehicle manu‐

facturer has no influence on the content ex‐

changed during this process. Information on the

way in which personal data is collected and used

in relation to services from third parties, the

scope of such data, and its purpose, can be ob‐

tained from the relevant service provider.

facturer, other parties, such as law enforcement,

that have the special equipment, can read the in‐

formation if they have access to the vehicle or

the EDR.

Vehicle identification

number

Event Data Recorder EDR

Engine compartment

This vehicle is equipped with an event data re‐

corder EDR. The main purpose of an EDR is to

record, in certain crash or near crash-like situa‐

tions, such as an air bag deployment or hitting a

road obstacle, data that will assist in understand‐

ing how a vehicle’s systems performed. The

EDR is designed to record data related to vehicle

dynamics and safety systems for a short period

of time, typically 30 seconds or less.

The EDR in this vehicle is designed to record

such data as:

The vehicle identification number can be found

in the engine compartment, on the right-hand

side of the vehicle.

▷ How various systems in your vehicle were op‐

erating.

▷ Whether or not the driver and passenger

safety belts were fastened.

Type label

▷ How far, if at all, the driver was depressing the

accelerator and/or brake pedal.

▷ How fast the vehicle was traveling.

This data can help provide a better understand‐

ing of the circumstances in which crashes and

injuries occur.

EDR data is recorded by your vehicle only if a

nontrivial crash situation occurs; no data is re‐

corded by the EDR under normal driving condi‐

tions and no personal data, for instance name,

gender, age, and crash location, are recorded.

The vehicle identification number can be found

on the type label, on the right-hand side of the

vehicle.

However, other parties, such as law enforce‐

ment, could combine the EDR data with the type

of personally identifying data routinely acquired

during a crash investigation.

To read data recorded by an EDR, special equip‐

ment is required, and access to the vehicle or the

EDR is needed. In addition to the vehicle manu‐

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