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Notes

About this Owner's

Handbook

Symbols

Indicates precautions that must be followed

precisely in order to avoid the possibility of

personal injury and serious damage to the

vehicle.

Orientation

The quickest access to a particular topic or

item is by consulting the alphabetical index.

◄ Marks the end of a specific item of

information.

The first chapter is recommended for an initial

overview of the vehicle.

Refers to measures that can be taken to

help protect the environment.

Updates after going to press

"…" identifies texts on a display in the vehicle

for selecting functions.

Updates to the Owner's Handbook after going

to press are found in the appendix of the prin‐

ted quick reference to the vehicle.

›...‹ Identifies commands for the voice control

system.

››...‹‹ Identifies replies by the voice control

system.

Owner's Handbook for Navigation,

Entertainment, Communication

The topics of Navigation, Entertainment, Com‐

munication and shortcut commands of the

voice control system are described in a sepa‐

rate Owner's Handbook, which is also part of

the on-board literature.

Symbol for components and

assemblies

Recommends that you study the relevant

section of this Owner's Handbook in

connection with a particular part or assembly.

Additional sources of

information

The Service Centre will be happy to answer

any further questions.

Vehicle equipment

This Owner's Handbook describes all models

and all standard, national and special equip‐

ment provided in the model series. This Own‐

er's Handbook may contain descriptions and il‐

lustrations of equipment not featured in your

vehicle, for example due to selected special

equipment or national version.

Information on BMW, for example on technol‐

ogy, on the Internet:

BMW Driver’s Guide App

This also applies to safety-relevant functions

and systems.

The Owner's Handbook is available as an app

in many countries. You will find information on

the Internet at:

Comply with the relevant national regulations

when using the corresponding functions and

systems.

If certain equipment and models are not de‐

scribed in this Owner's Handbook, refer to the

Supplementary Owner's Handbooks provided.

Notes

In right-hand drive vehicles, some control

functions are arranged differently from those

shown in the illustrations.

equipment described in this manual is not

available on Australian models due to restric‐

tions imposed by Australian Design Rules and

other requirements.

Should you require any further information,

please contact your Service centre, who will be

pleased to advise you.

Built-date

The 'built-date' of your vehicle is indicated un‐

derneath the door post on the driver's door.

Updates after going to press

The 'built-date' is defined as 'the calendar

month and the calendar year in which the body

shell and the powertrain subassemblies are

conjoined and the vehicle is driven or moved

from the production line'.

Updates to the Owner's Handbook after going

to press are found in the appendix of the prin‐

ted quick reference to the vehicle.

Your own safety

Status of the Owner's

Handbook

Warranty

Your vehicle is technically designed for the op‐

erating conditions and permit requirements

prevalent in the country to which it was first

delivered - approval. If your vehicle is to be op‐

erated in another country, it may have to be

adapted to any prevailing different operating

conditions and permit requirements. If your ve‐

hicle does not comply with the homologation

requirements in a certain country you cannot

lodge warranty claims for your vehicle there.

Your Service Centre is able to provide further

information.

General

The high level of safety and quality of vehicles

is ensured by continuous enhancement. In rare

instances, your car may therefore differ from

the information supplied here.

For Australia/New Zealand: general

When reading this Owner's Handbook, please

bear the following in mind: to ensure that our

vehicles continue to embody the highest qual‐

ity and safety standards, we pursue a policy of

continuous, ongoing development. Because

modifications in the design of both vehicles

and accessories may be introduced at any

time, your own vehicle's equipment may vary

from that described in this manual. For the

same reason, it is also impossible to guarantee

that all descriptions will be completely accu‐

rate in all respects.

Maintenance and repair

Advanced technology behind this vehicle, for

example the use of modern materials and high-

performance electronics, necessitates adapted

methods of maintenance and repair.

Always have the corresponding work per‐

formed either by a BMW Service Centre or by a

workshop that operates to BMW specifications

and has suitably trained personnel.

We must therefore request your understanding

of the fact that the manufacturer of your vehi‐

cle is unable to recognise legal claims based

on discrepancies between the data, illustra‐

tions and descriptions in this Owner's

If such work is performed inexpertly, it could

result in consequential damage and thus con‐

stitute a safety risk.

Handbook and your own vehicle's equipment.

Please note, too, that some of the optional

Notes

▷

Responses of the vehicle to special driving

situations, for example, triggering of an air‐

bag, using the stability control systems.

Parts and accessories

BMW recommends using parts and accessory

products that are specifically approved for this

purpose by BMW.

Ambient conditions, for example, tempera‐

ture.

You are recommended to consult a BMW

Service Centre for advice on genuine BMW

parts and accessories, other BMW approved

products and expert advice on all related mat‐

ters.

This data is only of a technical nature and is for

detecting and rectifying faults and optimisation

of vehicle functions. Movement profiles over

driven routes cannot be created from this data.

When servicing, for example, during repairs,

service processes, warranty cases or quality

assurance, this technical information can be

read by employees of the service, including the

manufacturer, from the event and fault data

memories with special diagnostic tools. There,

you will receive further information as needed.

After rectifying the fault, the information in the

fault memory is deleted or continuously over‐

written.

The safety and compatibility of these products

in conjunction with BMW vehicles have been

checked by BMW.

BMW accepts product liability for them. BMW

cannot accept liability for parts or accessory

products of any kind which it has not approved.

BMW is unable to assess each individual prod‐

uct of outside origin as to its suitability for use

on BMW vehicles without safety risk. Nor can

suitability be assured if an official permit has

been issued for it in a specific country. Tests

performed for such permits cannot always

cover all operating conditions for BMW vehi‐

cles, and some of them therefore are insuffi‐

cient.

When using the vehicle, situations are conceiv‐

able in which this technical data can be per‐

sonal in connection with other information, for

example, accident report, damage to the vehi‐

cle, witness statements, etc. — possibly by en‐

listing the help of an expert.

Additional functions, contractually agreed with

the customer, for example vehicle location in

an emergency, allow certain pieces of vehicle

data to be transferred from the vehicle.

Data memory

Many of the electronic components of your ve‐

hicle contain data memories, which store tech‐

nical information on vehicle condition, events

and errors temporarily or permanently. This

technical information documents the condition

of a component, a module, a system or its en‐

vironment:

Vehicle identification

number

▷

Operating states of system components,

for example, fill levels.

▷

Status messages of the vehicle and indi‐

vidual components, for example, wheel ro‐

tation number/ speed, movement delay,

transverse acceleration.

▷

Malfunctions and faults of important sys‐

tem components, for example, lights and

brakes.

The vehicle identification number is in the en‐

gine compartment.

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