Controls and features -> Seats for your BMW 3 Series 1997-2006

Seats  
Power seat adjustment  
49  
When adjusting your seat, always  
observe the following precautions  
Never try to adjust your seat while  
operating the vehicle. The seat  
could respond with an unexpected  
movement, and the ensuing loss of  
vehicle control could lead to an acci-  
dent. Never ride with the backrest  
reclined to an extreme horizontal angle  
– important for front passengers to  
remember. Keep the backrest relatively  
upright to minimize the risk of sliding  
under the safety belt and sustaining  
injury in an accident.  
Seat adjustment  
1 Tilt angle  
Thigh support  
Pull the lever and adjust the position of  
the cushion for thigh support as  
desired.  
With the wind deflector in place: never  
push the front seats all the way back to  
avoid damaging the wind deflector.<  
2 Forward/backward adjustment  
3 Height  
4 Backrest angle  
Adjusting the seats  
You can manually adjust the thigh sup-  
port.  
>Power seat adjustment, refer to  
page 49  
>Head restraint, refer to page 50  
>Entering the rear, refer to page 51.