Seats, mirrors and steering wheel -> Front head restraints for your BMW i4 2021-2025
Seats, mirrors and steering wheel
CONTROLS
stop the vehicle and unbuckle the seat belt us-
ing the red button in the buckle. Fasten the
seat belt before continuing to drive.
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Meaning
Seat belt is buckled on the cor-
responding seat.
Seat belt is not buckled on the
corresponding seat.
Front head restraints
Safety information
Warning
Rear Occupant Alert
Principle
Removal or incorrect adjustment of head re-
straints can cause injuries in the head and
neck area. There is a risk of injury.
At the end of a trip, the system informs the
driver of the possible presence of occupants on
the rear seats.
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Before driving, install the removed head
restraints on the occupied seats.
General information
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Adjust the head restraint so its center
supports the back of the head at as
close to eye level as possible.
If a door with access to the rear seat row is
operated within 30 minutes before starting a
drive, a notice appears on the control display
and a signal tone sounds at the end of the
drive.
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Adjust the distance so that the head re-
straint is as close as possible to the back
of the head. Adjust the distance via the
backrest tilt as needed.
If the drive is continued within 30 minutes, the
notice is displayed again after the drive is com-
plete.
For manually adjustable head restraints:
After adjusting, make sure that the head
restraint is correctly engaged.
Activate/deactivate the function
1.
Apps menu
2. "System settings"
Warning
3. "Rear Occupant Alert"
4. Select the desired setting.
Body parts can be jammed when moving the
head restraint. There is a risk of injury. Make
sure that the area of movement is clear when
moving the head restraint.
Safety mode
Depending on vehicle equipment, the driver
and front passenger seat belt straps are auto-
matically tightened once after driving off, if the
seat belt is fastened.
Warning
Objects on the head restraint reduce the pro-
tective effect in the head and neck area.
There is a risk of injury.
If necessary, in critical driving situations, e.g.,
during emergency braking, the front seat belts
are automatically pretensioned.
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Do not use seat or head restraint covers.
Do not hang objects, for instance clothes
hangers, directly on the head restraint.
After a critical driving situation without an acci-
dent, the front seat belts are loosened again. If
the belt tension does not loosen automatically,
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Only use accessories that have been de-
termined to be safe for attachment to a
head restraint.
Adjusting the distance
Do not use any accessories, for instance
pillows, while driving.
Adjusting the height
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Back: press the button and push the head
restraint toward the rear.
Forward: pull the head restraint toward the
front.
Adjusting the distance: M Sport seat
The distance to the back of the head is ad-
justed via the backrest inclination.
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To lower: press the button, arrow 1, and
push the head restraint down.
To raise: push the head restraint up.
Adjust the distance so that the head restraint
is as close as possible to the back of the head.
Adjusting the height: M Sport seat
Removing the head restraints
Only remove the head restraint if no one will be
sitting in the seat in question.
Press switch up or down.
1. Raise the head restraint up against the re-
sistance.
2. Press the button, arrow 1, and pull the head
restraint out completely.
Removing the head restraints: M
Sport seat
The head restraints cannot be removed.
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Only use accessories that have been de-
termined to be safe for attachment to a
head restraint.
Installing head restraints
Proceed in the reverse order to install the head
restraint.
Do not use any accessories, for instance
pillows, while driving.
Rear head restraints
Safety information
Warning
Folding down the head restraints
General information
To improve the view to the rear, the head re-
straints can be folded down. Only fold down
the head restraint if no one will be sitting in the
corresponding seat.
Removal or incorrect adjustment of head re-
straints can cause injuries in the head and
neck area. There is a risk of injury.
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Before driving, install the removed head
restraints on the occupied seats.
Folding down the head restraints
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Adjust the head restraint so its center
supports the back of the head at as
close to eye level as possible.
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Adjust the distance so that the head re-
straint is as close as possible to the back
of the head. Adjust the distance via the
backrest tilt as needed.
For manually adjustable head restraints:
After adjusting, make sure that the head
restraint is correctly engaged.
Press button, arrow 1, and fold the head re-
straint back.
To return the head restraint to its initial posi-
tion, fold the head restraint forward as far as
it will go. Make sure that the head restraint
engages correctly.
Warning
Body parts can be jammed when moving the
head restraint. There is a risk of injury. Make
sure that the area of movement is clear when
moving the head restraint.
Removing the outer head restraint
Only remove the head restraint if no one will be
sitting in the seat in question.
Warning
1. Fold down the rear seat backrest in ques-
tion.
Objects on the head restraint reduce the pro-
tective effect in the head and neck area.
There is a risk of injury.
Enlarging the cargo area, refer to page 273.
2. Raise the head restraint up against the re-
sistance.
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Do not use seat or head restraint covers.
Do not hang objects, for instance clothes
hangers, directly on the head restraint.
3. Insert the integrated key.
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