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Notes
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‐
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.
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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
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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
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Operating states of system components,
for example, fill levels.
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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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