Owner service procedures
A 
Activated-charcoal  filter 180 
Adding brake fluid 148 
Adding engine coolant 148 
Adding engine oil 145 
Air pressure, checking 27 
Antifreeze 147 
Avoiding unwanted  alarm 43 
B 
Backup lamps, bulb  replacement 169 
Battery  add distilled water 177 
charging 178 
Brake faults 126 
Brake fluid, adding 148 
Brake lamps, bulb  replacement 169 
Brakes, brake faults 126 
C 
Changing a tire 173 
Changing a wheel 173 
Changing the 
microfilter 180  Checking air pressure
27 
Checking engine oil  level 145 
D 
Defrost setting 100,105  
Defrosting the  windows 100,105  
Difficult steering 129 
Doors, emergency  actuation 34 
E 
Electrical accessories,  failure 179 
Emergency operation  convertible top 181 
doors 34 
fuel filler door 180 
Engine coolant, adding 148 
Engine oil  add 145 
level checking 145 
quality 146 
specifications 146 
viscosity 146 
Eyelets, towing 184 
F 
False alarm, avoiding 43 
First-aid kit 25 
Flat tire 173 
Fog lamps, bulb  replacement 169 
Footwell lamps, bulb  replacement 172 
Fuel filler door  manual release after  
electrical fault 180 
Fuses, replacing 179 
G 
Glove compartment lamp,  bulb replacement 172 
H 
Hazard warning flashers 25 
Hazard warning triangle 25 
Headlamp cover, care 167 
High beam headlamps, bulb  replacement 167 
Hood release 140 
I 
Indicator lamps 20 
Inflation pressures 27,132  Interior lamps, bulb 
replacement 171 
Interior motion sensor,  switching off 43 
J 
Jack 173 
L 
License plate lamp, bulb  replacement 171 
Low beam headlamps, bulb  replacement 167 
Luggage compartment  emergency release 39 
Luggage compartment  lamps, bulb 
replacement 172 
Luggage compartment lid  emergency release 39 
M 
Maintenance 150 
Microfilter, changing 180 
Motion sensor, switching  off 43  
Owner service procedures
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O 
Oil 
level145 
quality146 
specifications146 
viscosity146 
Onboard tool kit166 P 
Parking lamps, bulb 
replacement168 
Pressure, tires27 R 
Rear lamps169 
Releasing the fuel filler door 
following an electrical 
malfunction180 
Releasing the hood140 
Removing condensation 
from the 
windows100,105 
Replacement key32 
Replacing bulbs166 
Replacing windshield wiper 
blades166 
Return used batteries178 
Rotating the tires173 
S 
Space-saver spare tire173 
Spare key32 
Spare tire173 
Starting problems70,121 
Switching off the tilt sensor 
alarm system43 T 
Tail lamp assembly, bulb 
replacement169 
Tail lamps, bulb 
replacement169 
Tilt alarm, switching off43 
Tire damage132 
Tires, changing27,173 
Tools166 
Towing eyelets184 
Towing the vehicle184 
Turn signal indicator 
bulb replacement168 U 
Use of antifreeze, 
radiator148 
W
 
Warning lamps20 
Washer fluid, adding144 
Washer nozzles, 
adjusting144 
Washer reservoir, filling144 
Wheel lug wrench173 
Wheel, changing173 
Windows, 
defrosting100,105 
Windshield washer, 
filling144 
Windshield wiper blades, 
replacing166 
Work in the engine 
compartment140  
So that you will have important 
specifications available when you 
stop to refuel, we recommend 
that you supplement this table 
with data which apply to your 
vehicle. 
Fuel 
Engine oil The oil volume between the 
two marks on the oil dipstick
corresponds to approx. 
1.1 US quarts (1 liter).  Designation Premium Unleaded
Gasoline
AKI: minimum 91
QualityTire inflation pressures 
Summer Winter 
Front Rear Front Rear
2 persons 
4 persons plus luggage
Refueling 
BMW recommends Castrol