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Contents 
The fastest way to find specific topics is 
to use the index, refer to page218.
Using this Owner's Manual
4 Notes
7 Reporting safety defects
At a glance
10Cockpit 
17 Control Center 
26 Voice command
Controls
34Opening and closing
46 Adjustments
58 Transporting children safely 
62 Driving
81 Everything under control
91 Technology for comfort, convenience 
and safety
100 Lamps 
103 A congenial climate
112 Practical interior accessories
Driving tips
122Things to remember when driving
Navigation
130Starting navigation system
132 Destination entry 
139 Destination guidance 
145 What to do if …
Entertainment
148On/off, tone
152 Radio 
158 CD Compact Disc 
160 CD changer 
163 TV 
165 DVD changer 
Communications
174Using the phone in your vehicle
182 BMW Assist 
Mobility
186Refueling 
188 Wheels and tires 
194 Under the hood 
198 Maintenance
200 Rules and regulations
201 Replacing components
209 Giving and receiving assistance 
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218 Everything from A to Z  

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Your individual vehicle 
On purchasing your BMW, you have 
decided in favor of a model with individual-
ized equipment and features. This Owner's 
Manual describes the entire array of 
options and equipment available with a 
specific BMW model.
Please bear in mind that the manual may 
contain information on accessories and 
equipment that you have not specified for 
your own vehicle. Sections describing 
options and special equipment are marked 
by asterisks
* to assist you in identifying 
possible differences between the descrip-
tions in this manual and your own vehicle's 
equipment.
Should your BMW be equipped with fea-
tures or accessories not described in this 
Owner's Manual, please consult the 
enclosed Supplementary Owner's Man-
ual(s).
Editorial notice 
BMW pursues a policy of continuous, 
ongoing development that is conceived to 
ensure that our vehicles continue to 
embody the highest quality and safety 
standards combined with advanced, state-
of-the-art technology. 
For this reason, the features described in 
this Owner's Manual may differ from those 
on your vehicle. Nor can errors and omis-
sions be entirely ruled out. You are there-
fore asked to appreciate that no claims can 
be entertained on the basis of the data, 
illustrations or descriptions in this Owner's 
Manual. 
For your own safety 
Maintenance and repair
Advanced technology, e.g. the use of 
modern materials and high-perfor-
mance electronics, requires specially 
adapted maintenance and repair methods. 
Therefore, only have corresponding work 
on your BMW carried out by a BMW center 
or a workshop that works according to 
BMW repair procedures with correspond-
ingly trained personnel. If work is carried 
out improperly there is a danger of conse-
quential damage and the related safety 
risks.< 
Parts and accessories
For your own safety, use genuine 
parts and accessories approved by 
BMW. 
When you purchase accessories tested 
and approved by BMW and Genuine BMW 
Parts, you simultaneously acquire the 
assurance that they have been thoroughly 
tested by BMW to ensure optimized perfor-
mance when installed on your vehicle. 
BMW warrants these parts to be free from 
defects in material and workmanship. 
BMW will not accept any liability for dam-
age resulting from installation of parts and 
accessories not approved by BMW. 
BMW cannot test every product made by 
other manufacturers to verify if it can be 
used on a BMW safely and without risk to 
either the vehicle, its operation, or its occu-
pants. 
Genuine BMW Parts, BMW Accessories 
and other products approved by BMW, 
together with professional advice on using 
these items, are available from all BMW 
centers. 
Installation and operation of non-BMW 
approved accessories such as alarms, 
radios, amplifiers, radar detectors, wheels, 
suspension components, brake dust 
shields, telephones, including operation of 
any mobile phone from within the vehicle 
without using an externally mounted 
antenna, or transceiver equipment, for 
instance, CBs, walkie-talkie, ham radio or  

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Cockpit 
All around the steering wheel: controls and displays  

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1Roller sun blind for rear window*113
2Rear window safety switch44 
3Power windows43
4Exterior mirrors53
5Parking brake64
6Parking lamps and low beams100
9Steering wheel16
10Info Display12
11Automatic transmission lever6812Ignition lock62
16Horn: the entire surface
20Fog lamps101
21Unlocking the engine hood194 7Instrument lighting101
8Turn signals71
High-beams, 
headlamp flasher101
Computer85
Check Control83
Computer85
Standing lamps101
13Switching ignition on/off62 
and starting engine63
14Windshield wipers72
Rain sensor72
15PDC Park Distance 
Control
*91
17Steering wheel heater
*54
Steering wheel adjustment54
18Unlocking luggage 
compartment40
19Programmable cruise 
control73
Active cruise control
*75
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1Glasses compartment116
2Storage compartment116
3Switching audio and video sources on/
off and adjusting volume149
4Telephone keypad, folding176
5Automatic air distribution and supply, 
left side of passenger 
compartment104
6Outside air/AUC Automatic recircu-
lated-air control/Recirculated air105
7Defrosting windshield and windows and 
removing condensation105
8Control Display17
9Temperature, left side of passenger 
compartment: turn 
For maximum cooling: press105
10Glass roof, electric
*44
11Memory keys for integrated universal 
remote control
*112
12Air supply, left side of passenger com-
partment: turn 
To switch off automatic climate control: 
press105,107
13Reading lamps102
14Hazard warning flashers
15Interior lamps102
16Air supply on right side of passenger 
compartment10417Temperature, right side of passenger 
compartment: turn 
For residual heat utilization: press105
18Rear window defroster
19Air conditioning105
20Starting an emergency call177
21Opening the glove compartment
22Automatic air distribution and supply, 
right side of passenger 
compartment107
23Station/track search and CD
*, TV* 
and DVD
*148
24Central locking system38
25Controller17
26Control Center buttons17
27Seat adjustment47
Heated seats
*52
Active seat ventilation
*52
Active seat for driver
*53
Seat, mirror and steering wheel 
memory55 

Cockpit
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Buttons on steering wheel 
Buttons are integrated in the steering 
wheel for fast operation of the following 
functions without being distracted from 
driving: 
>The Steptronic of the automatic trans-
mission 
>Selected audio source functions 
>Selected portable phone functions
>The voice command system
>Selected TV and DVD functions.
The buttons on the steering wheel are 
only operational when the corre-
sponding systems are switched on.< 
Telephone:
Accept call, make calls, end call
Volume
Voice command system
*: 
Switch on and off
Fast forward/reverse:
>Radio 
Press briefly: next stored station 
Extended pressure: automatic tuning 
>CD
*
Press briefly: skipping tracks
Extended pressure: fast forward/
reverse
>TV
*
Select station
>DVD
*
Search for chapterAvailable for individual programming: 
Programming button function, refer to 
page54. 
Steptronic: 
Press briefly to proceed through a selection 
sequence consisting of the automatic pro-
gram, the Sport program, and the manual 
mode, refer to page68. 
Steptronic: upshifting and downshifting, 
refer to page70. 

Voice command
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Voice command
Voice command system 
The concept
The voice command system allows you to 
control operation of various vehicle sys-
tems without ever removing your hands 
from the steering wheel. The system oper-
ates on the basis of voice commands that 
you will learn easily after using them a few 
times. In many cases, the voice command 
system supports you with announcements 
or questions while you are making your 
entries.
The voice command system transforms 
your oral commands and dialog answers 
into control signals for the selected sys-
tems.
Please take the time to acquaint your-
self with how a particular system 
operates before proceeding to control it 
using the voice command system.<
Symbols used
{...} Verbal instructions to use with the 
voice command system.
{{...}} Identifies the answers generated by 
the voice command system. 
Systems available for use with voice 
command
>{Telephone}, refer to page174
>{Navigation}, refer to page130
>{Radio}, refer to page152
>{CD}, refer to page158
>{CD changer}, refer to page160
>{Notepad}, refer to page28
>{TV}, refer to page163
>{DVD}, refer to page165. Either the system that you are now operat-
ing or any current error messages will 
a ppe ar  in  th e I n fo Di spla y,  re fer  to  page27.
Voice commands
Voice command system activation
Briefly press the button on the steer-
ing wheel.
A signal tone and "SVS active" in the Info 
Display, refer to page27, indicate that the 
system is ready for use. You are automati-
cally in the main menu.
From here, you can call up all the equip-
ment that can be operated.
Canceling voice command
Briefly press the button on the steer-
ing wheel
or 
In dialogs in which any text can be spoken, 
e.g. names, notes, canceling is only possi-
ble using the button.
The system automatically switches 
over to its telephone mode if you 
receive a call during voice command. 
"SVS off" appears in the Info Display, refer 
to page27.<
Voice commands
The voice command system operates on 
the basis of specific, predefined com-
mands; these commands should be spo-
ken precisely as indicated. You can have 
the possible commands read back at any 
stage. To do so, say the command 
{Options}. 
In addition to the commands described, 
there are often other commands that run 
the same function. Instead of {Options}, 
you can, for example, also say {What now}. 
*
These sections contain information on 
using the voice command system.
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More detailed commands such as 
{Change scale} instead of {Scale} are also 
often possible.
Short commands
With the {Main menu} level, you can run 
certain functions directly with brief com-
mands, refer to page29, without having to 
open an equipment level.
For example, if you want to dial a phone 
number, you do not have to say 
rather you can say directly 
Special commands 
Special commands are available for spe-
cific systems. In this Owner's Manual you will find these commands in the sections 
describing the individual systems.
Displays in Info Display
The Info Display shows you what the voice 
command system has understood in line 2, 
while also indicating which voice command 
or question is currently active in line1.
In addition, any error messages are also 
displayed.
Selecting navigation scale – an example
Start the dialog:
Briefly press in the steering wheel.
Volume adjustment 
You can adjust the volume for the instruc-
tions from the voice command system:Turn the button during an instruction/
announcement to select the desired vol-
ume.
Instructions/announcements from the 
voice command system will continue at this 
volume level, even if the other audio 
sources are set to minimum volume.
The system automatically selects your 
individual volume setting each time 
you unlock the vehicle using your personal 
remote control.<  {Telephone}
1. {Dial number}
2.Enter the phone number.
Operation with the voice command sys-
tem is always indicated with this picto-
graph.
You sayThe voice command system repliesInfo Display screen contents
"SVS active"
{Change scale}{{Please enter the desired scale}}"scale ?
change scale"
{Scale 
500 feet}"ok
500 ft"