Reference 229
At a glance
Controls
Driving tips
Communications
Navigation
Entertainment
Mobility
"BMW Service"181
"BMW Service settings"180
BMW website4
Bottle holder, refer to Cup
holders107
Brake Assistant, refer to DBC
Dynamic Brake Control84
Brake fluid199
– warning lamp199
Brake force display89
Brake lamps
– brake force display89
– replacing bulbs205
Brake pads200
– breaking-in116
Brake rotors118
Brakes
– ABS Antilock Brake
System84
– brake fluid199
– brake force display89
– brake pads200
– breaking-in116
– handbrake58
– warning lamps13
Brake system116,199
– brake fluid level199
– brake pads116,200
– breaking-in116
– disc brakes118
– warning lamp199
Braking
– CBC Cornering Brake
Control84
– DBC Dynamic Brake
Control84
– electronic brake-force
distribution84
– refer to Braking safely117
Braking safely117
Breakdown assistance181
Breakdown services, refer to
Roadside Assistance212
Breaking-in the clutch116
Breaking-in the
differential116
Break-in period116
"Brightness"81Brightness of Control
Display81
Button for starting engine56
Buttons on steering wheel11
C
California laws
– Event Data Recorders202
California Proposition 65
Warning5
"Call"172
Call
– accepting171
– displaying accepted173
– ending171
– in absence173
– starting171
Calling
– from phone book172
– from Top 8 list173
– redialing173
– refer to telephone owner's
manual
Can holder, refer to Cup
holders107
Capacities222
Capacity
– of cargo area221
– of luggage
compartment221
Car battery, refer to Vehicle
battery209
Car care, refer to Caring for
your vehicle brochure
Car-care products, refer to
Caring for your vehicle
brochure
"Car data"74
Care202
– refer to Caring for your
vehicle brochure
Cargo
– refer to Loading118
– securing120
– securing with ski bag110Cargo area
– capacity221
– emergency operation, refer
to Opening manually35
– increasing111
– opening/closing, refer to
Tailgate35
– opening from inside35
– opening from outside35
– opening with remote
control31
Cargo area cover, Sports
Wagon111
Caring for artificial leather,
refer to Caring for your
vehicle brochure
Caring for leather, refer to
Caring for your vehicle
brochure
Caring for light-alloy wheels,
refer to Caring for your
vehicle brochure
Caring for plastic, refer to
Caring for your vehicle
brochure
Caring for the carpet, refer to
Caring for your vehicle
brochure
Caring for the vehicle finish,
refer to Caring for your
vehicle brochure
Car key, refer to Keys/remote
control
28
Car phone166
– installation location, refer to
Center armrest106
– refer to Mobile phone166
– refer to separate Owner's
Manual
Car radio, refer to Radio148
Car wash118
– also refer to Caring for your
vehicle brochure
– with comfort access39
Catalytic converter, refer to
Hot exhaust system116
"Categories"154
CBC Cornering Brake
Control84
Reference 239
At a glance
Controls
Driving tips
Communications
Navigation
Entertainment
Mobility
Rear lamps, refer to Tail
lamps205
– replacing bulbs205
Rear seat back,
folding109,111
Rear seats
– folding backrests109,111
– head restraint adjustment47
– heating48
Rear ventilation102
Rearview mirror49
Rear window
– changing wiper blade203
– heating100
– opening and closing on
Sports Wagon34
– roller sun blind, refer to Sun
blinds105
– window wiper on Sports
Wagon64
Rear window safety switch40
"Received calls"172
Reception
– quality151
– radio stations151
– regional station149
Reception level of mobile
phone, refer to Status
information20
Rechargeable flashlight106
Recirculated-air mode
– air recirculation101
– AUC Automatic recircu-
lated-air control101
Reclining seat, refer to
Backrest44
Recording times, refer to
Stopwatch79
"Redial" for mobile phone172
Reflectors, refer to Tail
lamps205
Refueling186
Releasing hood196
"Relock door if not
opened"33
Remaining distance, refer to
Cruising range73Remaining distance to desti-
nation, refer to Computer74
Remote control28
– battery replacement39
– comfort access37
– garage door opener104
– luggage compartment lid31
– malfunction31,39
– tailgate31
Removing condensation on
the windows
100
"Repeat directory" in audio
mode160
"Repeat" in audio mode160
"Repeat track" in audio
mode160
Replacement fuses210
Replacement of tires, refer to
Changing wheels207
Replacing bulbs, refer to
Lamps and bulbs203
Replacing tires194
Replacing wheels/tires, refer
to New wheels and tires194
Reporting an accident, refer
Initiating an emergency
call211
Reporting safety defects7
Reserve warning, refer to Fuel
gauge73
Reservoir for washer
systems64
Reset, refer to Resetting tone
settings147
"Reset" for tone settings147
"Reset" stopwatch79
Residual heat101
Restraint systems
– for children52
– refer to Safety belts47
Retaining straps, refer to
Storage area package112
Retreaded tires194
Reverse, fast
– CD changer161
– CD player161Reverse gear
– automatic transmission with
Steptronic61
– manual transmission59
– SMG Sequential Manual
Gearbox59
Road map138
"Roadside
Assistance"181,183
Roadside Assistance212
Roadside parking lamps95
– replacing bulbs204
Roller sun blinds105
Roll-up cover, refer to Cargo
area cover, Sports
Wagon111
Roof load capacity221
Roof-mounted luggage
rack120
Rope, refer to Tow-starting
and towing213
Rotary pushbutton, refer to
iDrive16
Route134
– bypassing sections140
– changing134,
140
– displaying137
– displaying arrow display137
– displaying map138
– displaying town138
– list138
– selecting134
– selecting criteria134
Route map, refer to Map
display138
"Route preference",
changing135
Route selection134
RSC, refer to Run-flat
tires194
Run-flat tires194
– continuing driving with a
damaged tire88
– flat tire88
– new wheels and tires194
– tire inflation
pressure88,188
– tire replacement194
