Reference 251
At a glance
Controls
Driving tips
Communications
Navigation
Entertainment
Mobility
Starting off on slopes, refer to 
Starting assistant125
Start menu, iDrive17
"Start route guidance"138
"Start service"189
"State / Province" for desti-
nation entry134
"State inspection"78
Station, refer to Radio156
"Stations", presets163
"Status"78
Status of this Owner's Manual 
at time of printing5
Steering wheel
– adjustment52
– buttons on steering 
wheel11
– easy entry/exit52
– heating52
– lock58
– locking58
– memory47
– programmable buttons53
"Steering wheel buttons"53
Steering-wheel shift buttons, 
refer to Shift paddles62
Steering with variable ratio, 
refer to Active steering93
Steptronic, refer to Automatic 
transmission with 
Steptronic63
"Stop" for stopwatch82
"Stopwatch"82
Stopwatch81
Storage area package119
Storage compartments114
"Store in address book" for 
navigation system140
"Store" on the radio158,163
Storing current position140
Storing radio stations158
Storing sitting position, refer 
to Seat, mirror and steering 
wheel memory47
Storing tires202
Straps, refer to Loading128
"Street" for destination 
entry135Summer tires, refer to Wheels 
and tires196
Sun blinds112
"Surround Settings", refer to 
Tone control154
SW, waveband156
Switches, refer to Cockpit10
Switching between high 
beams and low beams, 
automatic, refer to High-
beam assistant103
Switching cooling function on 
and off107
Switching off engine60
Switching off tilt alarm 
sensor38
Switching on
– audio152
– CD changer152
– CD player152
– radio152
Switching on hour signal83
Swiveling headlamps, refer to 
Adaptive Head Light102
Symbols4
– indicator/warning lamps13
T
Tachometer74
"Tailgate"36
Tailgate33,35
– automatic operation36
– locking and unlocking from 
inside32
– opening from inside, Sports 
Wagon35
Tail lamps213
– replacing bulbs213
Tank contents, refer to 
Capacities230
Target cursor for 
navigation138
Technical alterations, refer to 
For your own safety5
Technical data226
Telematic, refer to 
TeleService, 
BMW Assist187Telephone, refer to Mobile 
phone174
"Telephone list"53
TeleService187
– enabling187
– services offered188
Temperature
– adjusting in upper body 
region106
– adjusting with automatic 
climate control106
– of coolant, refer to Coolant 
temperature74
Temperature display
– outside temperature74
– setting units84
– temperature warning74
Temperature warning74
Tempomat, refer to Cruise 
control66
"Terminate services"190
"Text language"84
"Theater", refer to Tone 
control154
The individual vehicle5
Third brake lamp, refer to 
Center brake lamp214
Through-loading system116
Tightening torque of the lug 
bolts, refer to After 
mounting217
Tilting down passenger-side 
exterior mirror52
"Time"83
"Time format"83
Timer, refer to Preselecting 
activation time109
"Timer 1" for parked car 
ventilation110
"Timer 2" for parked car 
ventilation110
Tire inflation pressures196
Tire pressure loss90,91
Tire pressure monitoring, 
refer to Flat Tire Monitor89
Tire Pressure Monitor 
TPM91
Tire Quality Grading200