Everything from A to Z
284 Safety systems
– ABS Antilock Brake 
System91
– airbags100
– driving stability control 
systems91
– safety belts52
Safety tires, refer to Run-flat 
tires229
Satellite radio
– enabling channel179
– selecting channel180
– storing channel180
satellite radio179
"SAT" in radio mode168,179
"Save current 
destination"154
"Scan"
– music tracks on CD184
– stations in radio mode173
Scan
– CD changer184
– CD player184
– radio173
"Scan all" in audio mode184
"Scan directory" in audio 
mode184
Screen, refer to iDrive16
Screw thread for tow 
fitting256
SDARS, refer to Satellite 
radio179
"Seat heater distribution"53Seats48
– active backrest width 
adjustment49
– adjusting the seats48
– comfort seat48
– easy entry/exit49
– heating53
– lumbar support49
– memory, refer to Seat, mirror 
and steering wheel 
memory49
– shoulder support48
– sitting safely47
– storing the setting49
– thigh support48
– ventilation, refer to Active 
seat ventilation54
Securing load
– refer to Securing cargo138
– with ski bag, refer to 
Securing cargo131
Select109
"Select as 
destination"150,213
"Select current speed"86
Selecting audio sources, refer 
to Operation via iDrive168
Selecting distance with active 
cruise control73
Selecting frequency 
manually173
Selecting menu items20
Selecting route154
Selection options with 
navigation system154
Selector lever
– automatic transmission with 
Steptronic64,65
Selector lever lock, refer to 
Selecting transmission 
positions65
self-leveling suspension95
Service, refer to Roadside 
Assistance254
Service and Warranty 
Information Booklet for 
US models237
"Service Info"82,211,234Service Interval Display
– refer to CBS Condition 
Based Service237
– refer to Service 
requirements82
"Service Request"204,211
"Service require-
ments"82,83,211,234
Service requirements
– refer to CBS Condition 
Based Service237
"Set date"88
"Set" in audio mode168
"Set" on trip computer82
"Set service date"83
"Set time"88
Setting button, refer to 
Controls, controller16
"Settings"216
Settings
– BMW Night Vision105
– changing on Control 
Display87
– clock, 12h/24h mode88
– configuring, refer to 
Personal Profile31
– date88
– language89
– units of measure89
"Settings" in unlocking32
Settings menu, refer to 
imenu18
"Settings" with BMW 
Assist214
Setting time, refer to 
Preselecting activation 
times119
Shifting gears, Automatic 
transmission with 
Steptronic65
Shift paddles on steering 
wheel67
Short commands of voice 
command system265
"Short route" in 
navigation155
Short route in navigation, refer 
to Selecting route154 
Everything from A to Z
286 "State / Province" in 
destination entry145
"State inspection"83
Station, refer to Radio172
"Status"83
Status information on Control 
Display21
Status of this Owner's Manual 
at time of printing5
Steam cleaners239,240
Steering wheel
– adjustment56
– automatic adjustment, refer 
to Steering wheel 
memory49
– buttons on steering 
wheel11
– easy entry/exit56
– heating56
– lock, refer to Ignition lock62
– memory49
– programmable buttons56
– shift paddles67
Steering with variable ratio, 
refer to Active steering99
Steptronic
– refer to Automatic 
transmission with 
Steptronic64
– refer to Sport automatic 
transmission67
– refer to Sport program and 
manual mode65
"Stop" for stopwatch87
Stopwatch86,87
Storage area package, Sports 
Wagon129
Storage compartments124
"Store in address book" in 
navigation152
"Store" in radio 
mode175,181
Storing242
Storing current position152
Storing radio stations174
Storing sitting position, refer 
to Seat, mirror and steering 
wheel memory49
Storing tires230Storing your vehicle242
"Street" in destination 
entry146
Summer tires, refer to Wheels 
and tires222
Sun blinds122
"Surround Settings", tone 
control170
,171
SW, waveband172
Swinging up floor panel, 
Sports Wagon129
Switches, refer to Cockpit10
Switching automatically 
between high beams and 
low beams, refer to High-
beam assistant110
Switching off engine63
Switching on
– audio168
– CD changer168
– CD player168
– radio168
Switching on hour signal88
Swiveling
– headlamps, refer to Adaptive 
Head Light110
Symbols4
– indicator/warning lamps13
– navigation system162
– status information21
– traffic information with 
navigation system160
T
Tachometer79
Tailgate36
– automatic operation38
– emergency operation, refer 
to Opening manually38
– locking and unlocking from 
inside35
– opening from inside37
Tail lamps246
– replacing bulbs246
Tank contents, refer to 
Capacities264
Target cursor for 
navigation149Technical alterations, refer to 
For your own safety5
Technical data260
– capacities264
– dimensions261
Telematics, refer to 
BMW Assist209
Telephone
– installation location, refer to 
Center armrest123
– refer to Mobile phone194
"Telephone list"57
Temperature
– adjusting in upper body 
region115
– adjusting with automatic 
climate control115
– changing units of 
measure89
– refer to Coolant 
temperature79
Temperature display
– changing units of 
measure89
– outside temperature79
– outside temperature 
warning79
Tempomat, refer to Cruise 
control70
"Text language"89
"Theater", tone control171
The individual vehicle5
Third brake lamp, refer to 
Center brake lamp247
Through-loading system127
Tightening torque of the lug 
bolts, refer to After 
mounting250
Tilt alarm sensor40
– switching off40
Tilting down passenger-side 
exterior mirror55
"Time"88
"Time format"88
Timer, refer to Preselecting 
activation times119
"Timer 2" for parked-car 
ventilation119