Technology for driving comfort and safety
84 >With a medium load:
1 person, cargo area full, or 2 people 
without luggage:
approx. 95 miles/150 km
>With a full load:
2 people, cargo area full:
approx. 30 miles/50 km
Drive cautiously and do not exceed a 
speed of 50 mph/80 km/h. In the event of 
pressure loss, vehicle handling changes. This 
includes reduced tracking stability in braking, 
extended braking distance and altered natural 
steering characteristics.
If unusual vibration or loud noises occur during 
the journey, this may be an indication that the 
damaged tire has finally failed. Reduce your 
speed and pull over as soon as possible at a 
suitable location. Otherwise, parts of the tire 
could come loose, resulting in an accident. Do 
not continue driving. Instead, contact your 
BMW center.<
Message for unsuccessful system 
reset
The warning lamp lights up yellow. A 
message will appear on the Control 
Display. The system was not reset 
after a tire was changed, for example.
Check the tire inflation pressure and reset the 
system, refer to page83.
Status display
1. Press the button 
The start menu is opened.
2."Vehicle Info"
3."Vehicle status"
4."TPM"
5.The status is displayed.
Malfunction
The small warning lamp flashes in 
yellow and then lights up continu-
ously; the larger warning lamp comes 
on in yellow. On the Control Display, 
the tires are shown in gray and a message 
appears. No punctures can be detected.This type of message is shown in the following 
situations:
>If there is a malfunction
Have the system checked.
>If a wheel without TPM electronics has 
been mounted
>If TPM is temporarily malfunctioning due to 
other systems or devices using the same 
radio frequency.
Declaration according to NHTSA/
FMVSS 138
Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems
Each tire should be checked monthly when cold 
and inflated to the inflation pressure recom-
mended by the vehicle manufacturer on the 
vehicle placard or tire inflation pressure label. If 
your vehicle has tires of a different size than the 
size indicated on the vehicle placard or tire infla-
tion pressure label, you should determine the 
proper tire inflation pressure for those tires. As 
an added safety feature, your vehicle has been 
equipped with a tire pressure monitoring sys-
tem, TPMS, that illuminates a low tire pressure 
telltale when one or more of your tires are signif-
icantly under-inflated. Accordingly, when the 
low tire pressure telltale illuminates, you should 
stop and check your tires as soon as possible, 
and inflate them to the proper pressure. Driving 
on a significantly underinflated tire causes the 
tire to overheat and can lead to tire failure. 
Underinflation also reduces fuel efficiency and 
tire tread life, and may affect the vehicle’s han-
dling and stopping ability. Please note that the 
TPMS is not a substitute for proper tire mainte-
nance, and it is the driver’s responsibility to 
maintain correct tire pressure, even if underin-
flation has not reached the level at which the 
TPMS low tire pressure telltale illuminates.
The TPMS malfunction indicator is combined 
with the low tire pressure telltale. When the sys-
tem detects a malfunction, the telltale will flash 
for approximately one minute and then remain 
continuously lit. This sequence will continue 
upon subsequent vehicle startups as long as 
the malfunction exists. When the malfunction 
indicator is illuminated, the system may not be  
Music collection
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Music collection
Storing music
The music tracks from CDs, DVDs and USB 
devices can be stored in the music collection in 
the vehicle and played from there.
>Audio CD: tracks are converted into a com-
pressed audio format when they are stored. 
If available, information on the album, such 
as the artist, is stored as well.
>CD/DVD or USB device with compressed 
audio files: The entire content of the CD/
DVD or the USB device is stored in the vehi-
cle as an album. After storing, the tracks and 
directories can be deleted individually. Files 
are only stored in the WMA, MP3, and AAC 
formats. 
Tracks with DRM copy protection can 
be stored in the vehicle but cannot be 
played back.
Regularly back up the music data; other-
wise, it could be lost if there is a fault on 
the hard drive.<
Music recognition technology and 
related data are provided by 
Gracenote®. Gracenote® is the industry stan-
dard in music recognition technology and 
related content delivery. For more information, 
please visit www.gracenote.com.
CD and music-related data from Gracenote, 
Inc., copyright
© 2000-2009 Gracenote. Gracenote Software, 
copyright 2000-2009 Gracenote. This product 
and service may practice one or more of the fol-
lowing U.S. Patents: #5,987,525; #6,061,680; 
#6,154,773, #6,161,132, #6,230,192, 
#6,230,207, #6,240,459, #6,330,593, and 
other patents issued or pending. Some services 
supplied under license from Open Globe, Inc. 
for U.S. Patent: 6.304.523.Gracenote and CDDB are registered trade 
marks of Gracenote. The Gracenote logo, the 
logo typeface and the "powered by Gracenote" 
logo are trade marks of Gracenote.
Storing from CDs/DVDs
CDs/DVDs can only be stored from the CD/DVD 
player.
1.Insert a CD/DVD into the CD/DVD player.
2."CD/Multimedia"
3."CD/DVD"
4. Select the symbol for the CD/DVD 
player.
5."Store in vehicle"
The music collection is displayed.
The tracks are stored and played back in 
sequence out of the music collection.
Observe the following during the storage 
process:
Do not switch back to the CD/DVD player and 
do not remove the CD/DVD from the CD/DVD 
player as this will interrupt the storage process. 
You can switch to the other audio sources with-
out interrupting the storage process. Tracks 
from the current CD/DVD that have already 
been stored can be called up.