2012 BMW 135I Owner's Manual

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At a glance
Controls
Driving tips
Communications
Navigation
Entertainment
Mobility
Maintenance
Maintain the vehicle regularly to sustain the
road safety, operational reliability and the New
Vehicle Limited Warranty.
Specifications for required maintenance mea-
sures:
>BMW Maintenance system
>Service and Warranty Information Booklet
for US models
>Service and Warranty Information Booklet
for US models
If the vehicle is not maintained according to
these specifications, this could result in serious
damage to the vehicle. Such damage is not cov-
ered by the BMW New Vehicle Limited War-
ranty.
Reporting safety defects
For US customers
The following only applies to vehicles owned
and operated in the US.
If you believe that your vehicle has a defect
which could cause a crash or could cause injury
or death, you should immediately inform the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
NHTSA, in addition to notifying BMW of North
America, LLC, P.O. Box 1227, Westwood, New
Jersey 07675-1227, Telephone 1-800-831-
1117.
If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it may
open an investigation, and if it finds that a safety
defect exists in a group of vehicles, it may order
a recall and remedy campaign. However,
NHTSA cannot become involved in individual
problems between you, your center, or BMW of
North America, LLC.
To contact NHTSA, you may call the Vehicle
Safety Hotline toll-free at 1-888-327-4236
(TTY: 1-800-424-9153); go to
http://www.safercar.gov; or write to: Adminis-
trator, NHTSA, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20590. You can also obtain
other information about motor vehicle safety
from http://www.safercar.gov
For Canadian customers
Canadian customers who wish to report a
safety-related defect to Transport Canada,
Defect Investigations and Recalls, may tele-
phone the toll-free hotline 1-800-333-0510.
You can also obtain other information about
motor vehicle safety from http://www.tc.gc.ca/
roadsafety

At a glance
This overview of buttons, switches and displays
is intended to familiarize you with your vehicle's
operating environment. The section will also
assist you in becoming acquainted with the
control concepts and options available for
operating the various systems.
At a glance

Dashboard
10
Dashboard
Around the steering wheel: controls and displays
1Convertible: opening and closing
windows jointly38
2Convertible: opening and closing
rear windows38
3Opening and closing front
windows37
4Folding exterior mirrors in and out
*51
5Adjusting exterior mirrors, automatic curb
monitor
*51
6
Parking lamps94
Low beams95
Automatic headlamp control
*94
Adaptive Light Control
*95
High-beam Assistant
*96

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Fog lamps*97
8
Turn signals66
High beams, headlamp flasher96
High-beam Assistant
*96
Roadside parking lamps
*96
Computer71
Settings and information about the
vehicle73
9Instrument cluster12
10
Windshield wipers67
Rain sensor
*67
11Switching the ignition on/off and
starting/stopping the engine57
12Ignition lock57
13Buttons
on the steering wheel
Telephone
*:
Accepting and ending a call; dial-
ing
* the selected phone number;
redialing if no phone number is
selected
Volume
Activating/deactivating the voice
activation system
*
Changing the radio station
Interrupting a traffic bulletin
Selecting a music track
Scrolling through the redial list
Next entertainment source
Recirculated air mode101
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Steering wheel heating
*53
15Horn, entire surface
16Adjusting the steering wheel52
17
Cruise control
*68
18Releasing the hood216
19OBD socket222
20Opening the trunk lid33

Dashboard
12
Instrument cluster
1Speedometer
135i: with fuel gauge
2Indicator lamps for turn signals
3Indicator and warning lamps13
4Tachometer70
5Fuel gauge71
135i: engine oil temperature71
6Display for
>Clock70
>Outside temperature70
>Indicator and warning lamps787Display for
>Position of automatic transmission
*59
>Gear indicator in 7-gear Sport automatic
transmission with double clutch
*62
>Computer71
>Date of next scheduled service, and
remaining distance to be driven74
>Odometer and trip odometer70
>High-beam Assistant
*96
>Checking the oil level217
>Settings and information73
8Resetting the trip odometer70

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Indicator and warning lamps
The concept
Indicator and warning lamps can light up in a
variety of combinations and colors.
Several of the lamps are checked for proper
functioning and light up temporarily when the
engine is started or the ignition is switched on.
Text messages
Text messages at the upper edge of the Control
Display explain the meaning of the displayed
indicator and warning lamps.
Supplementary text messages
You can call up more information on the Control
Display, e.g. on the cause of a malfunction and
on how to respond, via Check Control, refer to
page78.In urgent cases, this information will be shown
as soon as the corresponding lamp comes on.
Indicator lamps without text messages
The following indicator lamps notify you that
certain functions are active:
High beams/headlamp flasher96
Fog lamps
*97
Lamp flashes:
DSC or DTC is regulating the propul-
sive forces in order to maintain driving
stability84
Canada: parking brake applied59
Parking brake applied59
Canada: engine malfunction with
adverse effect on emissions222
Engine malfunction with adverse
effect on emissions222

Dashboard
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Around the center console: controls and displays