2014 BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 3 technical data

ContentsThe fastest way to find information on a partic‐
ular topic or item is by using the index, refer to
page 232.6Notes
At a glance
14Cockpit18iDrive26Voice activation system29Integrated Owner's Manual in the vehicle31BMW ActiveHybrid
Controls
36Opening and closing52Adjusting62Transporting children safely67Driving80Displays97Lights102Safety124Driving stability control systems129Driving comfort150Climate control156Interior equipment164Storage compartments
Driving tips
170Things to remember when driving175Loading178Saving fuelMobility186Refueling188Fuel190Wheels and tires198Engine compartment200Engine oil203Coolant204Maintenance206Replacing components217Breakdown assistance223Care
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230Technical data232Everything from A to Z
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California Proposition 65 Warning
California laws require us to state the following
warning:
Engine exhaust and a wide variety of automo‐
bile components and parts, including compo‐
nents found in the interior furnishings in a vehi‐
cle, contain or emit chemicals known to the
State of California to cause cancer and birth
defects and reproductive harm. In addition,
certain fluids contained in vehicles and certain
products of component wear contain or emit
chemicals known to the State of California to
cause cancer and birth defects or other repro‐
ductive harm. Battery posts, terminals and re‐
lated accessories contain lead and lead com‐
pounds. Wash your hands after handling. Used
engine oil contains chemicals that have caused
cancer in laboratory animals. Always protect
your skin by washing thoroughly with soap and
water.
Service and warranty
We recommend that you read this publication
thoroughly. Your vehicle is covered by the fol‐
lowing warranties:
▷New Vehicle Limited Warranty.▷Rust Perforation Limited Warranty.▷Federal Emissions System Defect War‐
ranty.
▷Federal Emissions Performance Warranty.▷California Emission Control System Lim‐
ited Warranty.
Detailed information about these warranties is
listed in the Service and Warranty Information
Booklet for US models or in the Warranty and
Service Guide Booklet for Canadian models.
Your vehicle has been specifically adapted and
designed to meet the particular operating con‐
ditions and homologation requirements in your
country and continental region in order to de‐
liver the full driving pleasure while the vehicle
is operated under those conditions. If you wish
to operate your vehicle in another country or
region, you may be required to adapt your ve‐
hicle to meet different prevailing operating
conditions and homologation requirements.
You should also be aware of any applicable
warranty limitations or exclusions for such
country or region. In such case, please contact
Customer Relations for further information.
Maintenance
Maintain the vehicle regularly to sustain the
road safety, operational reliability and the New
Vehicle Limited Warranty.
Specifications for required maintenance meas‐
ures:
▷BMW Maintenance system▷Service and Warranty Information Booklet
for US models
▷Warranty and Service Guide Booklet for
Canadian models
If the vehicle is not maintained according to
these specifications, this could result in seri‐
ous damage to the vehicle. Such damage is
not covered by the BMW New Vehicle Limited
Warranty.
Data memory
Many electronic components on your vehicle
are equipped with data memories that tempo‐
rarily or permanently store technical informa‐
tion about the condition of the vehicle, events
and faults. This technical information generally
records the state of a component, a module, a
system or the environment:
▷Operating mode of system components, fill
levels for instance.

▷Status messages for the vehicle and from
its individual components, e.g., wheel rota‐
tion speed/vehicle speed, deceleration,
transverse acceleration.▷Malfunctions and faults in important sys‐
tem components, e.g., lights and brakes.▷Responses by the vehicle to special situa‐
tions such as airbag deployment or engag‐
ing the stability control system.▷Ambient conditions, such as temperature.
This data is purely technical in nature and is
used to detect and correct faults and to opti‐
mize vehicle functions. Motion profiles over
routes traveled cannot be created from this
data. When service offerings are used, e.g., re‐
pair services, service processes, warranty
claims, quality assurance, this technical infor‐
mation can be read out from the event and
fault memories by the service personnel, in‐
cluding the manufacturer, using special diag‐
nostic tools. You can obtain further information
there if you need it. After an error is corrected,
the information in the fault memory is deleted
or overwritten on a continuous basis.
With the vehicle in use there are situations
where you can associate these technical data
with individuals if combined with other infor‐
mation, e.g., an accident report, damage to the
vehicle, eye witness accounts — possibly with
the assistance of an expert.
Additional functions that are contractually
agreed with the customer - such as vehicle
emergency locating - you can transmit certain
vehicle data from the vehicle.
Event Data Recorder EDR
This vehicle is equipped with an event data re‐
corder EDR. The main purpose of an EDR is to
record, in certain crash or near crash-like situa‐
tions, such as an air bag deployment or hitting
a road obstacle, data that will assist in under‐
standing how a vehicle’s systems performed.
The EDR is designed to record data related to
vehicle dynamics and safety systems for a
short period of time, typically 30 seconds or
less.
The EDR in this vehicle is designed to record
such data as:▷How various systems in your vehicle were
operating.▷Whether or not the driver and passenger
safety belts were fastened.▷How far, if at all, the driver was depressing
the accelerator and/or brake pedal.▷How fast the vehicle was traveling.
These data can help provide a better under‐
standing of the circumstances in which
crashes and injuries occur.
EDR data are recorded by your vehicle only if a
nontrivial crash situation occurs; no data are
recorded by the EDR under normal driving
conditions and no personal data, e.g., name,
gender, age, and crash location, are recorded.
However, other parties, such as law enforce‐
ment, could combine the EDR data with the
type of personally identifying data routinely ac‐
quired during a crash investigation.
To read data recorded by an EDR, special
equipment is required, and access to the vehi‐
cle or the EDR is needed. In addition to the ve‐
hicle manufacturer, other parties, such as law
enforcement, that have the special equipment,
can read the information if they have access to
the vehicle or the EDR.
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Reference
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Technical dataVehicle features and options
This chapter describes all standard, country-
specific and optional features offered with the
series. It also describes features that are notnecessarily available in your car, e. g., due to
the selected options or country versions. This
also applies to safety-related functions and
systems.
Note
The technical data and specifications in this
Owner's Manual are used as guidance values.
The vehicle-specific data can deviate from this,
for example, due to the selected special equip‐
ment, country version or country-specific
measurement method. Detailed values can befound in the approval documents, on informa‐
tion signs on the vehicle or can be obtained
from the service center.
The information in the vehicle documents al‐
ways has priority.
Dimensions
Note
The dimensions can vary depending on the
model version, equipment or country-specific
measurement method.
The specified heights do not take into account
attached parts, for example, a roof antenna,roof racks or spoiler. The heights can deviate,
for example, due to the selected special equip‐
ment, tires, load and chassis version. BMW ActiveHybrid 3Width with mirrorsinches/mm79.9/2,031Width without mirrorsinches/mm71.3/1,811Heightinches/mm56.3/1,429Lengthinches/mm182.2/4,627Wheelbaseinches/mm110.6/2,810Smallest turning radius diam.ft/m37.1/11.3Seite 230ReferenceTechnical data230
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Weights
ActiveHybrid 3Approved gross vehicle weightlbs/kg4,815/2,184Loadlbs/kg900/408Approved front axle loadlbs/kg2,250/1,021Approved rear axle loadlbs/kg2,710/1,229Approved roof load capacitylbs/kg165.4/75Cargo area capacitycu ft/l13.8/390
Capacities

US gal/litersNotesFuel tank, approx.15/57Fuel quality, refer to
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Contact with water, hybridsystem 222
Continued driving with a flat tire 107 , 110
Control Display 18
Control Display, settings 94
Controller 18, 19
Control systems, driving sta‐ bility 124
Convenient opening with the remote control 39
Coolant 203
Coolant level 203
Coolant temperature 87
Cooling function 151
Cooling, maximum 151
Cooling system 203
Corrosion on brake discs 173
Cosmetic mirror 160
Cruise control 135
Cruise control, active with Stop & Go 129
Cruising range 88
Cupholders 166
Current fuel consumption 88
D
Damage, tires 194
Damping control, dy‐ namic 125
Data, technical 230
Date 88
Daytime running lights 98
Deactivating drive readi‐ ness 69
Defrosting, refer to Windows, defrosting 152
Dehumidifying, air 151
Deleting personal data 24
Deletion of personal data 24
Destination distance 92
Digital clock 87
Digital compass 158
Dimensions 230
Dimmable exterior mirrors 60 Dimmable interior rearview
mirror 61
Direction indicator, refer to Turn signals 72
Display, electronic, instru‐ ment cluster 80
Display in windshield 95
Display lighting, refer to In‐ strument lighting 100
Displays, cleaning 226
Displays, hybrid system 81
Disposal, coolant 203
Disposal, vehicle battery 215
Distance control, refer to PDC 137
Distance to destination 92
Divided screen view, split screen 23
Door lock 41
Door lock, refer to Remote control 36
DRIVE, Driving with combus‐ tion engine 71
Drive-off assistant 128
Drive-off assistant, refer to DSC 124
Driver assistance, refer to In‐ telligent Safety 110
Drive readiness in detail 68
Drive readiness states 67
Driving Assistant, refer to In‐ telligent Safety 110
Driving Dynamics Con‐ trol 126
Driving instructions, break- in 170
Driving instructions, hybrid system 170
Driving mode 126
Driving notes, general 172
Driving stability control sys‐ tems 124
Driving style analysis 181
Driving tips 172
Driving with combustion en‐ gine, DRIVE 71 DSC Dynamic Stability Con‐
trol 124
DTC Dynamic Traction Con‐ trol 125
Dynamic Damping Con‐ trol 125
Dynamic Stability Control DSC 124
Dynamic Traction Control DTC 125
E eBOOST, assistance for the combustion engine 71
ECO PRO 179
ECO PRO, bonus range 180
ECO PRO display 179
ECO PRO driving mode 179
ECO PRO driving style analy‐ sis 181
ECO PRO mode 179
ECO PRO Tip - driving in‐ struction 181
eDRIVE, electric driving 70
Electric drive readiness, Si‐ lent Start 68
Electric driving, eDRIVE 70
Electronic displays, instru‐ ment cluster 80
Electronic oil measure‐ ment 200
Electronic Stability Program ESP, refer to DSC 124
Emergency detection, remote control 37
Emergency release, fuel filler flap 186
Emergency Request 217
Emergency service, refer to Roadside Assistance 218
Emergency start function, en‐ gine start 37
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Safety belts, care 225
Safety of the hybrid sys‐ tem 221
Safety reel, windows 49
Safety systems, airbags 102
Saving fuel 178
Screen, refer to Control Dis‐ play 18
Screwdriver, see Onboard ve‐ hicle tool kit 206
Screw thread, see screw thread for tow fitting, screw
thread for tow fitting 221
Seat and mirror memory 58
Seat belts, refer to Safety belts 55
Seat heating, front 55
Seat heating, rear 55
Seating position for chil‐ dren 62
Seats 52
Selection list in instrument cluster 91
Selector lever, Steptronic transmission 76
Sensors, care 226
Service and warranty 8
Service requirements, Condi‐ tion Based Service
CBS 204
Service requirements, dis‐ play 88
Service, Roadside Assis‐ tance 218
Services, ConnectedDrive
Servotronic 128
SET button, see Active Cruise Control, ACC 129
SET button, see Cruise con‐ trol 135
Settings, locking/unlock‐ ing 45
Settings on Control Dis‐ play 94
Settings, storing for seat, mir‐ ror 58 Shift paddles on steering
wheel 78
Side airbags 102
Side View 142
Signaling, horn 14
Signals when unlocking 45
Silent Start, electric drive readiness 68
Sitting safely 52
Size 230
Slide/tilt glass roof 49
Smallest turning radius 230
Snow chains 196
Socket 160
Socket, OBD Onboard Diag‐ nostics 204
SOS button 217
Spare fuse 215
Specified engine oil types 202
Speed, average 92
Speed limit detection, com‐ puter 92
Speed limiter, display 89
Speed Limit Information 89
Speed warning 93
Split screen 23
SPORT+ - program, Dynamic Driving Control 127
Sport displays, torque dis‐ play, performance dis‐
play 93
SPORT program, Dynamic Driving Control 127
Sport program, transmis‐ sion 77
Sport steering, variable 126
Stability control systems 124
Standing air conditioning, re‐ mote control 46
Start/Stop button 67
Start function during malfunc‐ tion 37
Starting the combustion en‐ gine 68 Status control display,
tires 106
Status information, iDrive 23
Status of Owner's Manual 7
Steering assistance 128
Steering wheel, adjusting 61
Steering wheel heating 61
Steptronic Sport transmis‐ sion 78
Steptronic transmission 76
Storage compartments 164
Storage compartments, loca‐ tions 164
Storage, tires 196
Storing the vehicle 226
Summer tires, tread 194
Sun visor 160
Supplementary text mes‐ sage 86
Surround View 140
Switch for Dynamic Driv‐ ing 126
Switch-on times, parked-car ventilation 154
Switch, refer to Cockpit 14
Symbols 6
Symbols in the status field 23
T Tachometer 87
Tail lights 212
Technical changes, refer to Safety 7
Technical data 230
Telephone, see user's manual for Navigation, Entertain‐
ment and Communication
Temperature, automatic cli‐ mate control 151
Temperature display for ex‐ ternal temperature 87
Temperature, engine oil 87
Tempomat, refer to Active Cruise Control 129
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