ContentsThe fastest way to find information on a partic‐
ular topic or item is by using the index, refer to
page 242.6Notes
At a glance
14Cockpit18iDrive26Voice activation system29Integrated Owner's Manual in the vehicle31BMW ActiveHybrid
Controls
36Opening and closing56Adjusting71Transporting children safely75Driving90Displays107Lights112Safety138Driving stability control systems144Driving comfort165Climate control173Interior equipment179Storage compartments
Driving tips
186Things to remember when driving191Loading194Saving fuelMobility200Refueling202Fuel204Wheels and tires212Engine compartment214Engine oil217Coolant219Maintenance221Replacing components228Breakdown assistance234Care
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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.
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▷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
This chapter contains the technical data and an
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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. ActiveHybrid 7Width with mirrorsinches/mm84.3/2,142Width without mirrorsinches/mm74.9/1,902Height L-modelsinches/mm58.3/1,481Length L-modelsinches/mm205.5/5,220Wheelbase L-modelsinches/mm126.4/3,210Smallest turning radius diam. L-modelsft/m41.7/12.7Seite 240ReferenceTechnical data240
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Weights
ActiveHybrid 7 LApproved gross vehicle weightlbs/kg5,730/2,599Loadlbs/kg905/411Approved front axle loadlbs/kg2,670/1,211Approved rear axle loadlbs/kg3,205/1,454Approved roof load capacitylbs/kg220/100Cargo area capacitycu ft/l12.7/360
Capacities
US gal/litersNotesFuel tank, approx.20.1 / 76Fuel quality, refer to
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Coasting 78
Combination reel, refer to Turn signals 83
Combination reel, refer to Wiper system 84
Combustion engine, start‐ ing 76
COMFORT+ program, Driving Dynamics Control 142
Comfort Access 45
COMFORT program, Driving Dynamics Control 142
Computer 101
Condensation on win‐ dows 166
Condensation under the vehi‐ cle 190
Condition Based Service CBS 219
Confirmation signal 49
ConnectedDrive, see user's manual for Navigation, En‐
tertainment and Communi‐
cation
ConnectedDrive Services
Contact with water, hybrid system 233
Continued driving with a flat tire 116 , 119
Control Display 18
Control Display, settings 104
Controller 18
Control systems, driving sta‐ bility 138
Convenient opening with the remote control 39
Coolant 217
Coolant level 217
Coolant temperature 97
Cooling function 167
Cooling, maximum 167
Cooling system 217
Corrosion on brake discs 190
Cosmetic mirror 175
Cruise control 151 Cruise control, active with
Stop & Go 144
Cruise Control, refer to Active Cruise Control 144
Cruising range 98
Cupholder 181
Curb weight 241
D
Damage, tires 208
Damping control, dy‐ namic 140
Data, technical 240
Date 98
Daytime running lights 108
Deactivating drive readi‐ ness 77
Defrosting, refer to Windows, defrosting 166
Dehumidifying, air 167
Deleting personal data 24
Deletion of personal data 24
Departure time, parked-car ventilation 171
Destination distance 102
Digital clock 98
Dimensions 240
Dimmable exterior mirrors 68
Dimmable interior rearview mirror 69
Direction indicator, refer to Turn signals 83
Display, electronic, instru‐ ment cluster 90
Display in windshield 105
Display lighting, refer to In‐ strument lighting 110
Displays, cleaning 237
Displays, hybrid system 91
Disposal, coolant 218
Disposal, vehicle battery 227
Distance control, refer to PDC 153
Distance to destination 102 Divided screen view, split
screen 23
Door lock 41
Door lock, refer to Remote control 36
Doors, Automatic Soft Clos‐ ing 42
DRIVE, Driving with combus‐ tion engine 79
Drive-off assistant 138
Drive-off assistant, refer to DSC 138
Driver assistance, refer to In‐ telligent Safety 120
Drive readiness in detail 76
Drive readiness states 75
Driving Assistant, refer to In‐ telligent Safety 120
Driving Dynamics Con‐ trol 140
Driving instructions, break- in 186
Driving instructions, hybrid system 186
Driving mode 140
Driving notes, general 188
Driving stability control sys‐ tems 138
Driving tips 188
Driving with combustion en‐ gine, DRIVE 79
DSC Dynamic Stability Con‐ trol 138
DTC Dynamic Traction Con‐ trol 139
Dynamic Damping Con‐ trol 140
Dynamic Stability Control DSC 138
Dynamic Traction Control DTC 139
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Slide/tilt glass roof 53
Smallest turning radius 240
Smoker's package 175
Snow chains 210
Socket 176
Socket, OBD Onboard Diag‐ nostics 219
SOS button 228
Spare fuse 227
Speaker lighting 111
Specified engine oil types 216
Speed, average 102
Speed limit detection, com‐ puter 102
Speed limiter, display 99
Speed Limit Information 99
Speed warning 103
Split screen 23
SPORT+ - program, Dynamic Driving Control 141
Sport displays, torque dis‐ play, performance dis‐
play 103
SPORT program, driving dy‐ namics 142
Sport program, transmis‐ sion 88
Stability control systems 138
Standing air conditioning, re‐ mote control 49
Start/Stop button 75
Start function during malfunc‐ tion 37
Starting the combustion en‐ gine 76
Status control display, tires 117
Status information, iDrive 22
Status of Owner's Manual 7
Steering wheel, adjusting 69
Steering wheel heating 70
Steering wheel memory 66
Steptronic Sport transmis‐ sion 88
Steptronic transmission 87 Storage compartments 179
Storage compartments, loca‐ tions 179
Storage, tires 210
Storing the vehicle 237
Summer tires, tread 208
Sun visor 175
Supplementary text mes‐ sage 96
Surround View 155
Suspension settings 140
Switch for Dynamic Driving Control 140
Switch, refer to Cockpit 14
Symbols 6
Symbols in the status field 22
SYNC program, automatic cli‐ mate control 167
T Tachometer 97
Tail and brake lights 224
Tail lights 224
Tail lights, bulb replace‐ ment 224
Technical changes, refer to Safety 7
Technical data 240
Telephone, see user's manual for Navigation, Entertain‐
ment and Communication
Temperature, automatic cli‐ mate control 166
Temperature display for ex‐ ternal temperature 97
Temperature, engine oil 97
Terminal, starting aid 230
Text message, supplemen‐ tary 96
Theft alarm system, refer to Alarm system 50
Theft protection, lug bolts 226
Thermal camera, see Night Vision 129 Thigh support 57
Tilt alarm sensor 50
Time of arrival 102
Tire damage 208
Tire identification marks 206
Tire inflation pressure 204
Tire inflation pressure moni‐ tor, refer to FTM 115
Tire Pressure Monitor TPM 117
Tires, changing 209
Tires, everything on wheels and tires 204
Tires, run-flat tires 210
Tire tread 208
Tone, see user's manual for Navigation, Entertainment
and Communication
Tool 221
Top View 159
Total vehicle weight 241
Touchpad 21
Tow fitting 232
Towing 231
Tow lug, see tow fitting 232
Tow-starting 231
TPM Tire Pressure Moni‐ tor 117
Traction control 139
TRACTION, driving dynam‐ ics 139
TRACTION program, Dy‐ namic Driving Control 141
Transmission lock, electronic unlocking 89
Transmission, see Steptronic transmission 87
Transporting children safely 71
Tread, tires 208
Trip computer 102
Triple turn signal activa‐ tion 83
Trip odometer 97
Trunk lid, automatic 43
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