2016 BMW M2 Owners Manual

▷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, for example,
wheel rotation speed/vehicle speed, decel‐
eration, transverse acceleration.▷Malfunctions and faults in important sys‐
tem components, for example, 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, for ex‐
ample, repair services, service processes, war‐
ranty claims, quality assurance, this technical
information can be read out from the event and
fault memories by employees of the dealer’s
service center or another qualified service cen‐
ter or repair shop, including the manufacturer,
using special diagnostic 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 continu‐
ous basis.
With the vehicle in use there are situations
where you can associate these technical data
with individuals if combined with other infor‐
mation, for example, an accident report, dam‐
age 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.
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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.
Vehicle identification
number
The vehicle identification number can be found
in the engine compartment.
The vehicle identification number can also be
found behind the windshield.
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 in‐
jury or death, you should immediately inform
the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis‐
tration NHTSA, in addition to notifying BMW of
North America, LLC, P.O. Box 1227, West‐
wood, 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 dealer,
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: Administrator,
NHTSA, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washing‐
ton, DC 20590. You can also obtain other in‐
formation 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, De‐
fect Investigations and Recalls, may call the
toll-free hotline 1-800-333-0510. You can also
obtain other information about motor vehicle
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At a glance
These overviews of buttons, switches and
displays are intended to familiarize you with your vehicle. Moreover, you will become familiar with the available control concepts and options quickly.Online Edition for Part no. 01 40 2 970 518 - II/16

CockpitVehicle features and options
This chapter describes all standard, country-
specific and optional features offered with the
series. It also describes features that are not
necessarily available in your car, e. g., due tothe selected options or country versions. This
also applies to safety-related functions and
systems. The respectively applicable country
provisions must be observed when using the
respective features and systems.
All around the steering wheel
1Power windows   452Exterior mirror operation   573Glove compartment on the driver's
side   144
Driver assistance systemsIntelligent Safety   105Lane departure warning   1114LightsLights off
Daytime running lights   95Parking lights  93Low beams  93Seite 14At a glanceCockpit14
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Automatic headlamp con‐
trol   94
Adaptive Light Control   95
High-beam Assistant   95Instrument lighting  965Steering column stalk, leftTurn signal  70High beams, head‐
light flasher   70High-beam Assistant   95Roadside parking lights   93Onboard computer  886M double-clutch transmission: shift pad‐
dles   757Steering wheel buttons, leftCruise control on/off, inter‐
rupt   119Cruise control: store speedCruise control: resume speedCruise control rocker switch8Instrument cluster   799Steering wheel buttons, rightEntertainment source, see Own‐
er's Manual for Navigation, Enter‐
tainment and Communication   6Volume, see Owner's Manual for
Navigation, Entertainment and
Communication   6Voice activation  27Telephone, see Owner's Manual
for Navigation, Entertainment and
Communication   6Thumbwheel for selection lists   8810Start/stop the engine and switch
the ignition on/off   66Auto Start/Stop function   6711Steering column stalk, rightWiper  71Rain sensor   72Clean the windshields and head‐
lamps   7212Horn, total area13Steering wheel heating   6014Adjust the steering wheel   5915Unlock hood  177Seite 15CockpitAt a glance15
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All around the center console1Control Display  182Glove compartment   1433Ventilation  1324Hazard warning system   193Central locking system  405Radio/CD/multimedia, see Owner's Manual
for Navigation, Entertainment and Commu‐
nication   66Climate control   1277Controller with buttons   198Parking brake  709Driving Dynamics Control   116Dynamic Stability Control  11410M double-clutch transmission, selector
lever   75
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