2023 BMW X3 Owners Manual

Safety information
Warning
The seat belt cannot be fastened correctly
on children shorter than 5 ft/150 cm without
suitable additional child restraint systems.
The protective effect of safety gear, including
seat belts, can be limited or lost when seat
belts are fastened incorrectly. An incorrectly
fastened seat belt can cause additional inju

On the front passenger seat
Deactivating the airbags
Warning
Active front passenger airbags can injure a child in a child restraint system when the air

Mounts for the lower LATCH
anchors
General information The lower anchors may be used to attach theCRS to the vehicle seat up to a combined childand CRS weight of 65 lbs/30 kg when the childis restrained by the internal harnesses.
Safety information
Warning
If the lower mountings of the child restraint
system are not correctly engaged, the protec

Before installing the LATCH child
restraint fixing systems
Pull the seat belt away from the area of the
child seat mountings.
Installation of the LATCH child
restraint fixing systems1.Mount child restraint system, see manufac

Attaching the upper retaining strap
to the attachment point1.Raise the head restraint, if needed.2.Guide the upper retaining strap between or along both sides of the supports for the
head restraint to the attachment point.
For the middle seat, guide it over or along
both sides of the head restraint to the at

DrivingVehicle features and options
This chapter describes all standard, country

Steptronic transmission: manual
engine stop
If the engine was not switched off automati

Starting the engine
Functional requirements
Steptronic transmission
The engine starts automatically under the fol