BMW 525i Sedan 2005 Owner's Manual

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Owner's Manual for Vehicle

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Contents

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Owner's Manual for Vehicle

Congratulations, and thank you for choosing a BMW.

Thorough familiarity with your vehicle will provide you with enhanced control and security when you drive it. We therefore have this request:

Please take the time to read this Owner's Manual and familiarize yourself with the information that we have compiled for you before starting off in your new vehicle. It contains important data and instructions intended to assist you in gaining maximum use and satisfaction from your BMW's unique range of technical features. The manual also contains information on maintenance designed to enhance operating safety and contribute to maintaining the value of your BMW throughout an extended service life.

This Owner's Manual should be considered a permanent part of this vehicle. It should stay with the vehicle when sold to provide the next owner with important operating, safety and maintenance information.

This manual is supplemented by a Service and Warranty Information Booklet for US models or a Warranty and Service Guide Booklet for Canadian models.

We wish you an enjoyable driving experience. BMW AG

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Contents

The fastest way to find specific topics is to use the index on page 202.

Using this Owner's Manual

4 Notes

Reporting safety defects 7

At a glance

10 Cockpit

16 Control Center

22 Voice command system

Controls

28 Opening and closing

38 Adjustments

47 Transporting children safely

51 Driving

65 Everything under control

76Technology for comfort, convenience and safety

87 Lamps

90 A congenial climate

96 Practical interior accessories

Driving tips

106 Things to remember when driving

Navigation

114Starting navigation system

115Destination entry

124 Destination guidance

128 What to do if …

Entertainment

132	On/off and tone
138	Radio
145	CD player and CD changer

Communications

152 Telephoning

161 TeleService, BMW Assist

Mobility

168	Refueling
170	Wheels and tires
176	Under the hood
180	Maintenance
182	Replacing components
189	Giving and receiving assistance

Reference

196 Technical data

199Short commands of voice command system

202 Everything from A to Z

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Using this Owner's Manual

We have made every effort to ensure that you are able to find what you need in this Owner's Manual as quickly as possible. The fastest way to find specific topics is to refer to the detailed index at the back of the manual. If you wish to gain an initial overview of your vehicle, you will find this in the first chapter.

Should you sell your BMW some day, please remember to hand over the Owner's Manual as well; it is an important component of your vehicle.

Additional sources of information

Should you have any other questions, your BMW center will be glad to advise you at any time.

You can find information on BMW, e.g. technology, on the Internet at www.bmwusa.com.

Symbols used

Indicates precautions that must be followed precisely in order to avoid the pos-

sibility of personal injury and serious damage to the vehicle.

Indicates information that will assist you in gaining the optimum benefit from your vehicle and enable you to care more effectively

for your vehicle.

Refers to measures that can be taken to help protect the environment.

<Marks the end of a specific item of information.

* Indicates special equipment, country-spe- cific equipment and optional extras, as well as equipment and functions not yet available at the time of printing.

"..." Identifies Control Display texts used to select individual functions.

Symbols on vehicle components

Indicates that you should consult the relevant section of this Owner's Manual for

information on a particular part or assembly.

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The individual vehicle

On purchasing your BMW, you have decided in favor of a model with individualized equipment and features. This Owner's Manual describes the entire array of options and equipment available with a specific BMW model.

Please bear in mind that the manual may contain information on accessories and equipment that you have not specified for your own vehicle. Sections describing options and special equipment are marked by asterisks * to assist you in identifying possible differences between the descriptions in this manual and your own vehicle's equipment.

If equipment in your BMW is not described in this Owner's Manual, please refer to the accompanying Supplementary Owner's Manuals.

Editorial notice

BMW pursues a policy of continuous, ongoing development that is conceived to ensure that our vehicles continue to embody the highest quality and safety standards combined with advanced, state-of-the-art technology. For this reason, it is possible that the features described in this Owner's Manual could differ from those on your vehicle.

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For your own safety

Maintenance and repair

Advanced technology, e.g. the use of modern materials and high-performance

electronics, requires specially adapted maintenance and repair methods. Therefore, have corresponding work on your BMW carried out only by a BMW center or a workshop that works according to BMW repair procedures with correspondingly trained personnel. If work is carried out improperly there is a danger of consequential damage and the related safety risks.<

California Proposition 65 Warning

California law requires us to issue the following warning:

Engine exhaust and a wide variety of automobile components and parts,

including components found in the interior furnishings in a vehicle, 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 reproductive harm.

Battery posts, terminals and related accessories contain lead and lead compounds. Batteries also contain other chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer. 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.<

Parts and accessories

For your own safety, use genuine parts and accessories approved by BMW.

When you purchase accessories tested and approved by BMW and Genuine BMW Parts, you simultaneously acquire the assurance that they have been thoroughly tested by BMW to ensure optimum performance when installed on your vehicle.

BMW warrants these parts to be free from defects in material and workmanship. BMW will not accept any liability for damage

resulting from installation of parts and accessories not approved by BMW.

BMW cannot test every product made by other manufacturers to verify if it can be used on a BMW safely and without risk to either the vehicle, its operation, or its occupants.

Genuine BMW Parts, BMW Accessories and other products approved by BMW, together with professional advice on using these items, are available from all BMW centers. Installation and operation of non-BMW approved accessories such as alarms, radios, amplifiers, radar detectors, wheels, suspension components, brake dust shields, telephones, including operation of any portable phone from within the vehicle without using an externally mounted antenna, or transceiver equipment, for instance, CBs, walkie-talkies, ham radios or similar accessories, may cause extensive damage to the vehicle, compromise its safety, interfere with the vehicle's electrical system or affect the validity of the BMW Limited Warranty. Refer to your BMW center for additional information.<

Maintenance, replacement, or repair of the emission control devices and sys-

tems may be performed by any automotive repair establishment or individual using any certified automotive part.<

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Service and warranty

We recommend that you read this publication thoroughly.

Your BMW is covered by the following warranties:

>New Vehicle Limited Warranty

>Rust Perforation Limited Warranty

>Federal Emissions System Defect Warranty

>Federal Emissions Performance Warranty

>California Emission Control System Limited 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.

Reporting safety defects

The following applies only 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 (800) 8311117.

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 either call the Auto Safety Hotline toll-free at 1-800-424-9393 (or 366-0123 in Washington, D.C. area) or write to: NHTSA, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C. 20590. You can also obtain other information about motor vehicle safety from the Hotline.

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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.

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Cockpit

Around the steering wheel: controls and displays

1	Rear window blind* 97		5	Turn signals 56

2	Rear window safety switch	35

3	Opening and closing windows 34			High beams, headlamp flasher 88
4	Adjusting exterior mirrors	45

Roadside parking lamps 88

Check Control 67

Computer 69

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Buttons on steering wheel

Telephone* 153:

>Press: accept call or terminate call

as well as dialing if an entry has been selected from "A - Z", "Top 8", "Redial", "Received calls" or "Missed calls"

>press longer: redialing

Volume

Activating/deactivating voice command system* 22

Fast forward/reverse 132

>Radio

Press: change radio station Press longer: manual search or automatic search scan

>CD

Press: select track

Press longer: fast forward/ reverse

>Telephone*

Press: select entry in "A - Z", "Top 8", "Redial", "Received calls" or "Missed calls"

Individually programmable* 46

Individually programmable 46

Instrument cluster 12

Windshield wipers 57

Rain sensor 57

Ignition lock 51

10 Horn: the entire surface

11Steering wheel heater* 46 Steering wheel adjustment 45

12Cruise control*: 58 Active cruise control* 59

13 Releasing hood 176

14 Opening luggage compartment lid 32

15 Head-Up Display* 84

16Parking lamps 87

Low beams 87

Automatic headlamp control* 87 Adaptive Head Light 88*

17Instrument lighting 89 Fog lamps* 88

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Instrument cluster

1 Indicator lamps for turn signals 13

2Speedometer

3Indicator and warning lamps 13

4Display for active cruise control* 60

5Tachometer 65

and Energy Control 66

6Display for

>Clock/date 65

>Outside temperature 65

>Indicator and warning lamps 68

>Speed of cruise control* 58

>Desired speed for active cruise control* 59

7Display for

>Odometer and trip odometer 65

>Computer 69

>Date and remaining travel distance for service requirements 66

>Automatic transmission with Steptronic 55

>SMG Sequential manual transmission* 53

> Check Control message present 67

8Fuel gage 66

9Resetting trip odometer 65

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Indicator and warning lamps What to do in case of a malfunction

The concept

Indicator and warning lamps and their combinations are displayed in the display region 1 and in the display 2. To better differentiate between malfunctions, different symbols can be shown on the display 2.

Some lights in the display region 1 are tested for proper function by briefly lighting up during starting of the engine or when the ignition is switched on.

Acknowledging active functions

The following indicator lamps in the display region 1 indicate that the associated functions are activated:

Turn signals 56

Handbrake engaged 52

Handbrake engaged for Canadian models

Front fog lamps 88

DTC Dynamic Traction Control 78

High beams/headlamp flasher 88

DSC Dynamic Stability Control 78

All warning lamps and indicator lamps not yet listed are also accompanied by text messages on the Control Display. These may contain more information as to the cause of a malfunction and instructions on what to do.

Sometimes, warning lamps are also accompanied by supplemental text messages on the Control Display that are shown immediately. Text messages that do not appear immediately are stored and can be displayed subsequently. For further information on displaying these messages later, refer to Check Control on page 67.

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Around the center console: controls and displays

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1Microphone for telephone* 153

2Reading lamps 89

3Initiating an emergency call* 189

4Interior lamps 89

5Glass sunroof, electric* 35

6Passenger airbag status lamp 84

7Microphone for voice command system* 22

8Control Display 16 Displays for menu navigation

9Hazard warning flashers

10Central locking system 31

11Automatic climate control 90

Temperature setting, left/right 91

Automatic air distribution and volume 91

Cooling function 91

AUC Automatic recirculated-air control 91

Maximum cooling 91

Residual heat mode 92

Switching off automatic climate control 92

Air volume 91

Defrosting windows 91

Rear window defroster 90

12Starting search function

>for radio stations 132

>for tracks 146

13Ejecting

>navigation DVD* 114

>audio CD 132

14Drive for navigation DVDs* 114

15Drive for audio CDs 132

16Switching audio sources on/off and adjusting volume 132

17Heated seats* 43

Active seat ventilation* 44

Active backrest width adjustment* 40

Active seat* 44

PDC Park Distance Control* 76 DTC Dynamic Traction Control 78

18 Controller 16

19Activating voice command system* 22

20Opening start menu on Control Display 17

21Dynamic Driving Control* 54

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Control Center

The Control Center groups the functions of a large number of switches. This allows these functions to be operated from a central position. The following section provides an introduction

to basic menu navigation. The control of the individual functions is described in connection with the relevant equipment.

Controls

1Controller

2 button: open the start menu from any menu

3Control Display

By moving the controller 1 horizontally in four directions 4, rotating 5 and pressing 6, you can

navigate through the menus of the Control Centers and adjust settings.

To avoid posing an unnecessary hazard due to inattention, both to your own vehi-

cle's occupants and to other road users: never attempt to use the controls or make entries unless traffic and road conditions allow.<

Menu overview

	You can call up all the functions in the Control	Navigation or onboard information
	Center using five menu items.	> Navigation system*
	Communication	> Onboard information, e.g. for displaying the
	Communication	average fuel consumption.
	> Portable phone*	average fuel consumption.
	> Portable phone*
	> BMW Assist* or TeleService*

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Entertainment

>Radio

>CD player and CD changer*

Climate

>Air distribution

>Seat air conditioning

>Independent ventilation*

>Switching off Control Display

>Tone and display settings

>Settings for traffic information

>Settings for your vehicle, e.g. for central locking, or settings for your portable phone

>Display of service requirements and dates for statutory emission and vehicle inspections.

Start menu

From the start menu, you can open four menus by moving the controller left, right, forward, or back. Pressing the controller opens the menu.

Opening start menu

Press button.

To open the start menu from the menu: Press the button twice.

Displays in menu

Menu navigation

As of ignition key position 1, the following message appears on the Control Display:

Confirm the message by pressing the controller; this opens the start menu.

1In menus, you can change fields to select the menu items they contain or to make adjustments. The current field is highlighted.

2Menu items are usually grouped in horizontal or vertical lists.

3In these lists, arrows indicate the possibility of accessing other menu items that are not currently visible.

4Settings are displayed graphically, numerically, or as text.

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5A symbol indicates the last selected menu item of the start menu:

Communication

Navigation or onboard information

Entertainment

Climate

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Selecting menu items and making adjustments

1Selecting individual menu items: turn the controller. The highlight moves. Menu items shown in white can be selected.

2Activating highlighted menu items: press the controller. New menu items are displayed or a function is executed.

3Changing the current field: move controller left, right, forward, or back and release.

4Selecting menu items: such as 1.

5Adjusting settings: turn the controller. This causes the graphical display, numerical values or text displays to change. When you change into another field or another menu, the new setting is applied.

Changing directly to the last menu

Move the controller in the corresponding direction and hold it for longer than approx. 2 seconds. The menu in the selected direction is opened and the last menu item selected is displayed.

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Control Center

Status information

Assistance window*

1Display* for manual or automatic air distribution for the driver's side and passenger side

2Display for:

>Entertainment: Radio, CD or

entertainment sound output

>Telephone*:

"Car Phone", "Portable" or no network

3Display for:

> New entries present in "Missed calls"*

> Text message/SMS* received

> Roaming active

4 Telephone calls* or BMW Assist calls* enabled

Reception strength for telephone, depending on the portable phone

5Time

Other displays:

The status information is temporarily hidden when there are Check Control instructions or inputs via the voice command system.

Additional information can be displayed in the assistance window:

>The computer or the trip computer*

>The route map or the arrow view in vehicles with navigation system*

>The current position

Switching on assistance window:

Move the controller to the right to change to the assistance window, and press the controller.

To select the display in the assistance window:

1.Move the controller to the right to change to the assistance window, and press the controller.

2.Select menu item.

3.Press the controller.

Closing assistance window:

1.Move the controller to the right to change to the assistance window, and press the controller.

2.Select "Assist. window off" and press the controller.

Switching Control Display on/off

To switch off the Control Display:

1.Press button.

This opens the start menu.

2.Press controller to open menu.

3.Select "Display off" and press the controller.

To switch off the Control Display:

Press the controller.

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Voice command system

Voice command system*

The concept

The voice command system allows you to control operation of various vehicle systems without ever removing your hands from the steering wheel.

Individual menu items on the Control Display can be spoken as commands. This frees you of having to use the controller.

The voice command system transforms your oral commands into control signals for the selected systems and provides support in the form of instructions or questions.

The voice command system uses a special microphone located in the area of the interior rearview mirror, refer to page 14.

Precondition

In the Control Center, set the language that applies for the voice command system in order to enable identification of the spoken commands. Setting the language of the Control Center, refer to page 74.

Symbol in the Owner's Manual

{...} Say the specified commands word for word.

{{...}} Indicates responses of the voice command system.

Voice commands

Activating voice command system

1.Press the button in the center console or on the steering wheel.

This symbol on the Control Display and an acoustic signal tell you that the voice command system can respond to commands.

2.Say the command.

The text or numbers that the voice command system has registered will appear on the Control Display.

This symbol appears on the Control Display when you can input additional voice commands.

If no other voice commands are possible, then operate the equipment using the Control Center.

Terminating or canceling voice command system

Press the button on the steering wheel or on the center console

{Cancel}

Voice commands

Having the possible voice commands read aloud

You can have the system read aloud the possible voice commands related to the selected menu item on the Control Display.

For example, if you have selected "CD", the system will read aloud the possible voice commands for operating the CD player and the CD changer*:

{Options}

Opening help

{Help}

Using alternative voice commands

There are often a number of commands to run a function, e.g.:

{Information menu} or {i menu}

Calling up functions directly

With short commands you can carry out certain functions directly, regardless of which menu item is selected, refer to page 199.

Opening the start menu

{Main menu}

Example: selecting a track

1.Press the button on the steering wheel or in the center console.

2. {Entertainment} The system outputs: {{Entertainment}}

3. {CD}

The system outputs:

4. Select track, e.g.: {Track 1}

The system outputs: {{Track 1}}

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Voice command system

Notes

The portable phone can also be operated by voice commands, refer to page 158.<

For voice commands, bear the following in mind:

>Issue the commands smoothly and at normal volume, avoiding excessive emphasis and pauses.

>Say the names of radio stations in the language of the voice command system or the customary pronunciation for the station.

>For entries in the voice-activated phone book, only use names in the language of the voice command system and no abbreviations

>Keep the doors, windows and glass sunroof closed to prevent interference from ambient noise.

>Avoid making other noise in the vehicle while speaking.

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Controls

This chapter is intended to provide you with information for complete control of your vehicle. Its extensive array of features and accessories, both for driving and for your own safety, comfort and convenience, are described here.

Opening and closing

The key set

1Every master key with remote control contains an extended-life battery as a power supply, which is charged automatically in the ignition lock as you drive. You should use each master key at least twice a year in order to maintain the charge condition. Depending on which master key is detected by the vehicle during unlocking, different settings in the vehicle are requested and executed, refer to Key Memory below.

2Spare key for storage in a safe place, such as in your wallet.

This key does not fit in the locks of the luggage compartment lid and the glove compartment. This is an advantage when valet parking, for example. The key is not intended for regular use.

New key

Additional or replacement keys are available at your BMW center.

Key Memory

You can have up to four different basic settings adjusted for four different persons for the specific keys. The only requirement is that each person uses his or her own master key with remote control.

When your vehicle is unlocked with the remote control, the vehicle recognizes the individual key by means of a data exchange and makes adjustments accordingly.

Size of Key Memory

>When unlocking with the remote control, either unlock only the driver's door or the entire vehicle, refer to page 29

>Locking the vehicle after a short time or after starting off, refer to page 31

>Assigning the programmable function buttons on the steering wheel, refer to page 46

>Settings for the display on the Control Display:

>Brightness of the Control Display, refer to page 73

>Measuring units for consumption, travel/ distances, temperature, and pressure, refer to page 73

>Voice commands in Control Display, refer to page 74

>12h/24h mode of the clock, refer to page 74

>Date format, refer to page 75

>Showing optical warning for PDC Park Distance Control*, refer to page 76

>Selection and brightness of display in Head-Up Display*, refer to page 85

	How the system functions	> Air distribution, temperature and intensity
	Doubtless you have often reflected on how	of the automatic air conditioning system,
	great it would be if you could configure your	refer to page 92
	vehicle's various adjustment settings to meet	> Setting voice instructions for destination
	your own personal requirements. BMW has	> Setting voice instructions for destination
	your own personal requirements. BMW has	guidance in the navigation system*, refer to
	designed several freely selectable options into	page 125
	the vehicle during its development. You can set	page 125
	the vehicle during its development. You can set
	these as desired via the Control Center.

In addition, the following, most recently selected settings are recalled during unlocking:

>Positions of driver's seat, outside mirrors, and steering wheel, refer to page 40

>Audio sources, setting volume and tone, refer to page 133

>Telephone, setting volume, refer to pages 153, 159

>Radio, displaying memorized stations, refer to page 140

Central locking system

Opening and closing: from outside

Using the remote control

Protect the remote control against unauthorized use by handing over only the

spare key, for example when using valet parking.<

Because any persons or animals left unattended in a parked vehicle could lock the doors from the inside, you should always keep

the remote control with you; this precaution ensures that you will remain able to unlock the vehicle from the outside at all times.<

The concept

The central locking system is ready for operation whenever the driver's door is closed. The system simultaneously engages and releases the locks on the following:

>Doors

>Luggage compartment lid

>Fuel filler door

The central locking system can be operated from the outside

>via the remote control

>via the door lock

and from inside via the button for the central locking system.

When actuated from the inside, the fuel filler door is not locked, refer to page 31.

The anti-theft system is automatically activated whenever you operate the central locking system from outside the vehicle. It prevents the doors from being unlocked using the lock buttons or door handles. The alarm system is armed/disarmed at the same time. The remote control is also used to switch the interior lamps on and off.

You can find more detailed information on the alarm system on page 33.

In an accident of sufficient severity, the central locking system automatically unlocks the vehicle. In addition, the hazard warning flashers and interior lamps come on.

Unlocking

Use the button to unlock the vehicle according to current settings.