BMW i8 2014 User Manual

Contents
A-Z

THE BMW i8.
OWNER'S MANUAL.

BMW i.

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BMW i SUSTAINABILITY.

THE SPORTS CAR.
REINVENTED.

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THE SUSTAINABLE LIFE CYCLE OF BMW i.

01. DEVELOPMENT

• Lightweight carbon 󷴲 ber construction
to minimize weight.

• Ef󷴲 cient drive technology and perfect
aerodynamics – resulting in less wind
resistance.

04. RECYCLING

• Re-use of battery modules, for example as
temporary storage units for solar energy.

• Recycling carbon 󷴲 bers by returning them
to the production process.

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03. UTILIZATION

• Optimal ef󷴲 ciency thanks to the
innovative BMW eDrive technology.

• A combination of an electric drive
system for emission-free driving and
a BMW TwinPower Turbo engine for
maximum performance.

02. PRODUCTION

• Use of renewable electricity for
the production of BMW i vehicles.

• Reduction of energy and water
consumption in production.

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01. DEVELOPMENT

FOR OVER THREE QUARTERS OF A

CENTURY, THE BASIC IDEA BEHIND THE

CAR WAS LEFT UNTOUCHED.

Until now. BMW i has launched a groundbreaking sports car with a
wide range of technological innovations – the BMW i8. The innovative
BMW eDrive technology effectively combines an electric motor with
a BMW TwinPower Turbo engine (hybrid electric vehicle). The result
is a breathtaking plug-in hybrid sports car with the fuel consumption
and emissions of a compact vehicle.

The weight of the BMW i8 is a result of the Life module – the passen­ger cell made of light and extremely robust carbon 󷴲ber. It substantially
reduces the weight of the vehicle and has a signi󷴲cant impact on the
design of the BMW i8. The principle of intelligent lightweight design has
also been applied to all other components of the BMW i8. Moreover,
stream󷴳ow aerodynamics reduce drag and energy consumption.

With its dynamic proportions and sporty, progressive design, the BMW i8
embodies lightness – as well as ef󷴲ciency and sheer driving pleasure.
The development process itself is the 󷴲rst of many innovations. In order
to ensure that the BMW i8 is a truly sustainable product, measurable
targets were de󷴲ned at the design phase and throughout the entire life
cycle of the vehicle, from the extraction of raw materials, production
and use to recycling and the end of product life. The deliberate use of
recycled and environmentally friendly materials in production guarantees
holistic sustainability throughout the entire value chain.

For more information, visit www.bmw-i.com.

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The Life module
is made of ultra-light
carbon 󷴲ber.

%

50

lighter than steel.

%

30

lighter than aluminum.

The interior features premium sustainable materials.
Approximately 20 % of the thermoplastics in the interior
are produced using recycled or renewable materials.

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02. PRODUCTION

THE BMW i8: FORGED BY THE POWER
OF WIND AND WATER.

Sustainability plays a crucial role for the BMW i8, and the same is true
for the production process. All of the electricity required for the manu­facturing process in the BMW i Plant in Leipzig is produced from renewa­ble sources.
for a long time now, but BMW i has gone even further and signi󷴲cantly
improved its facilities. The BMW i plant in Leipzig produces its own re­newable electricity from wind power – directly on the factory premises
– and
also

features signi󷴲cantly reduced resource consumption.

BMW has been leading the way in sustainable production

operates on 100 % clean electric power with zero emissions. It

Similarly, the carbon 󷴲ber production facility located in Moses Lake
(USA) is powered completely by renewable electricity from the large
number of hydroelectric plants in the area.

For BMW i sustainable production has not only an environmental
dimension but a social one as well, creating future-proof job pro󷴲les
and training BMW i’s suppliers to comply with advanced sustain­ability standards.

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%

100

%

water consumption

use of energy from
renewable sources
at the Leipzig plant.

Consumption of energy and
resources for each BMW i8
produced.

*

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* Compared to the average

of all BMW models, which

sets the standard for the
automotive industr y.

03. UTILIZATION

A SUSTAINABLE COMBINATION:

INTELLIGENT ENERGY MANAGEMENT
FOR INSPIRING PERFORMANCE AND
OPTIMUM EFFICIENCY.

BMW has been pursuing its Ef󷴲cientDynamics strategy for more than
a decade. However, no other vehicle combines driving pleasure and
sustainability like the BMW i8. Equipped with innovative BMW eDrive
technology that intelligently combines an internal combustion engine
with an electric drive system, the BMW i8 offers maximum perfor­mance and sustainable ef󷴲ciency.

In an urban environment, the BMW i8 offers a range of up to 37 kilo­meters when traveling on electric power only. For longer distances,
support is provided by the BMW TwinPower Turbo engine – with an
especially intense boost feature in SPORT mode or maximum ef󷴲ciency
in ECO PRO mode. A predictive power management system developed
speci󷴲cally for the BMW i8 ensures optimal settings for the two drive
units at all times.

Additionally, every driver can also help to optimize sustainability when
recharging the car: if renewable energy is used to charge the battery,

CO² emissions are reduced even further. Therefore, BMW i recom-

mends green electricity suppliers to make an even greater contributi­on to environmental protection.

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2.1 l /100 km

fuel consumption (EU)

49 g/km

CO² emissions

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04. RECYCLING

FOR THE BMW i8 WE NOT ONLY

PIONEER NEW MATERIALS, WE ALSO

TAKE CARE OF THEIR RECYCLING.

Recycling is a given at BMW i. Excess material from carbon 󷴲ber pro­duction, carbon components and body parts, for instance, are valu­able materials. That’s why they are either reused as secondary raw
materials for the in-house BMW i production cycle or recycled for other
automotive and non-automotive applications. At the start of production
for a BMW i8, more than 5% of the carbon 󷴲ber required is already
recycled material. Together with its partners, BMW i is pioneering closed
loops for up to 100% of carbon 󷴲ber from production residues or end­of-life vehicles.

The BMW Group is always looking for innovative solutions, and this is
also the case when it comes to recycling high-voltage batteries. For
example, the batteries could serve as temporary storage cells for rene­wable energy. A particularly effective application is to use the batteries
to store solar and wind energy so that generated power can be used
when it is actually needed.

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100

of old batteries can
be used again as
temporary storage
units in solar power
plants and wind
farms, for example.

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For more information about BMW i
and its sustainability philosophy, visit:

www.bmw-i.com/sustainability

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Owner's Manual for Vehicle

i8

Thank you for choosing a BMW i.
The more familiar you are with your vehicle, the better control

you will have on the road. We therefore strongly suggest:
Read this Owner's Handbook before starting off in your new

BMW i. Also use the Integrated Owner's Manual in your vehicle.
It contains important information on vehicle operation that will
help you make full use of the technical features available in your
BMW i. The manual also contains information designed to en‐
hance operating reliability and road safety, and to contribute to
maintaining the value of your BMW i.

Any updates made after the editorial deadline can be found in
the appendix of the Owner's Handbook for Vehicle.

We wish you a safe and enjoyable ride.
BMW AG

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Addendum

ADDENDUM TO BMW i8 OWNER’S
MANUAL 1402957072

We wanted to provide you with some
updates and clarifications with respect to
the printed BMW Owner’s Manual.
These updates and clarifications will
supersede the materials contained in
that document.

1. Where the terms “service center,”

“the service center,” “your service
center,” “service specialist,’ or
“service” are used in the Owner’s
Manual, we wanted to clarify that
the terms refer to a BMW dealer’s
service center or another service
center or repair shop that employs
trained personnel that can perform
maintenance and repair work on
your vehicle in accordance with
BMW specifications.

2. Where the text of the Owner’s

Manual contains an affirmative
instruction to contact a “service
center” or “your service center,” we
wanted to clarify that BMW
recommends that, if you are faced
with one of the situations addressed
by that text, you contact or seek the
assistance of a BMW dealer’s
service center or another service
center or repair shop that employs
trained personnel that can perform
maintenance and repair work on
your vehicle in accordance with
BMW specifications.

While BMW of North America LLC,
at no cost to you, will pay for repairs
required by the limited warranties
provided with respect to your

vehicle and for maintenance under
the Maintenance Program during
the applicable warranty and
maintenance coverage periods, you
are free to elect, both during those
periods and thereafter, to have
maintenance and repair work
provided by other service centers or
repair shops.

3. Where the Owner’s Manual makes

reference to parts and accessories
having been approved by BMW,
those references are intended to
reflect that those parts and
accessories are recommended by
BMW of North America LLC. You
may elect to use other parts and
accessories, but, if you do, we
recommend that you make sure that
any such parts and/or accessories
are appropriate for use on your
vehicle.

4. At page 7, under the warranty

section’s discussion of
homologation, where it states that
you “cannot lodge warranty claims
for your vehicle there,” the text
should read that you “may not be
able to lodge warranty claims for
your vehicle there.”

5. At page 7, under the heading “Body

work and working on the high­voltage system,” the text of that
section should be disregarded and
the following text should be read in
lieu thereof: “BMW recommends to
have modifications and work on the

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vehicle only be carried out by an
authorized BMW i service center or
one that operates according to
BMW i specifications with personnel
trained accordingly. If work is not
carried out properly, there is the risk
of fire and fatal injury from
electrocution due to the high­voltage system's high voltage.”

6. At page 8, under the “Parts and

Accessories” section, in the sixth
sentence, the word “cannot” should
read “does not.”

7. At page 51, in the “Check and

replace safety belts” section, the
text beginning, “This should only be
done by your service center . . .”
should be disregarded and the
following text should be read in lieu
thereof: “BMW recommends having
this work performed by a service
center as it is important that this
safety feature functions properly.”

8. At page 88, under the heading:

“Special windshield,” the paragraph
beginning, “Therefore, have the
special windshield . . .” should be
disregarded and the following text
should be read in lieu thereof:
“BMW recommends that you have
the special windshield replaced by
the service center.”

9. At page 137 under the heading:

“Objects in the range of movement
of the pedals” and at page 182 and
page 183 under the heading:
“Carpets and floor mats,” the
paragraph that begins: “Only use
floor mats . . .” should be
disregarded and the following

language should be read in lieu
thereof: “The manufacturer of your
vehicle recommends that you use
floor mats that have been identified
by it as appropriate for use in your
vehicle and that can be properly
fixed in place.”

10. At page 141, under the heading:

“Have maintenance carried out,” the
sentence beginning, “The
maintenance should be carried out .
. .” should be disregarded and the
following text should be read in lieu
thereof: “BMW recommends that
you have the maintenance carried
out by your service center.”

11. At page 147, under the heading

“Make sure that the charging device
is in flawless operating condition,”
the word “flawless” should read
“proper.”

12. At page 159, under the heading

“Tire inflation pressure
specifications,” the sentence
beginning, “Tire inflation pressure
specifications apply to approved tire

sizes . . . .” should be disregarded.

13. At page 163, under the heading:

“Mounting,” the paragraph
beginning, “Have mounting and
balancing . . .” should be
disregarded and the following text
should be read in lieu thereof:
“BMW recommends that you have
mounting and balancing performed
by your service center or a tire
mounting specialist.”

14. At page 163, under the heading:

“Approved wheels and tires,” the

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term “Approved” should be
disregarded and in lieu thereof, the
term “Recommended” should be
read in its place. In addition, the
text of that section should be
disregarded and the following text
should be read in lieu thereof:

The manufacturer of your vehicle
strongly suggests that you use
wheels and tires that have been
recommended by the vehicle
manufacturer for your vehicle type;
otherwise, for example, despite
having the same official size ratings,
variations can lead to body contact
and with it, the risk of severe
accidents.

The manufacturer of your vehicle
does not evaluate non­recommended wheels and tires to
determine if they are suitable for
use on your vehicle.

15. At page 164, under the heading:

“Snow Chains,” the text should be
disregarded and the following text
should be read in lieu thereof:

Only certain types of fine-link snow
chains have been tested by the
manufacturer of your vehicle and
are determined by the manufacturer
of your vehicle to be road safe and
are recommended by the
manufacturer of your vehicle.

Information about recommended
snow chains is available from a
service center.

16. At page 166, under the heading

“Engine compartment access,” the

sentence beginning, “If you are
unfamiliar” should be disregarded.

17. At page 167, under the heading:

“Approved oil types,” the references
to “Approved” should be read as
“Suitable.” Where it reads: “You
can add oils with the following
specifications,” that text should be
disregarded, and the following text
read in lieu thereof: “Add engine
oils that meet the following oil rating
standards: . . .”

18. At page 168, under the heading:

“Alternative oil types,” the text
preceding the chart should be
disregarded, and in lieu thereof
should be read as follows: “If an
engine oil suitable for continuous
use is not available, up to 1 US
quart/liter of an engine oil with the
following oil rating can be added: . .
.” The reference to “specification”
should be read as “rating.”

19. At page 168, under the heading:

“Engine oil change,” the text should
be disregarded and in lieu thereof
should be read as follows:

BMW recommends that you have
the oil changed at your BMW
dealer’s service center or at another
service center that has trained
personnel that can perform the work
in accordance with BMW
specifications.

20. At page 170 and page 171, under

the heading: “Service and Warranty
Information Booklet for US models
and Warranty and Service Guide
Booklet for Canadian models,” the

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second paragraph should be
disregarded and the following text
read in lieu thereof:

The manufacturer of your vehicle
recommends that you have
maintenance and repair performed
by your BMW dealer’s service
center or another service center or
repair shop that employs trained
personnel that can perform
maintenance and repair work on
your vehicle in accordance with
BMW specifications. The
manufacturer of your vehicle
recommends that you maintain
records of all maintenance and
repair work performed on your
vehicle.

21. At page 173 where it reads: “Have

any work on the lighting system . . .
,” the following words should be
read as preceding that passage: “It

is strongly suggested that you . . . .”

22. At page 173, under the “Battery

replacement” section, the text
should be disregarded and in lieu
thereof the following text should be
read:

After a battery replacement, the
manufacturer of your vehicle
recommends that you have the
battery registered on your vehicle
by a service center to ensure that all
comfort functions are fully available,
and that any “check control”
messages of these comfort
functions are no longer displayed.

Use of recommended vehicle
batteries

The manufacturer of your vehicle
recommends that you use vehicle
batteries that it has tested and
recommends for use in your vehicle;
otherwise the vehicle could be
damaged and systems or functions
may not be fully available.

Contents

The fastest way to find information on a partic‐
ular topic or item is by using the index, refer to
page 190.

6 Notes

At a glance

14 Cockpit
18 iDrive
26 Voice activation system
29 Integrated Owner's Manual in the vehicle
31 BMW eDRIVE

Controls

36 Opening and closing
48 Adjusting
54 Transporting children safely
58 Driving
72 Displays
89 Lights
93 Safety
105 Driving stability control systems
109 Driving comfort
120 Climate control
125 Interior equipment
130 Storage compartments

Mobility

146 Charging vehicle
154 Refueling
157 Fuel
159 Wheels and tires
165 Engine oil
169 Coolant
170 Maintenance
172 Replacing components
175 Breakdown assistance
180 Care

Reference

186 Technical data
188 Appendix
190 Everything from A to Z

Driving tips

134 Things to remember when driving
138 Loading
140 Increase range

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Notes

Notes

The special features of your
BMW i

High-voltage system

Your BMW i is a hybrid vehicle. In addition to
the combustion engine, your vehicle features a
high-voltage system that consists of an elec‐
tric motor and a high-voltage battery among
other things.

Carbon body

The vehicle consists of two different functional
units: the drive module made from aluminum
and the life module made from carbon fiber re‐
inforced plastic (carbon).

Using this Owner's Manual

Orientation

The fastest way to find information on a partic‐
ular topic is by using the index.

An initial overview of the vehicle is provided in
the first chapter.

Symbols

Indicates precautions that must be followed
precisely in order to avoid the possibility of
personal injury and serious damage to the
vehicle.

◄ Marks the end of a specific item of
information.

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

"..." Identifies display texts in vehicle used to
select individual functions.

›...‹ Verbal instructions to use with the voice
activation system.

››...‹‹ Identifies the answers generated by the
voice activation system.

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.

Updates made after the editorial
deadline

Any updates made after the editorial deadline
can be found in the appendix of the printed
Owner's Handbook for Vehicle.

User's manual for Navigation,
Entertainment, Communication

The topics Navigation, Entertainment, Com‐
munication and the short commands of the
voice activation system can be retrieved on the
Control Display via the Integrated Owner's
Handbook.

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Indicates, on certain parts or assemblies, that
incorrect use of high-voltage equipment or of
orange-colored high-voltage components re‐
sults in the risk of life-threatening injury from
electric shock.

Vehicle features and options

This Owner's Manual describes all models and
all standard, country-specific and optional

Notes

equipment that is offered in the model series.
Therefore, in this Owner's Manual, we also de‐
scribe and illustrate features that are not avail‐
able in your vehicle, e.g., because of the se‐
lected optional features or the country-specific
version.

This also applies to safety-related functions
and systems.

On right-hand drive vehicles, some controls
are arranged differently from what is shown in
the illustrations.

Status of the Owner's
Manual

Basic information

The manufacturer of your vehicle pursues a
policy of constant development that is con‐
ceived to ensure that our vehicles continue to
embody the highest quality and safety stan‐
dards. In rare cases, therefore, the features de‐
scribed in this Owner's Manual may differ from
those in your vehicle.

Updates made after the editorial
deadline

Any updates made after the editorial deadline
can be found in the appendix of the printed
Owner's Handbook for Vehicle.

For your own safety

there. Further information can be obtained
from your Service Centre.

Working on the vehicle, maintenance
and repairs

Advanced technology, especially the use of
high-performance high-voltage electronics
and modern materials such as carbon, requires
special knowledge when making modifications
to and working on the vehicle, as well as cus‐
tomized maintenance and repair work.

Modifications and work on the vehicle, espe‐
cially maintenance and repairs to the high-volt‐
age system and carbon body as well as the ret‐
rofitting of accessories, may only be carried
out by an authorized BMW i service center or
one that operates according to BMW i specifi‐
cations with personnel trained accordingly.

Body work and working on the high-volt‐
age system

Do not perform any modifications or work on
the vehicle, especially maintenance and repair
work on the high-voltage system and the car‐
bon body and avoid retrofitting accessories.

If work is not carried out properly, there is the
risk of fire and fatal injury from electrocution
due to the high-voltage system's high voltage.

Modifications and work on the vehicle may
only be carried out by an authorized BMW i
service center or one that operates according
to BMW i specifications with personnel trained
accordingly.◀

Warranty

Your vehicle is technically configured for the
operating conditions and registration require‐
ments applying in the country of first delivery ­homologation. If your vehicle is to be operated
in a different country it might be necessary to
adapt your vehicle to potentially differing oper‐
ating conditions and permit requirements. If
your vehicle does not comply with the homolo‐
gation requirements in a certain country you
cannot lodge warranty claims for your vehicle

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Parts and accessories

BMW recommends using parts and accesso‐
ries approved by BMW for this purpose.

Your BMW center is the right contact for genu‐
ine BMW parts and accessories, other prod‐
ucts approved by BMW and related qualified
advice.

BMW has tested these products for safety and
suitability in relation to BMW vehicles.

BMW can assume responsibility for them.
However, we cannot assume any responsibility
whatsoever for parts and accessories that have
not been specifically approved by BMW.

BMW cannot evaluate whether each individual
product from another manufacturer can be
used with BMW vehicles without presenting a
safety hazard. This guarantee is also not appli‐
cable when country-specific government ap‐
proval has been granted. Testing of this kind
may fail to embrace the entire range of poten‐
tial operating conditions to which components
might be exposed on BMW vehicles. Such
products could conceivably fail to comply with
BMW's own stringent quality standards.

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

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▷ 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

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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
under a cover under the front passenger seat.

The vehicle identification number can also be
found behind the windshield.

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 [phone]. You can also
obtain other information about motor vehicle
safety from http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety.

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

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At a glance

These overviews of buttons, switches and
displays are intended to familiarize you with your
vehicle. You will also become quickly acquainted

with the available control concepts and options.

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At a glance Cockpit

Cockpit

Vehicle features and options

This chapter describes all standard, country­specific and optional features offered with the
series. It also describes features that are not

All around the steering wheel

necessarily available in your car, e. g., due to
the selected options or country versions. This
also applies to safety-related functions and
systems.

1 Open the tailgate  42
2 Power windows  47
3 Exterior mirror operation  51
4 Open fuel filler flap,

Tank vent  154

5 Lock, unlock vehicle  41
6 Opening the door  42
7 Lights

Parking lights  89

Low beams  89

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Automatic headlight con‐
trol  90

Daytime running lights  90
High-beam Assistant  91
Instrument lighting  92

8 Left steering column stalk

Turn signal  64

High beams, head‐
light flasher  64