BMW M3 Convertible 2008 User Manual

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M3 Coupe 2008

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Notes
- Using this Owner's Manual
- Symbols used
- The individual vehicle
- Editorial notice
- For your own safety
- Service and warranty
Cockpit
- Around the steering wheel: controls and displays
- Instrument cluster
- Indicator and warning lamps
- Around the center console: controls and displays
Opening and closing
- Remote control
- Personal Profile
- Central locking system
- Opening and closing: Using the remote control
- Opening and closing: Using the door lock
- Opening and closing: From inside
- Luggage compartment lid
- Alarm system*
- Convenient access*
- Windows
- Coupe: glass roof*, electric
- Convertible: retractable hardtop
Adjustments
- Sitting safely
- Seats
- Head restraints
- Entering the rear seats
- Heated seats*
- Seat and mirror memory
- Safety belts
- Mirrors
- Steering wheel
Transporting children safely
- The right place for children
- Installing child-restraint systems
- LATCH child-restraint fixing system
Driving
- Ignition lock
- Start/stop button
- Starting the engine
- Switching off the engine
- Parking brake
- Manual transmission
- M dual clutch transmission with Drivelogic*
- M Engine Dynamics Control
- Turn signals/ headlamp flasher
- Wiper system
- Washer fluid
- Cruise control
Everything under control
- Odometer, outside temperature display, clock
- Tachometer
- Coolant temperature
- Engine oil temperature
- Fuel gauge
- Computer
- Settings and information
- Formats and units of measure
- Service requirements
- Clock
- Date
- Check Control
Technology for driving comfort and safety
- Park Distance Control PDC*
- Driving stability control systems
- Electronic Damper Control EDC*
- Drive-off assistant
- Flat Tire Monitor FTM*
- Tire Pressure Monitor TPM*
- Servotronic
- Brake Force Display
- Airbags
- Convertible: rollover protection system
Lamps
- Parking lamps/low beams
- Adaptive Head Light*
- High beams/roadside parking lamps
- Instrument lighting
- Interior lamps
Climate
- Automatic climate control
Practical interior accessories
- Integrated universal remote control*
- Digital compass*
- Coupe: Roller sun blind*
- Glove compartment
- Center armrest
- Storage compartments inside the vehicle
- Cup holders
- Ashtray, front
- Ashtray, rear
- Connecting electrical appliances
- Coupe: Through-loading system
- Convertible: Cargo loading
- Storage compartments inside the cargo bay
- Folding up the floor panel
- Lashing eyes
- Coupe: ski bag*
- Convertible: through-loading opening with integrated transport bag*
Things to remember when driving
- Break-in period
- General driving notes
- Cargo loading
- Coupe roof-mounted luggage rack*
BMW M3 engineering
- High performance V8 engine
- Compound brake
- Drive train
- Driving on a race track
Refueling
- Fuel filler door
- Fuel specifications
Wheels and tires
- Tire inflation pressures
- Tire identification marks
- Tire condition
- New wheels and tires
- Snow chains*
Under the hood
- Hood
- Important parts of the engine compartment
- Engine oil
- Coolant
Maintenance
- BMW Maintenance System
- Socket for On-Board Diagnosis OBD
Care
- Care products
- Exterior care
- Interior care
- Vehicle storage
Replacing components
- Onboard tool kit
- Wiper blades
- Lamps and bulbs
- Repairing a flat tire with the M Mobility System
- Changing wheels
- Vehicle battery
- Fuses
Giving and receiving assistance
- Emergency Request*
- Roadside Assistance
- First aid pouch*
- Warning triangle*
- Jump starting
- Tow-starting, towing away
Indicator and warning lamps
Technical data
- Engine data
- Dimensions
- Weights
- Capacities
Everything from A to Z
- Index