Giving and receiving assistance, Receiving assistance, Warning triangle – BMW X3 3.0si SAV 2007 User Manual

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Giving and receiving assistance

Receiving assistance

The Roadside Assistance of the BMW Group
offers you assistance in the event of a break-
down around the clock, as well as on weekends
and public holidays.
The phone numbers of the Roadside Assis-
tance control center in your home country can
be found in the Contact brochure.
In the case of vehicles with the corresponding
equipment, you can use buttons in the head-
liner to contact Roadside Assistance or initiate
an emergency call.
When the emergency call is initiated, a tele-
phone connection is established to the BMW
Assist Response Center.
In vehicles with BMW Assist enabled, if the cur-
rent position of your vehicle can be determined,
it will be transmitted to the BMW Assist
Response Center.
The conditions for initiating an emergency call
or contacting Roadside Assistance:

Ignition key in position 1 or higher

The car phone is logged on to a mobile tele-
phone network

The emergency call system is operable

Access to buttons*

To open the cover:
Briefly press the cover, refer to arrow.
1 Emergency call
2 Roadside Assistance

Initiating an emergency call*

Press button

1 for at least 2 seconds.

The LED above the button lights up. As soon as
a voice connection to the BMW Assist
Response Center has been established, the
LED flashes. If the LED flashes, but you are
unable to hear the emergency Response Cen-
ter, you may still be heard by the Response
Center.

For technical reasons, the emergency call
cannot be guaranteed under the most

unfavorable conditions.

Under certain conditions, an emergency call is
initiated automatically immediately after a
severe accident. The automatic emergency call
is not affected by the button being pressed.

Roadside Assistance*

Press button

2 for at least 2 seconds.

The LED above the button lights up. As soon as
a voice connection to Roadside Assistance has
been established, the LED flashes.
On a country-specific basis, with BMW Assist
enabled, the current position of your vehicle is
determined at the same time.

Warning triangle*

The warning triangle is stored behind the right
side panel in the cargo area.
To open the side trim panel: press the button.