BMW 525i Sedan 2004 User Manual

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530i Sedan 2004 545i Sedan 2004 2004 525I Sedan

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525i 530i 545i
Contents
Notes
- Using this Owner's Manual
- Symbols used
- The individual vehicle
- Editorial notice
- For your own safety
- Service and warranty
Cockpit
- All around the steering wheel: controls and displays
- Instrument cluster
- Indicator and warning lamps
- Comfort area: controls and displays
Control Center
- Controls
- Menu overview
- Menu guidance
Voice command system
- The concept
- Voice commands
- Notes
Opening and closing
- The key set
- Key Memory
- Central locking system
- Opening and closing: from outside
- Opening and closing: from inside
- Luggage compartment lid
- Alarm system
- Windows
- Glass roof, electric*
Adjustments
- Sitting safely
- Seats
- Seat, mirror and steering wheel memory*
- Head restraints
- Safety belts
- Heated seats*
- Active seat ventilation*
- Active seat*
- Mirrors
- Steering wheel adjustment
Transporting children safely
- The right place for children
- Installing child-restraint systems
- On journeys
Driving
- Ignition lock
- Starting the engine
- Handbrake
- Manual transmission
- Sequential manual transmission SMG*
- Dynamic Driving Control
- Automatic transmission with Steptronic*
- Turn signal indicators/ headlamp flasher
- Wiper system
- Washer fluid
- Cruise control*
- Active cruise control*
Everything under control
- Odometer, outside temperature display, clock
- Tachometer
- Energy Control/Current fuel consumption
- Fuel gauge
- Service requirement display and display of legally prescribed inspections
- Check Control
- Computer
- Speed limit
- Stopwatch
- Changing settings
Technology for comfort, convenience and safety
- PDC Park Distance Control*
- Driving stability control/ ABS Antilock Brake System
- Driving stability control/ DSC Dynamic Stability Control
- Active roll stabilization*
- Flat Tire Monitor
- Active steering*
- Airbags
- Head-Up Display*
Lamps
- Parking lamps/low beams
- Adaptive Head Light*
- Instrument lighting
- High beams/standing lamps
- Fog lamps
- Interior lamps
A congenial climate
- Independent ventilation*
Practical interior accessories
- Integrated universal remote control*
- Roller sun blinds*
- Glove compartment
- Center armrest
- Storage compartments
- Beverage holders
- Ashtray, front
- Cigarette lighter, front
- Ashtray, rear
- Cigarette lighter, rear
- Sockets
- Rear center armrest
- Fold down rear seat*
- Ski bag*
Things to remember when driving
- Break-in procedures
- General driving notes
- Loading
- Roof-mounted luggage rack*
Starting navigation system
- Navigation CD/DVD
- Opening the navigation
- Display in assistance window
- Displaying position
Destination entry
- Entering a destination manually
- Map-guided destination selection
- Selecting destination using information
- Recent destinations
- Address book
- Route selection
- Wordmatch principle
Destination guidance
- Starting the destination guidance
- Displaying route
- Displaying towns and streets of the route
- Destination guidance through voice instructions
- Blocking sections of a route
- Traffic information
- Terminating/continuing destination guidance
- What to do if …
On/off, tone
- Controls
- Switching on/off
- Adjusting the volume
- Tone control
Radio
- Listening to the radio
- Storing stations
- Weather Band*
- Satellite radio*
CD Compact Disc
- Listening to CDs
- Selecting a track
- Repeating a track
- Sampling and selecting tracks, scan
- Random play sequence
- Fast forward/reverse
- Malfunctions
CD changer
- CD magazine
- Listening to CDs
- Selecting a track
- Repeating a track
- Sampling and selecting tracks, scan
- Random play sequence
- Fast forward/reverse
- Malfunctions
Telephoning
- Safety notice
- Care instructions
- Controls
- Hands-free unit
- Operation using the Control Center
- Operation by voice control*
- Notes
TeleService, BMW Assist
- TeleService
- BMW Assist
- Requirements
- Services offered
- Adapting TeleService or BMW Assist
- Displaying vehicle data
Refueling
- Fuel filler door
- Fuel specifications
Wheels and tires
- Tire inflation pressure
- Tire identification marks
- Tire condition
- Replacing wheels/tires
- Run-flat tires*
- Snow chains*
Under the hood
- Hood
- Engine compartment
- Engine oil
- Coolant
- Brake fluid
- Brake hydraulic systems
Maintenance
- The BMW Maintenance System
- Care
Rules and regulations
- California Proposition 65 Warning
- OBD connector
Replacing components
- Onboard tool kit
- Windshield wiper blades
- Lamps and bulbs
- Changing a wheel
- Battery
- Fuses
Giving and receiving assistance
- Starting an emergency call*
- Warning triangle*
- First-aid kit*
- Roadside Assistance
- Jump-starting
- Towing
Technical data
- Engine specifications
- Dimensions
- Weights
- Capacities
Everything from A to Z
- Index
Refueling