BMW z4 2005 User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Notes

  6
  • About this Owner's Manual

    6
  • Symbols used

    6
  • Your individual vehicle

    7
  • Status at time of printing

    7
  • For your own safety

    8
  • Service and warranty

    9
  • Reporting safety defects

    9
• Cockpit

  12
  • Control elements

    12
  • Instrument cluster

    14
  • Indicator and warning lamps

    14
• Opening and closing

  18
  • The key set

    18
  • Central locking system

    18
  • Opening and closing: from outside

    18
  • Opening and closing: from inside

    20
  • Luggage compartment lid

    20
  • Luggage compartment

    21
  • Windows

    22
  • Manual convertible top

    22
  • Fully automatic convertible top*

    23
  • Wind deflector*

    26
  • Alarm system*

    27
• Adjustments

  29
  • Safe seating position

    29
  • Seats

    30
  • Seat memory*

    31
  • Seat heating*

    32
  • Safety belts

    32
  • Steering wheel

    33
  • Mirrors

    33
  • Vehicle Memory, Key Memory

    33
• Transporting children safely

  35
  • Children on the passenger's seat

    35
  • Installing child-restraint systems

    36
• Driving

  38
  • Ignition lock

    38
  • Engine

    38
  • Parking brake

    39
  • Manual transmission

    40
  • Automatic transmission with Steptronic*

    40
  • Sequential manual gearbox SMG*

    42
  • Driving Dynamic Control

    43
  • Electric Power Steering EPS

    44
  • Turn signal indicators/ Headlamp flasher

    44
  • Washer/wiper system

    45
  • Cruise control*

    46
• Everything under control

  48
  • Odometer

    48
  • Tachometer

    48
  • Fuel gauge

    48
  • Engine coolant temperature gauge

    48
  • Service interval display

    49
  • Outside temperature

    49
  • Clock

    49
  • Computer*

    50
• Technology for safety and driving convenience

  52
  • Driving stability control systems

    52
  • Brake force display

    54
  • Flat Tire Monitor

    54
  • Airbags

    55
• Lamps

  58
  • Parking lamps/Low beams

    58
  • High beams/Standing lamps

    59
  • Fog lamps*

    59
  • Instrument lighting

    59
  • Interior lamps

    59
• Controlling the climate for pleasant driving

  60
  • Air conditioning

    60
  • Automatic climate control*

    63
• Interior conveniences

  66
  • Glove compartment

    66
  • Storage compartments

    66
  • Beverage holder

    66
  • Preparations for the cellular phone*

    67
  • Ashtray*

    67
• Special operating instructions

  70
  • Break-in procedures

    70
  • Driving notes

    70
  • Cargo loading

    72
  • Hardtop preparation*

    74
• Refueling

  78
  • Fuel filler door

    78
  • Fuel specifications

    78
• Wheels and tires

  80
  • Tire inflation pressure

    80
  • Tire coding

    82
  • Tire condition

    83
  • Run Flat tires fitted

    84
  • Wheel and tire replacement

    84
  • Snow chains*

    85
• In the engine compartment

  86
  • Hood

    86
  • Engine compartment

    87
  • Washer fluids for washer systems

    88
  • Engine oil

    88
  • Coolant

    89
  • Brake system

    90
• Maintenance

  91
  • The BMW Maintenance System

    91
  • OBD interface socket

    92
  • Care

    92
• Replacement procedures

  93
  • Onboard tool kit

    93
  • Windshield wiper blades

    93
  • Lamps and bulbs

    93
  • Changing a wheel

    96
  • Vehicle battery

    96
  • Fuses

    97
• Giving and receiving assistance

  98
  • Receiving assistance

    98
  • Warning triangle*

    98
  • First-aid kit*

    99
  • Jump-starting

    99
  • Towing and tow-starting the vehicle

    100
• Technical data

  104
  • Engine data

    104
  • Weights

    105
  • Dimensions

    106
  • Capacities

    107
• Everything from A to Z

  108
  • Index

    108