BMW 2004 325Ci Coupe User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Notes

  4
  • Additional sources of information

    4
  • Symbols used

    4
  • Your individual vehicle

    5
  • Status at time of printing

    5
  • For your own safety

    5
  • Service and warranty

    6
  • Reporting safety defects

    7
• Contents

  8
• Cockpit

  14
  • Cockpit

    14
  • Instrument cluster

    16
  • Indicator and warning lamps

    18
  • Buttons in steering wheel

    21
  • Hazard warning triangle

    22
  • First-aid kit

    22
  • Refueling

    23
  • Fuel specifications

    24
• Opening and closing

  28
  • Keys

    28
  • Central locking system

    28
  • Opening and closing – via the remote control

    29
  • Opening and closing – via the door lock

    31
  • Opening and closing – from the inside

    32
  • Luggage compartment lid

    33
  • Luggage compartment

    35
  • Alarm system

    36
  • Electric power windows

    38
  • Glass sunroof, electric

    39
• Adjustments

  41
  • Safe seating position

    41
  • Seats

    42
  • Manual seat adjustment

    42
  • Power seat adjustment

    44
  • Lumbar support

    44
  • Head restraints

    45
  • Entering the rear

    45
  • Safety belts

    46
  • Seat and mirror memory

    47
  • Seat heating

    48
  • Mirrors

    49
  • Steering wheel

    50
• Passenger safety systems

  51
  • Airbags

    51
  • Transporting children safely

    54
  • Vehicle Memory, Key Memory

    58
• Driving

  59
  • Ignition lock

    59
  • Starting the engine

    59
  • Switching off the engine

    61
  • Parking brake

    61
  • Manual transmission

    62
  • Sequential manual gearbox SMG

    63
  • Automatic transmission with Steptronic

    67
  • Turn signal indicator/Headlamp flasher

    70
  • Washer/wiper system/

    71
  • Cruise control

    72
• Everything under control

  74
  • Odometer

    74
  • Tachometer

    74
  • Energy control

    74
  • Fuel gauge

    75
  • Engine coolant temperature gauge

    75
  • Service interval display

    76
  • Check Control

    76
  • Clock

    77
  • Computer

    78
• Technology for safety and driving convenience

  80
  • Park Distance Control (PDC)

    80
  • Dynamic Stability Control (DSC)

    81
  • Flat Tire Monitor

    82
  • Brake force display

    84
• Lamps

  85
  • Parking lamps/Low beams

    85
  • Adaptive headlights

    86
  • Instrument lighting

    86
  • High beams/Standing lamps

    87
  • Front fog lamps

    87
  • Interior lamps

    88
• Controlling the climate for pleasant driving

  90
  • Air conditioning

    90
  • Automatic climate control

    94
  • Roller sun blind

    98
• Interior conveniences

  99
  • Premium sound system

    99
  • Glove compartment

    99
  • Storage compartments

    100
  • Microphone

    101
  • Ashtray, front

    102
  • Ashtray, rear

    102
  • Clothes hooks

    103
• Loading and transporting

  104
  • Through-loading system

    104
  • Ski bag

    105
  • Cargo loading

    106
  • Roof-mounted luggage rack

    109
• Special operating instructions

  112
  • Break-in procedures

    112
  • General driving notes

    113
  • Antilock Brake System (ABS)

    115
• Wheels and tires

  116
  • Tire inflation pressure

    116
  • Tire code

    118
  • Tire condition

    119
  • Run Flat tires

    120
  • New wheels and tires

    121
  • Snow chains

    122
• In the engine compartment

  123
  • Hood

    123
  • Engine compartment essentials

    124
  • Washer fluids

    126
  • Engine oil

    126
  • Coolant

    128
  • Brake fluid

    128
• Maintenance

  130
  • BMW Maintenance System

    130
• Laws and regulations

  132
  • California laws

    132
  • OBD interface socket

    132
• Replacement procedures

  136
  • Onboard tool kit

    136
  • Windshield wiper blades

    136
  • Lamps and bulbs

    137
  • Changing a wheel

    141
  • Battery

    145
  • Fuses

    145
• Giving and receiving assistance

  146
  • Receiving assistance

    146
  • Jump-starting

    147
  • Towing and tow-starting the vehicle

    149
• Engine data

  154
  • Engine data

    154
  • Dimensions

    155
  • Weights

    156
  • Capacities

    157
• Everything from A to Z

  160