BMW 2004 Z4 Roadster 2.5i User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Contents

  5
• Notes

  6
  • About this Owner's Manual

    6
  • Symbols used

    6
  • Symbol on vehicle parts

    6
  • Your individual vehicle

    7
  • Status of the Owner's Manual

    7
  • For your own safety

    7
  • Service and warranty

    8
• Reporting safety defects

  9
• Cockpit

  12
  • Control elements

    12
  • Instrument cluster

    14
  • Indicator and warning lamps

    14
• Opening and closing

  18
  • Keys

    18
  • Central locking system

    18
  • Remote control

    18
  • Door lock

    20
  • Interior

    20
  • Luggage compartment lid

    21
  • Luggage compartment

    22
  • Electric power windows

    22
  • Manual convertible top

    23
  • Fully automatic convertible top*

    24
  • 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

    32
  • 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

    40
  • Manual transmission

    40
  • Automatic transmission with Steptronic*

    41
  • Sequential manual gearbox SMG*

    42
  • Driving Dynamic Control

    44
  • Electric Power Steering EPS

    45
  • Turn signal indicators/ Headlamp flasher

    45
  • Washer/wiper system and rainsensor*

    45
  • Cruise control*

    47
• Lamps

  48
  • Parking lamps/Low beams

    48
  • High beams/Standing lamps

    49
  • Instrument lighting

    49
  • Fog lamps

    49
  • Interior lamps

    49
• Everything under control

  50
  • Odometer

    50
  • Tachometer

    50
  • Fuel gauge

    50
  • Engine coolant temperature gauge

    50
  • Service interval display

    51
  • Outside temperature

    51
  • Clock

    51
  • Computer*

    52
• Technology for safety and driving convenience

  54
  • Dynamic Stability Control DSC

    54
  • Brake force display

    55
  • Antilock Brake System ABS

    56
  • Flat Tire Monitor

    56
  • Airbags

    58
• 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

    67
  • Preparations for the cellular phone*

    67
  • Ashtray*

    67
• Special operating instructions

  70
  • Break-in procedures

    70
  • Driving notes

    71
  • Brake system

    71
  • Cargo loading

    72
  • Hardtop preparation*

    73
• Refueling

  76
  • Fuel filler door

    76
  • Fuel specifications

    76
• Wheels and tires

  77
  • Tire inflation pressure

    77
  • Tire coding

    79
  • Tire condition

    80
  • Wheel and tire replacement

    81
  • Run Flat tires

    82
  • Snow chains*

    82
• In the engine compartment

  83
  • Hood

    83
  • Engine compartment

    84
  • Washer fluids for washer systems

    85
  • Engine oil

    85
  • Coolant

    86
  • Brake fluid

    87
• Maintenance

  88
  • The BMW Maintenance System

    88
  • Care

    88
• Laws and regulations

  89
  • California Proposition 65 warning

    89
  • OBD interface socket

    89
• Replacement procedures

  90
  • Onboard tool kit

    90
  • Windshield wiper blades

    90
  • Lamps and bulbs

    90
  • Changing a wheel

    93
  • Battery

    93
  • Fuses

    94
• Giving and receiving assistance

  95
  • Receiving assistance

    95
  • Warning triangle*

    96
  • First-aid kit*

    96
  • Jump-starting

    96
  • Towing the vehicle

    98
• Technical data

  102
  • Engine data

    102
  • Weights

    103
  • Dimensions

    104
  • Capacities

    105
• Everything from A to Z

  106
  • Index

    106