BMW 520D Manuale Utente

Driving

Kick-down

Kick-down enables you to achieve maximum
performance: press the accelerator pedal down
beyond the regular full-throttle position;
increased resistance will be felt.

Sport program and M/S manual-shift
mode

Move selector lever to the left from position D,
into the M/S selection gate:
The Sport program is activated and DS appears
in the instrument cluster. This position is rec-
ommended for a performance-oriented driving
style.
When you press the selector lever forwards or
back, the manual mode is activated and Step-
tronic changes gear. The instrument cluster
shows M1 to M6.
Upshifts and downshifts are performed only at a
suitable engine or road speed; for example, the
transmission will not shift down if the resulting
engine speed would be too high. The gear
selected appears briefly in the instrument clus-
ter, followed by the gear actually in use.
To return to the automatic mode, move the
selector lever right into position D.

Overriding selector lever interlock

Should the selector lever be stuck in position P
despite the button on the selector lever being
pressed, the selector-lever lock can be overrid-
den:

Unclip the gaiter of the selector lever.

Pull the gaiter up over the selector lever
until the gaiter is inside out.

Using the screwdriver from the toolkit, see
page

192

, press the red section of the lever

while moving the selector lever to the
desired position at the same time.

Flashing turn indicators/

Headlight flasher

1 High-beam headlights
2 Headlight flasher
3 Flashing turn indicators

Indicating a turn

Press the lever beyond the pressure point.
To cancel it manually, press the lever as far as
the pressure point.

If the indicator lamp flashes more rapidly
than usual, a flashing turn indicator bulb

has failed; if towing a trailer, the failed bulb
could be on the trailer.