BMW 2005 Z4 Roadster 2.5i Manual Do Proprietário

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Technology for safety and driving convenience
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Brake force display
The Brake force display lights up in two stages 
depending on how strongly you are braking.
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Normal braking:
The brake lamps and the center brake lamp 
light up
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Hard braking or braking with ABS:
In addition, the illuminated surface of the 
brake lamps is extended, refer to the pic-
ture.
Flat Tire Monitor 
The concept
As you drive, the Flat Tire Monitor keeps track 
of pressure levels in all four tires. The system 
alerts you whenever the inflation pressure of a 
tire falls significantly below the pressure of 
another tire.
In the event of tire pressure loss, the rolling 
radius of the tire changes, thereby affecting the 
rotational speed of the wheels. This change is 
detected, and a flat tire warning is issued to the 
driver.
System requirements
To ensure a reliable flat tire warning, the system 
must be initialized with the correct tire inflation 
pressures.
Each time you correct the pressure in a 
tire, or change a wheel or tire, the system 
must be re-initialized.
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System limitations
The Flat Tire Monitor cannot provide you 
with advance warning of sudden and 
severe tire damage caused by external factors 
and does not detect the balanced and very 
gradual pressure loss that takes place in all four 
tires over an extended period of time.
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The system could issue a false warning or func-
tion in a delayed manner in the following situa-
tions:
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System was not initialized
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You are driving on a snow-covered or slip-
pery road surface
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Performance-oriented driving: slip at the 
drive wheels, high levels of lateral accelera-
tion
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You are driving with snow chains.
Initializing the system 
The initialization is completed while you 
are driving, and can be interrupted at any 
time. Initialization is automatically continued 
when you continue driving. 
When driving with snow chains, do not initialize 
the system.
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1.
Start the engine, but do not drive off
2.
Press the button as long as you need to until 
the yellow indicator lamp in the instrument 
cluster lights up for a few seconds
3.
Drive off.
Initialization is completed during the drive, 
without any feedback issued.
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