BMW 330XI IDRIVE SEDAN 2005 Owners Manual

Technical data
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Technical data
Engine data
Dimensions
325i330i
Displacement
Number of cylinders cu in/cmµ 182.8/2,996
6182.8/2,996
6
Maximum output
at engine speed hp
rpm215
6,250255
6,600
Maximum torque
at engine speed lb ft/Nm
rpm185/251
2,750220298
2,750
All dimensions given in inches/mm. Smallest turning circle diam.: 36 ft 1 in/11.0 m

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Mobility
Weights
Never exceed either the approved axle loads or
the gross vehicle weight.
Capacities
325i330i
Curb weight
with manual transmission
with automatic transmission lbs./kg
lbs./kg3,285/1,490
3,351/1,5203,417/1,550
3,450/1,565
Approved gross weight
with manual transmission
with automatic transmission lbs./kg
lbs./kg4,343/1,970
4,409/2,0004,475/2,030
4,508/2,045
Load lbs./kg 1,058/480 1,058/480
Approved front axle load lbs./kg 2,072/940 2,138/970
Approved rear axle load lbs./kg 2,425/1,100 2,469/1,120
Approved roof load capacity lbs./kg 165/75 165/75
Luggage compartment volume cu ft/l 16.2/460 16.2/460
Notes
Fuel tank
including reserve ofgal/liters
gal/litersapprox. 15.9/60
approx. 2.1/8.0Fuel grade: page169
Windshield washer system
including headlamp washers quarts/liters approx. 1.6/6.0For more details: page55
Engine with oil filter renewal
quarts/liters approx. 6.9/6.5 BMW High Performance
Synthetic Oil
Oil grades: page183

Short commands for the voice command system
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Short commands for the voice command
system
With short commands you can carry out certain
functions directly, regardless of which menu item is selected. Here are the important short
commands for the voice command system.
Assistance window
Communication
Navigation
*
FunctionCommand
To call up assistance window21{Assistance window}
To select display in the assistance window21{Assistance window map facing north},
{Assistance window map direction of travel},
{Assistance window arrow display},
{Assistance window perspective},
{Assistance window current position},
{Assistance window trip computer} or
{Assistance window onboard info}
FunctionCommand
To open phone153{Phone}
Dial phone number153{Dial number}
To display phone book154{A to Z}
To select from phone book154{Call ...} or
{Dial name}
To display "Top 8"155{Top 8}
Redialing155{Redial}
To display "Received calls"155{Received calls}
To display "Missed calls"155{Missed calls}
FunctionCommand
To call up navigation119{Navigation}
To display current position129{Current position}
To open "Enter address"115{Enter address}
To open "New destination"115{New destination}
To display "Input map"118{Input map}
To open "Information"119{Info menu}
To display address book121{Address book} or
{From address book}

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Communications
Navigation
Entertainment
Mobility
Onboard info
Entertainment
To display destination list120{Destination list}
To switch on destination guidance125{Start guidance}
To switch off destination guidance125{Stop guidance}
To display route preferences123{Route preference}
To switch on voice instructions127{Navigation info on}
To switch off voice instructions127{Navigation info off}
To repeat voice instructions128{Repeat navigation info}
To show arrow display126{Arrow display}
Displaying map126{Map}, {Map facing north},
{Map direction of travel} or
{Perspective}
To call up a route117, 126 {Route}
To open "New route"123{New route}
To change scale127{Scale ... miles} or
{Scale ... feet}
Displaying towns/cities and streets along the
route127{Route list}
FunctionCommand
FunctionCommand
To open "Car Data"66{Car Data}
To display onboard info66{Onboard info}
To display trip computer66{Trip computer}
To open speed limit75{Limit}
To open stopwatch75{Stopwatch}
FunctionCommand
Tone control135{Audio}
To switch on radio138{Radio on}
To open "FM"138{FM menu}
To open "AM"138{AM menu}
To open "All stations"138{FM All stations}
To select radio station138{Station} name or
{Choose station}
To open "Presets"138{FM presets} or
{AM presets}

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Climate
menu
To select radio presets138{Preset ...} or
{Choose preset}
To open "Manual"139{FM manual} or
{AM manual}
To open strongest radio station139{AM Autostore}
To call up CD player145{CD menu}
To switch on CD player145{CD}
To call up CD changer145{CD changer menu}
To switch on CD changer145{CD changer}
To select CD145{CD 1...6}
To select CD and music track146{CD 1...6 track ...}
To select track146{Track ...}
To open "Audio Aux"149{Audio Aux menu}
To call up DVD145{DVD player menu}
To switch on DVD145{DVD player}
FunctionCommand
FunctionCommand
To open "Vent settings"90{Vent settings}
To open "Automatic programs"91{Automatic programs}
FunctionCommand
To open "Door locks"30, 32{Door locks}
To open "Steering wheel buttons"45{Steering wheel buttons}
To open "Lighting"53{Lighting}
To open "Communication settings"160{Communication settings}
To open "BMW Service settings"160{BMW Service settings}
To open "BMW Service"162{BMW Service}
To open "Service requirements"70, 161{Service requirements}
To open "Service"70, 161{Service}
To display "Check Control messages"73{Check Control messages}
To open "Display settings"76{Display settings}
To set brightness of Control Display76{Brightness}
To open "Units"64{Units}
To open "Languages"76, 127{Languages}
To open "Time"71{Time}

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Entertainment
Mobility
To open "Date"72{Date}
To open "PDC"77{PDC}
To open "FTM"80{FTM}
To open "Entertainment settings"135{Entertainment settings}
FunctionCommand

Everything from A - Z
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Everything from A - Z
Index
"..." Identifies Control Display
texts used to select
individual functions and
refers you to the page where
these texts can be found.
A
ABS Antilock Brake
System78
ACC, refer to Active cruise
control57
Accessories, refer to The
individual vehicle5
Activated-charcoal filter for
automatic climate control92
Active cruise control57
– indicator lamps60
– malfunction61
– selecting distance59
– sensor61
Active steering81
– initializing the system82
– warning lamp82
Adaptive Head Light86
"Add digits" for portable
phone155
Additives
– coolant183
"Address book" in
navigation121
Address for navigation
– deleting122
– entering115
– selecting121
– storing current position121
"Add to destination list"118
Adjusting the temperature
with automatic climate
control90
Adjusting the tone during
audio operation, refer to
Tone control135Adjustment in audio mode
– front-to-rear135
– right/left balance135
Airbags82
– sitting safely38
– warning lamp84
Air distribution
– automatic90
– individual90
Air flow rate91
Airing, refer to Ventilation92
Air pressure, tires170
Air recirculation, refer to
Recirculated-air mode91
"Air recirculation on / off"45
Air vents89
AKI, refer to Fuel
specifications168
Alarm system34
– avoiding unintentional
alarms35
– interior motion sensor35
– switching off an alarm34
– tilt alarm sensor35
"All channels"
142
All-season tires, refer to
Winter tires179
"All stations", calling up on
radio138
"AM", waveband134,138
AM, waveband138
Ambient air, refer to
Recirculated-air mode91
Antenna for portable
phone152
Antifreeze
– coolant183
– washer fluid55
Antilock Brake System ABS
– indicator lamp79
Anti-theft alarm system, refer
to Alarm system34
Anti-theft system29Anti-trapping mechanism
– glass sunroof, electric37
– windows35
Approved axle loads, refer to
Weights201
Approved gross vehicle
weight, refer to Weights201
Armrest, refer to Center
armrest96
Arrival time
– computer66
– destination guidance125
"Arrow display" in
navigation126
Ashtray98
Assist, refer to BMW
Assist160
Assistance systems, refer to
Dynamic Stability Control
DSC78
Assistance window20
AUC Automatic recirculated-
air control91
Audio134
– controls134
– switching on/off134
– tone control135
– volume135
"Audio Aux"134
Audio device, external97
"Audio" tone settings135
"Auto. headlamps"85
Automatic
– air distribution90
– air flow rate90
– cruise control55,57
– headlamp control85
– service notification161
– storing of stations139
Automatic climate control89
– automatic air distribution90
– settings via iDrive90
Automatic curb monitor44

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Navigation
Entertainment
Mobility
"Automatic programs" with
automatic climate control91
Automatic recirculated-air
control AUC91
Automatic station search139
Automatic transmission with
Steptronic51
– interlock51,52
– overriding selector lever
lock53
– shiftlock52
– sport program52
– towing away195
– tow-starting195
AUTO program for automatic
climate control90
"Autostore"
on the radio140
AUX-IN149
– port97
Average fuel consumption66
– setting the units68
Average speed65
"Avoid ferries" in
navigation124
Avoid freeways for
navigation123
"Avoid highways" in
navigation123
Avoiding unintentional
alarms35
"Avoid tollroads" in
navigation124
Axle loads, refer to
Weights201
"A - Z"154
B
Backrests, refer to Seats39
Backrest width adjustment40
Back seats, refer to Rear seats
– adjusting head restraints41
Backup lamps
– replacing bulbs190
Backup lamps, refer to Tail
lamps189
Balance, tone control135Bar, refer to Tow-starting,
towing away196
Bass, tone control135
Battery191
– charging191
– disposal191
– jump starting194
– temporary power failure191
Being towed195
Belts, refer to Safety belts43
Belt tensioner, refer to Safety
belts43
Beverage holders, refer to
Cup holders98
Black ice, refer to Ice
warning64
Blower, refer to Air flow
rate91
BMW Assist160
– enabling160
– services offered161
"BMW Contact"164
"BMW Contact
Numbers"164
BMW Maintenance
System185
"BMW Service"162
"BMW Service settings"161
Bottle holders, refer to Cup
holders98
Brake assist, refer to Dynamic
Brake Control78
Brake fluid184
– level too low184
– warning lamp184
Brake fluid, refer to Service
requirements69
Brake Force Display82
Brake hydraulics, refer to
Brakes184
Brake lamps
– Brake Force Display82
– replacing bulbs190
Brake pads, breaking in106
Brake rotors108
– brakes106
– breaking in106Brakes
– ABS78
– BMW Maintenance
System185
– brake fluid184
– brake pads184
– breaking in106
– handbrake51
– service requirements69
Brakes, refer to Braking
safely107
Brake system106
– BMW Maintenance
System185
– brake fluid184
– brake pads184
– breaking in106
– disc brakes108
Breakdown services, refer to
Roadside Assistance193
Breaking in the clutch106
Breaking in the
differential106
Break-in period106
"Brightness"76
Bulb changing, refer to Lamps
and bulbs187
Button for starting engine49
Buttons on steering wheel11
C
California Proposition 65
warning5
"Call"154
Call
– accepting153
– displaying accepted155
– ending154
– in absence155
– starting153
Calling
– from phone book154
– from Top 8 list155
– redialing155
Can holders, refer to Cup
holders98
Capacities201

Everything from A - Z
208 Car battery, refer to Vehicle
battery191
Car care, refer to Caring for
your vehicle brochure
Car-care products, refer to
Caring for your vehicle
brochure
"Car Data"66
Care, refer to Caring for your
vehicle brochure
Cargo, securing109
Cargo loading
– stowing cargo109
– vehicle108
Caring for artificial leather,
refer to Caring for your
vehicle brochure
Caring for leather, refer to
Caring for your vehicle
brochure
Caring for light-alloy wheels,
refer to Caring for your
vehicle brochure
Caring for plastic, refer to
Caring for your vehicle
brochure
Caring for the carpet, refer to
Caring for your vehicle
brochure
Caring for the vehicle finish,
refer to Caring for your
vehicle brochure
Car jack
– jacking points191
Car key, refer to Integrated
key/remote control28
Car phone152
– installation location, refer to
Center armrest96
– refer to Portable phone152
– refer to separate Owner's
Manual
Car radio, refer to Radio138
Car wash108
– also refer to Caring for your
vehicle brochure
Catalytic converter, refer to
Hot exhaust system106
"Categories"142CBS Condition Based
Service185
"CD"134,145
CD changer145
– controls134
– fast forward/reverse147
– installation location147
– playing a track146
– random order147
– repeating a track146
– selecting a CD145
– selecting a track146
– switching on/off134
– tone control135
– volume135
CD player145
– controls134
– fast forward/reverse147
– playing a track
146
– random order147
– repeating a track146
– selecting a track146
– switching on/off134
– tone control135
– volume135
Center armrest96
Center brake lamp
– replacing bulbs190
Center console, refer to
Around the center
console14
"Central locking"30
Central locking
– from inside32
– from outside29
Central locking system29
Changing bulbs187
Changing the language on the
Control Display76
Changing the measurement
units on the Control
Display68
Changing wheels191
Chassis number, refer to
Engine compartment181
Check Control73
"Check Control
messages"75
Check Gas Cap168Checking the air pressure,
refer to Tire inflation
pressure170
Child-restraint fixing system
LATCH48
Child-restraint systems46
Child-safety lock48
Child seats46
Chrome parts, care, refer to
Caring for your vehicle
brochure
Cigarette lighter99
– socket99
Cleaning, refer to Caring for
your vehicle brochure
Cleaning headlamps54
– washer fluid55
"Climate"90
Clock64
– 12h/24h mode72
– setting time71
Closing
– from inside32
– from outside30
Clothes hooks97
Cold start, refer to Starting the
engine49
Combined instrument, refer to
Instrument cluster12
Comfort area, refer to Around
the center console14
"Communication"153
"Communication
settings"160
Compact disc, refer to
– CD changer145
– CD player145
Compact wheel
– inflation pressure
172,173,174,175
Compartment for remote
control, refer to Ignition
lock49
Compass94
Computer65
– displays on Control
Display66
– hour signal72
Computer, refer to iDrive16

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"Concert hall" tone
settings136
Condensation, refer to When
the vehicle is parked108
Configuring settings, refer to
Personal Profile29
Confirmation signals for
locking/unlocking of the
vehicle31
Connecting vacuum cleaner,
refer to Connecting
electrical appliances99
Consumption display
– average consumption66
Consumption indicator
– Energy Control64
"Continue guidance to
destination?"126
Control Center, refer to
iDrive16
Control Display, refer to
iDrive16
Controller, refer to iDrive16
Controls and displays10
Convenience operation
– windows30
Convenience start, refer to
Starting the engine49
Coolant183
– adding183
– checking level183
Cooling, maximum90
Cooling fluid, refer to
Coolant183
Country of destination for
navigation116
Courtesy lamps87
Cruise control55
– active57
– malfunction57
Cruising range65
Cup holders98
Curb weight, refer to
Weights201
Current fuel consumption64
"Current position"129Current position
– displaying129
– entering121
– storing121
"Customer
Relations"162,164
D
Dashboard, refer to
Cockpit10
Dashboard lighting, refer to
Instrument lighting87
Data200
– capacities201
– dimensions200
– engine200
– weights201
"Date"73
Date
– setting72
– setting format73
"Date format"73
Daytime driving lamps86
DBC Dynamic Brake
Control78
Deactivating front passenger
airbags83
Deadlocking, refer to
Locking30
Decommissioning the vehicle
– refer to Caring for your
vehicle brochure
Defect
– fuel filler door168
– glass sunroof37
Defogging windows91
Defroster
– rear window92
Defrosting windows91
Defrosting windows and
removing condensation91
Defrost position, refer to
Defrosting windows91
"Delete address book" in
navigation122
"Delete all numbers" on the
portable phone156"Delete data" in
navigation122
"Delete" for portable
phone156
Destination address
– deleting122
– entering115
Destination for navigation
– entry115
– navigation list120
– selecting from address
book121
– selecting using
information119
– storing121
Destination guidance125
– canceling voice
instructions45
– changing specified
route123
– displaying routes126
– distance and arrival125
– interrupting125
– starting125
– terminating/continuing125
– voice instructions127
– volume of voice
instructions128
Destination list for navigation
system120
Destinations recently driven
to120
"Dial" for portable phone153
"Dial number"154
Digital clock64
Digital compass94
Dimensions200
Directional indicators, refer to
Turn signals53
Direction instructions, refer to
Voice instructions127
Directory, refer to Phone
book154
Directory for navigation, refer
to Address book121
Displacement, refer to Engine
data200
Display, refer to iDrive
controls16