towing BMW 540I SEDAN 2000 User Guide

A
Add
Antifreeze152
Brake fluid152
Coolant152
Engine coolant152
Engine oil149
Fluid, power steering152
Washer fluids148
Adjust washer nozzles148
Avoid false alarms46

B
Backup lamps, bulb
replacement169
Battery176
Charge condition177
Discharged182
Removing and
installing178
Brake lamps, bulb
replacement170
Brakes, brake faults130
Bulb replacement167

C
Car jack173
Changing tires173
Charging the battery178
Check Control85
Check engine oil level149
Check tire pressures29
Courtesy lamp, bulb
replacement172

D
Deactivating the interior
motion sensor38
Deactivating the tilt sensor
alarm system38, 46
Defrost windshields101
Difficult steering132
Doors
Manual operation36

E
Electrical defect
Fuel filler door180
Sliding/Tilt sunroof180
Emergency operation
Doors36
Fuel filler door180
Sliding/Tilt sunroof180
Tailgate181
Engine oil
specifications150

F
Failure messages85
Filling the washer
reservoir148
First-aid kit27
Fittings, tow-starting and
towing183
Flat tire173Fog lamp, replace the
bulb169
Footwell lamps, bulb
replacement172
Fuel filler door release after
electrical fault180
Fuses179

G
Glove compartment lamp,
bulb replacement172

H
Hazard warning flashers27
Hazard warning triangle27
Headlamp covers,
care155, 167
Help with jump starting182
High beams, bulb
replacement167
Hood release143

I
Indicator lamps22
Bulb replacement169

J
Jack173
Jump starting182

L
Level control system,
inactive132
License plate lamp, bulb
replacement171
Low beams, bulb
replacement167
Lug wrench174
Luggage compartment
lamps, bulb
replacement172
Luggage compartment lid/
Tailgate, unlock in case of
electrical fault41

M
Maintenance84, 154
Malfunction displays85
Manual operation
Doors36
Fuel filler door180
Sliding/Tilt sunroof180
Tailgate181

O
Oil specifications150
Onboard tool kit166

Owner service procedures

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Owner service procedures

P
Parking lamp, bulb
replacement168
Power steering, adding
fluid152
Pressure, tires29, 134

R
Rear lamps170
Releasing fuel filler door after
electrical defect180
Releasing the hood143
Remove condensation from
windshields101
Replace wiper blades166
Replacement key34
Replacing fuses179

S
Service Interval Display154
Side lamps, bulb
replacement169
Sliding/Tilt sunroof
Closing after an after an
electrical defect180
Power supply
interruption49
Snow chains139
Spare key34
Spare tire174
Special oil150sport wagon
Rear window wiper, wiper
blade replacement166
Releasing the fuel filler
door after an electrical
defect180
Releasing the tailgate after
an electrical defect181
Tail lamp assembly, bulb
replacement170
Starting
problems67, 126, 182
Starting the engine67

T
Tail lamps, bulb
replacement170
Tailgate
Release after an electrical
defect181
Third brake lamp, bulb
replacement171
Tire damage173
Tire inflation
pressure29, 134
Tools166
Tow fittings183
Towing183
Tow-starting183
Turn signals, bulb
replacement169

W
Warning lamps22
Warning messages85
Work in the engine
compartment143