BMW Z4 SDRIVE35IS 2015 User Guide
Manufacturer: BMW, Model Year: 2015, Model line: Z4 SDRIVE35IS, Model: BMW Z4 SDRIVE35IS 2015Pages: 289, PDF Size: 7.16 MB
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become associated with a specific person in
combination with other information, such as an
accident report, damage to the vehicle, wit‐
ness accounts, etc., possibly with the involve‐
ment of an authorized expert.
Additional functions that are contractually
agreed with the customer, such as vehicle lo‐
calization in the event of an emergency, permit
the transfer of certain vehicle data out of the
vehicle.
Event Data Recorder EDR
This vehicle is equipped with an event data re‐
corder EDR. The main purpose of an EDR is to
record, in certain crash or near crash-like situa‐
tions, such as an air bag deployment or hitting
a road obstacle, data that will assist in under‐
standing how a vehicle's systems performed.
The EDR is designed to record data related to
vehicle dynamics and safety systems for a short period of time, typically 30 seconds or
less.
The EDR in this vehicle is designed to record
such data as:▷How various systems in your vehicle were
operating.▷Whether or not the driver and passenger
safety belts were fastened.▷How far, if at all, the driver was depressing
the accelerator and/or brake pedal.▷How fast the vehicle was traveling.
These data can help provide a better under‐
standing of the circumstances in which
crashes and injuries occur.
EDR data are recorded by your vehicle only if a
nontrivial crash situation occurs; no data are
recorded by the EDR under normal driving
conditions and no personal data, e.g., name,
gender, age, and crash location, are recorded.
However, other parties, such as law enforce‐
ment, could combine the EDR data with the
type of personally identifying data routinely ac‐
quired during a crash investigation.
To read data recorded by an EDR, special
equipment is required, and access to the vehi‐
cle or the EDR is needed. In addition to the ve‐
hicle manufacturer, other parties, such as law
enforcement, that have the special equipment,
can read the information if they have access to
the vehicle or the EDR.
Reporting safety defects
For US customers The following only applies to vehicles owned
and operated in the US.
If you believe that your vehicle has a defect
which could cause a crash or could cause in‐
jury or death, you should immediately inform
the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis‐
tration NHTSA, in addition to notifying BMW of
North America, LLC, P.O. Box 1227, West‐
wood, New Jersey 07675-1227, Telephone
1-800-831-1117.
If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it may
open an investigation, and if it finds that a
safety defect exists in a group of vehicles, it
may order a recall and remedy campaign.
However, NHTSA cannot become involved in
individual problems between you, your dealer,
or BMW of North America, LLC.
To contact NHTSA, you may call the Vehicle
Safety Hotline toll-free at 1-888-327-4236
(TTY: 1-800-424-9153); go to http://
www.safercar.gov; or write to: Administrator,
NHTSA, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washing‐
ton, DC 20590. You can also obtain other in‐
formation about motor vehicle safety from
http://www.safercar.gov
For Canadian customers Canadian customers who wish to report a
safety- related defect to Transport Canada,
Defect Investigations and Recalls, may tele‐Seite 9Notes9
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phone the toll-free hotline 1-800-333-0510.
You can also obtain other information about
motor vehicle safety from http://www.tc.gc.ca/
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At a glance
These overviews of buttons, switches and
displays are intended to familiarize you with your
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CockpitVehicle equipment
This chapter describes all series equipment as
well as country-specific and special equipment
offered for this model series. Therefore, it also
describes equipment that may not be found in
your vehicle, for instance due to the selectedspecial equipment or the country version. This
also applies to safety-related functions and
systems.
When using the features and systems descri‐
bed here, adhere to local regulations.
All around the steering wheel
1Opening and closing windows
jointly 432Opening and closing rear win‐
dows 43Seite 14At a glanceCockpit14
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3Opening and closing front win‐
dows 434Exterior mirrors, folding in and out 525Adjust the exterior mirrors, Automatic Curb
Monitor 526Parking lights 87Low beams 87Automatic headlight con‐
trol 88
Adaptive Light Control 88
High-beam Assistant 897Turn signal 62High-beams, head‐
light flasher 89High-beam Assistant 89Roadside parking lights 89Computer 75Settings and information about
the vehicle 778Instrument cluster 169Buttons on the steering wheelChange the radio station
Select a music track
Leaf through the phone book and
through lists with stored phone
numbersNext entertainment sourceRecirculated air mode 11310Windshield wipers 63Rain sensor 6311Start/stop the engine and switch
the ignition on/off 5712Ignition lock 5713Steering wheel heating 5414Horn, the entire surface15Adjust the steering wheel 5416Cruise control 10517Buttons on the steering wheelTelephone 194VolumeActivate/deactivate the voice acti‐
vation system 2718Releasing the hood 23819Open the trunk lid 38Seite 15CockpitAt a glance15
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Instrument cluster1Speedometer2Indicator lamps for turn signals3Indicator/warning lamps 174Tachometer 745Engine oil temperature 746Display for▷Clock 73▷External temperature 73▷Indicator/warning lamps 17▷Cruise control 1057Display for▷Gear display, 8-gear Sport automatic
transmission 68▷Gear display for 7-gear Sport auto‐
matic transmission with dual
clutch 69▷Computer 75▷Date of next scheduled service, and re‐
maining distance to be driven 80▷Odometer and trip odometer 73▷Programs for Dynamic Driving Con‐
trol 102▷High-beam Assistant 89▷Resetting Tire Pressure Monitor 97▷Checking engine oil level 238▷Settings and information 77▷ Check Control message
present 848Fuel gauge 749Resetting the trip odometer 73Seite 16At a glanceCockpit16
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Indicator/warning lightsInstrument cluster
The indicator and warning lights can light up in
a variety of combinations and colors.
Several of the lights are checked for proper
functioning when the engine is started or the
ignition is switched on, and light up briefly.
Text messages Text messages at the upper edge of the Con‐
trol Display explain the meaning of the dis‐
played indicator and warning lamps.
You can call up additional information, e.g., on
the cause of a malfunction and on how to re‐
spond, via Check Control, refer to page 84.
In urgent cases, this information will be shown
as soon as the corresponding light comes on.
Indicator lights without text messages
The following indicator lamps notify you that
certain functions are active:SymbolFunction or systemTurn signalHigh-beams/headlight flasherLamp flashes:
DSC or DTC is regulating the pro‐
pulsive forces in order to maintain
driving stabilityParking brake setCanada: the parking brake is setEngine malfunction with adverse ef‐
fect on exhaust emissionsCanada: engine malfunction with
adverse effect on exhaust emis‐
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All around the center console1Control Display 202Hazard warning system 2513Central locking system 374▷Air conditioner 110▷Automatic climate control 1125Hard drive for▷Audio CD/DVD 172▷Navigation DVD 1406Controls for▷Radio 164▷CD/DVD 1727Seat heating 50PDC Park Distance Control 107Close the retractable hard‐
top 44Open the retractable hard‐
top 44Deactivate the Automatic Engine
Start/Stop Function 598Parking brake 619Controller with buttons 2010Buttons for Dynamic Driving Control 102Seite 18At a glanceCockpit18
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