BMW X5 xDrive35i User manual

Owner's Manual for
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X5 xDrive35i
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Owner's Manual for Vehicle
Thank you for choosing a BMW.
The more familiar you are with your vehicle, the better control you
will have on the road. We therefore strongly suggest:
Read this Owner's Manual before starting off in your new BMW.
It contains important information on vehicle operation that will
help you make full use of the technical features available in your
BMW. The manual also contains information designed to en‐
hance operating reliability and road safety, and to contribute to
maintaining the value of your BMW.
Please also note the additional items of onboard literature, for in‐
stance the BMW X5 M / BMW X6 M Supplementary Owner's
Manual.
We wish you a safe and enjoyable drive.
BMW AG
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Contents
The fastest way to find information on a partic‐
ular topic or item is by using the index, refer to
page 302.
Using this Owner's Manual
6Notes
At a glance
12 Cockpit
18 iDrive
24 Voice activation system
Controls
28 Opening and closing
45 Adjusting
56 Transporting children safely
61 Driving
71 Displays
81 Lamps
86 Safety
96 Driving stability control systems
102 Driving comfort
119 Climate
127 Interior equipment
134 Storage compartments
Driving tips
142 Things to remember when driving
Navigation
152 Navigation system
153 Destination entry
161 Destination guidance
168 What to do if...
Entertainment
172 Tone
174 Radio
181 CD/multimedia
200 DVD system in rear
Communication
216 Telephone
227 Office
235 Contacts
237 ConnectedDrive
Mobility
246 Refueling
248 Fuel
252 Wheels and tires
263 Engine compartment
268 Maintenance
270 Replacing components
280 Breakdown assistance
285 Care
Reference
290 Technical data
295 Short commands for voice activation
system
302 Everything from A to Z
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Notes
Using this Owner's Manual
The fastest way to find information on a partic‐
ular topic is by using the index.
An initial overview of the vehicle is provided in
the first chapter.
Additional sources of information
Should you have any questions, your service
center will be glad to advise you at any time.
Information on BMW, e.g., on technology, is
available on the Internet: bmwusa.com.
Symbols
Indicates precautions that must be followed
precisely in order to avoid the possibility of per‐
sonal injury and serious damage to the vehicle.
◄ Marks the end of a specific item of informa‐
tion.
* Indicates special equipment, country-specific
equipment and optional accessories, as well as
equipment and functions not yet available at the
time of printing.
"..." Identifies Control Display texts used to se‐
lect individual functions.
›...‹ Verbal instructions to use with the voice ac‐
tivation system.
››...‹‹ Identifies the answers generated by the
voice activation system.
Refers to measures that can be taken to help
protect the environment.
Symbols on vehicle components
Indicates that you should consult the rele‐
vant section of this Owner's Manual for infor‐
mation on a particular part or assembly.
Your individual vehicle
You have decided in favor of a vehicle with indi‐
vidualized equipment and features.
This Owner's Manual describes the entire array
of options and equipment available for a specific
model.
As a result, the manual may contain accessories
and equipment that you may not have specified
for your own vehicle.
All options and special equipment are marked
with an asterisk*.
For options and equipment not described in this
Owner's Manual, please refer to the Supple‐
mentary Owner's Manuals.
Status of this Owner's Manual
at time of printing
The manufacturer of your vehicle pursues a pol‐
icy of constant development that is conceived
to ensure that our vehicles continue to embody
the highest quality and safety standards. In rare
cases, therefore, the features described in this
Owner's Manual may differ from those in your
vehicle.
Updates made after the editorial
deadline
Any updates made after the editorial deadline for
the Owner's Manuals are located in the appen‐
dix of the printed quick reference for the vehicle.
For your own safety
Maintenance and repairs
Advanced technology, e.g., the use of modern
materials and high-performance electronics, re‐
quires suitable maintenance and repair meth‐
ods.
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Therefore, have this work performed only by a
BMW center or a workshop that works accord‐
ing to BMW repair procedures with appropri‐
ately trained personnel.
If this work is not carried out properly, there is
the danger of subsequent damage and related
safety hazards.
Parts and accessories
For your own safety, use genuine parts and ac‐
cessories approved by BMW. When you pur‐
chase accessories tested and approved by
BMW and Genuine BMW Parts, you simultane‐
ously acquire the assurance that they have been
thoroughly tested by BMW to ensure optimum
performance when installed on your vehicle.
BMW warrants these parts to be free from de‐
fects in material and workmanship. BMW will not
accept any liability for damage resulting from in‐
stallation of parts and accessories not approved
by BMW. BMW cannot test every product made
by other manufacturers to verify if it can be used
on a BMW safely and without risk to either the
vehicle, its operation, or its occupants. Genuine
BMW Parts, BMW Accessories and other prod‐
ucts approved by BMW, together with profes‐
sional advice on using these items, are available
from all BMW centers. Installation and operation
of non-BMW approved accessories such as
alarms, radios, amplifiers, radar detectors,
wheels, suspension components, brake dust
shields, telephones, including operation of any
mobile phone from within the vehicle without
using an externally mounted antenna, or trans‐
ceiver equipment, for instance, CBs, walkie-
talkies, ham radios or similar accessories, may
cause extensive damage to the vehicle, com‐
promise its safety, interfere with the vehicle's
electrical system or affect the validity of the
BMW Limited Warranty. See your BMW center
for additional information. Maintenance, re‐
placement, or repair of the emission control de‐
vices and systems may be performed by any au‐
tomotive repair establishment or individual
using any certified automotive part.
California Proposition 65 Warning
California laws require us to state the following
warning:
Engine exhaust and a wide variety of automobile
components and parts, including components
found in the interior furnishings in a vehicle, con‐
tain or emit chemicals known to the State of Cal‐
ifornia to cause cancer and birth defects and re‐
productive harm. In addition, certain fluids
contained in vehicles and certain products of
component wear contain or emit chemicals
known to the State of California to cause cancer
and birth defects or other reproductive harm.
Battery posts, terminals and related accessories
contain lead and lead compounds. Wash your
hands after handling. Used engine oil contains
chemicals that have caused cancer in laboratory
animals. Always protect your skin by washing
thoroughly with soap and water.
Service and warranty
We recommend that you read this publication
thoroughly. Your vehicle is covered by the fol‐
lowing warranties:
▷New Vehicle Limited Warranty
▷Rust Perforation Limited Warranty
▷Federal Emissions System Defect Warranty
▷Federal Emissions Performance Warranty
▷California Emission Control System Limited
Warranty
Detailed information about these warranties is
listed in the Service and Warranty Information
Booklet for US models or in the Warranty and
Service Guide Booklet for Canadian models.
Your vehicle has been specifically adapted and
designed to meet the particular operating con‐
ditions and homologation requirements in your
country and continental region in order to deliver
the full driving pleasure while the vehicle is op‐
erated under those conditions. If you wish to op‐
erate your vehicle in another country or region,
you may be required to adapt your vehicle to
meet different prevailing operating conditions
and homologation requirements. You should
also be aware of any applicable warranty limita‐
tions or exclusions for such country or region. In
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such case, please contact Customer Relations
for further information.
Maintenance
Maintain the vehicle regularly to sustain the road
safety, operational reliability and the New Vehi‐
cle Limited Warranty.
Specifications for required maintenance meas‐
ures:
▷BMW Maintenance system
▷Service and Warranty Information Booklet
for US models
▷Warranty and Service Guide Booklet for
Canadian models
If the vehicle is not maintained according to
these specifications, this could result in serious
damage to the vehicle. Such damage is not cov‐
ered by the BMW New Vehicle Limited War‐
ranty.
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 injury
or death, you should immediately inform the Na‐
tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NHTSA, in addition to notifying BMW of North
America, LLC, P.O. Box 1227, Westwood, 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.safe‐
rcar.gov; or write to: Administrator, NHTSA, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590.
You can also obtain other information about mo‐
tor vehicle safety from http://www.safercar.gov
For Canadian customers
Canadian customers who wish to report a
safety- related defect to Transport Canada, De‐
fect Investigations and Recalls, may telephone
the toll-free hotline [phone]. You can
also obtain other information about motor vehi‐
cle safety from http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety.
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At a glance
These overviews of buttons, switches and
displays are intended to familiarize you with your
vehicle. You will also become quickly acquainted
with the available control concepts and options.
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Cockpit
All around the steering wheel
1Rear window safety switch 41
2Power windows 40
3Exterior mirror operation 53
4Lamps
Instrument lighting 84
Front fog lamps* 84
Parking lamps 81
Low beams 81
Automatic headlamp con‐
trol* 82
Adaptive light control* 82
High-beam Assistant* 83
5Head-up Display* 117
6Steering column stalk, left
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Turn signal 66
High beams, head‐
lamp flasher 83
High-beam Assistant* 83
Roadside parking lamps* 83
Computer 73
Settings and information about the
vehicle 71
7BMW X6: shifting up or down with automatic
transmission 69
8Instrument cluster 14
9Steering column stalk, right
Windshield wipers 67
Rain sensor 67
BMW X5: rear window wip‐
ers 68
10 Start/stop the engine and switch
the ignition on/off 61
11 Ignition lock 61
12 Steering wheel buttons, right
Change the radio station
Stopping a traffic announcement
Select a music track
Scrolling through the redial list
Next entertainment source
Recirculated-air mode 122
Steering wheel heating* 55
Lane departure warning* 93
13 Horn, the entire surface
14
15 Cruise control lever
Cruise control* 108
Active cruise control* 102
16 Steering wheel buttons, left
Telephone* 216
Volume
Activate/deactivate the voice acti‐
vation system* 24
17 Releasing the hood 264
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Instrument cluster
1Turn signal indicator lamp
2Speedometer
3Indicator/warning lamps 15
4Active cruise control* 102
5Tachometer 72
6BMW X5: current fuel consumption 72
BMW X6: engine oil temperature 72 or
current fuel consumption 72
7Display for
▷Clock 71
▷External temperature 71
▷Indicator/warning lamps 15
▷Cruise control* 108
▷Active Cruise Control* 102
▷BMW X5: reserve display for diesel ex‐
haust fluid 249
8Display for
▷Automatic transmission position 69
▷HDC Hill Descent Control 98
▷Computer 73
▷Date of next scheduled service, and re‐
maining distance to be driven 75
▷Odometer and trip odometer 71
▷High-beam Assistant* 83
▷ Check Control message
present 76
▷Adaptive Drive*: Sport chassis and sus‐
pension tuning 99
9Fuel gauge 73
10 Resetting the trip odometer 71
Viewing service requirement display 71
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Indicator/warning lamps
The concept
The indicator and warning lamps can light up in
a variety of combinations and colors.
Several of the lamps are checked for proper
functioning when the engine is started or the ig‐
nition is switched on, and light up briefly.
Text messages
Text messages at the upper edge of the Control
Display explain the meaning of the displayed in‐
dicator and warning lamps.
Supplementary text messages
You can call up more information, e.g., on the
cause of a malfunction and on how to respond,
via Check Control, refer to page 76.
In urgent cases, this information will be shown
as soon as the corresponding lamp comes on.
Indicator lamps without text messages
The following indicator lamps notify you that
certain functions are active:
Symbol Function or system
Parking brake set, refer to
page 63
Canada: parking brake set, refer to
page 63
High beams/headlamp flasher, refer
to page 83
Front fog lamps*, refer to page 84
Lamp flashes:
DSC or DTC controls the drive and
braking forces for maintaining vehi‐
cle stability, refer to page 96
Engine malfunction with adverse ef‐
fect on emissions, refer to
page 269
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All around the center console
1Headliner 17
2Control Display 19
3Hazard warning system 280
Central locking system 33
4Opening glove compartment 134
5Automatic climate control with 2-zone con‐
trol 120
Automatic climate control with 4-zone con‐
trol* 124
6Radio and CD/DVD drive* 174
7Open the tailgate 33 36
Active seat* 49
Park Distance Control
PDC* 110
Top View* 114
Backup camera* 112
HDC Hill Descent Control 97
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DSC Dynamic Stability Con‐
trol 96
DTC Dynamic Traction Con‐
trol 97
Side View* 116
8Controller with buttons 18
9Automatic Hold 64
10 Parking brake 63
11 Adaptive Drive* 99
12 Selector lever for automatic transmis‐
sion 69
All around the headliner
1Emergency Request* 280
2Glass sunroof* 42 43
3Indicator lamp for the front pas‐
senger airbags* 87
4Reading lamps 85
5Interior lamps 85
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iDrive
The concept
The iDrive combines the functions of a multitude
of switches. Thus, these functions can be oper‐
ated from a central location.
Using the iDrive during a trip
To avoid becoming distracted and posing
an unnecessary hazard to your vehicle's occu‐
pants and to other road users, never attempt to
use the controls or enter information unless traf‐
fic and road conditions allow this.◀
Controls at a glance
Controls
1Control Display
2Controller with buttons
The buttons can be used to open the menus
directly. The controller can be used to select
menu items and create the settings.
The buttons can be used to open the menus
directly. The controller can be used to select
menu items and create the settings.
▷Move in four directions, arrow 3
▷Turn, arrow 4
▷Push, arrow 5
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Buttons on controller
Press the button Function
MENU Opens the main menu.
RADIO Opens the Radio menu.
CD Opens the CD/Multimedia
menu.
NAV Opens the Navigation
menu.
TEL Opens the Telephone
menu.
BACK Displays the previous
panel.
OPTION Opens the Options menu.
Control Display
Notes
▷To clean the Control Display, follow the care
instructions, refer to page 287.
▷Do not place objects close to the Control
Display; otherwise, the Control Display can
be damaged.
Switching off
1. Press the button.
2. "Switch off control display"
Switching on
Press the controller again to switch the screen
back on.
Operating concept
Opening the main menu
Press the button.
The main menu is displayed.
All iDrive functions can be called up via the main
menu.
Selecting menu items
Menu items shown in white can be selected.
1. Turn the controller until the desired menu
item is highlighted.
2. Press the controller.
Menu items in the Owner's Manual
In the Owner's Manual, menu items that can be
selected are set in quotation marks, e.g.,
"Settings".
Changing between panels
After a menu item is selected, e.g., "Radio", a
new panel is displayed. Panels can overlap.
▷Move the controller to the left.
The current panel is closed and the previous
panel is displayed.
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The previous panel is opened again by
pressing the BACK button. In this case, the
current panel is not closed.
▷Move the controller to the right.
A new panel is opened on top of the previous
display.
White arrows pointing to the left or right indicate
that additional panels can be opened.
View of an opened menu
When a menu is opened, it generally opens with
the panel that was last selected in that menu. To
display the first panel of a menu:
▷Move the controller to the left repeatedly
until the first panel is displayed.
▷Press the menu button on the controller
twice.
Opening the Options menu
Press the button.
The "Options" menu is displayed.
Additional options: move the controller to the
right repeatedly until the "Options" menu is dis‐
played.
Options menu
The "Options" menu consists of various areas:
▷Screen settings, e.g., "Switch off control
display".
▷Control options for the selected main menu,
e.g., for "Radio".
▷If applicable, further operating options for
the selected menu, for instance "Store
station".
Changing settings
1. Select a field.
2. Turn the controller until the desired setting
is displayed.
3. Press the controller.
Activating/deactivating the functions
Several menu items are preceded by a check‐
box. It indicates whether the function is acti‐
vated or deactivated. Selecting the menu item
activates or deactivates the function.
The function is activated.
The function is deactivated.
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