Mini 2016 User manual

OWNER'S MANUAL.
Contents
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MINI.

MINI Owner's Manual for Vehicle
Thank you for choosing a MINI.
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 MINI. It
contains important information on vehicle operation that will
help you make full use of the technical features available in your
MINI. The manual also contains information designed to en‐
hance operating reliability and road safety, and to contribute to
maintaining the value of your MINI.
Any updates made after the editorial deadline can be found in
the appendix of the printed Owner's Handbook for Vehicle.
Get started now. We wish you driving fun and inspiration with
your MINI
The MINI team
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© 2015 Bayerische Motoren Werke
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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 242.
6Information
AT A GLANCE
14 Cockpit
18 Radio
CONTROLS
22 Opening and closing
36 Adjusting
45 Transporting children safely
49 Driving
62 Displays
76 Lights
81 Safety
97 Driving stability control systems
101 Driving comfort
115 Climate control
121 Interior equipment
123 Digital compass
129 Storage compartments
DRIVING TIPS
136 Things to remember when driving
139 Loading
142 Saving fuel
ENTERTAINMENT
150 Tone
151 Radio
156 Multimedia
COMMUNICATION
164 Bluetooth hands-free system
MOBILITY
174 Refueling
176 Fuel
178 Wheels and tires
193 Engine compartment
195 Engine oil
198 Coolant
200 Maintenance
202 Replacing components
214 Breakdown assistance
220 Care
REFERENCE
226 Technical data
231 Appendix
235 License Texts and Certifications
242 Everything from A to Z
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Information
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.
Updates made after the editorial
deadline
Any updates made after the editorial deadline
can be found in the appendix of the printed
Owner's Handbook for Vehicle.
Additional sources of information
A dealer’s service center or another qualified
service center or repair shop will be glad to an‐
swer additional questions at any time.
Information about MINI, e.g., on technology, is
available on the Internet: www.miniusa.com
Symbols and displays
Symbols in the Owner's Manual
Indicates precautions that must be followed
precisely in order to avoid the possibility of
personal injury and serious damage to the
vehicle.
◄ Marks the end of a specific item of
information.
"..." Identifies radio display texts used to select
individual functions.
Refers to measures that can be taken to
help protect the environment.
Action steps
Action steps to be carried out are presented as
numbered list. The steps must be carried out in
the defined order.
1. First action step.
2. Second action step.
Enumerations
Enumerations without mandatory order or al‐
ternative possibilities are presented as list with
bullet points.
▷First possibility.
▷Second possibility.
Symbols on vehicle components
Indicates that you should consult the
relevant section of this Owner's Manual for
information on a particular part or assembly.
Vehicle features and op‐
tions
This Owner's Manual describes all models and
all standard, country-specific and optional
equipment that is offered in the model series.
Therefore, in this Owner's Manual, we also de‐
scribe and illustrate features that are not avail‐
able in your vehicle, e.g., because of the se‐
lected optional features or the country-specific
version.
This also applies to safety-related functions and
systems.
The respectively applicable country provisions
must be observed when using the respective
features and systems.
For any options and equipment not described
in this Owner's Handbook, refer to the Supple‐
mentary Owner's Handbooks.
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On right-hand drive vehicles, some controls are
arranged differently from what is shown in the
illustrations.
Status of the Owner's
Manual
Basic information
The manufacturer of your vehicle pursues a
policy of constant development that is con‐
ceived to ensure that our vehicles continue to
embody the highest quality and safety stan‐
dards. In rare cases, therefore, the features de‐
scribed 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
can be found in the appendix of the printed
Owner's Handbook for Vehicle.
Own safety
Manufacturer
The manufacturer of this MINI is Bayerische
Motoren Werke Aktionengesellschaft, BMW AG.
Warranty
Your vehicle is technically configured for the
operating conditions and registration require‐
ments applying in the country of first delivery
also known as homologation. If your vehicle is
to be operated in a different country it might
be necessary to adapt your vehicle to poten‐
tially differing operating conditions and permit
requirements. If your vehicle does not comply
with the homologation requirements in a cer‐
tain country you may not be able to lodge war‐
ranty claims for your vehicle there. Further in‐
formation on warranty is available from a
dealer’s service center.
Maintenance and repairs
Advanced technology, e.g., the use of modern
materials and high-performance electronics,
requires suitable maintenance and repair work.
The manufacturer of your vehicle recommends
that you entrust corresponding procedures to a
MINI dealer’s service center.
If you choose to use another service facility, the
manufacturer of your vehicle recommends use
of a facility that performs work, e.g. mainte‐
nance and repair, according to MINI specifica‐
tions with properly trained personnel, referred
to in this Owner's Manual as "another qualified
service center or repair shop".
If work is performed improperly, e.g. mainte‐
nance and repair, there is a risk of subsequent
damage and related safety risks.
Parts and accessories
The manufacturer of your vehicle recommends
the use of parts and accessory products ap‐
proved by the manufacturer of the MINI.
Approved parts and accessories, and advice on
their use and installation are available from a
MINI dealer's service center.
MINI parts and accessories were tested by the
manufacturer of the MINI for their safety and
suitability in MINI vehicles.
The manufacturer of your vehicle warrants gen‐
uine MINI parts and accessories.
The manufacturer of your vehicle does not
evaluate whether each individual product from
another manufacturer can be used with MINI
vehicles without presenting a safety hazard,
even if a country-specific official approval was
issued. The manufacturer of your vehicle does
not evaluate whether these products are suita‐
ble for MINI vehicles under all usage conditions.
California Proposition 65 Warning
California laws require us to state the following
warning:
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Engine exhaust and a wide variety of automo‐
bile components and parts, including compo‐
nents found in the interior furnishings in a vehi‐
cle, contain or emit chemicals known to the
State of California to cause cancer and birth de‐
fects and reproductive harm. In addition, cer‐
tain 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 repro‐
ductive harm. Battery posts, terminals and re‐
lated accessories contain lead and lead com‐
pounds. 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 de‐
liver the full driving pleasure while the vehicle is
operated under those conditions. If you wish to
operate your vehicle in another country or re‐
gion, you may be required to adapt your vehi‐
cle to meet different prevailing operating con‐
ditions and homologation requirements. You
should also be aware of any applicable war‐
ranty limitations or exclusions for such country
or region. In such case, please contact Cus‐
tomer Relations for further information.
Maintenance
Maintain the vehicle regularly to sustain the
road safety, operational reliability and the New
Vehicle Limited Warranty.
Specifications for required maintenance meas‐
ures:
▷MINI 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
covered by the MINI New Vehicle Limited War‐
ranty.
Data memory
Many electronic components on your vehicle
are equipped with data memories that tempo‐
rarily or permanently store technical informa‐
tion about the condition of the vehicle, events
and faults. This technical information generally
records the state of a component, a module, a
system or the environment:
▷Operating mode of system components, fill
levels for instance.
▷Status messages for the vehicle and from its
individual components, e.g., wheel rotation
speed/vehicle speed, deceleration, trans‐
verse acceleration.
▷Malfunctions and faults in important system
components, e.g., lights and brakes.
▷Responses by the vehicle to special situa‐
tions such as airbag deployment or engag‐
ing the stability control system.
▷Ambient conditions, such as temperature.
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This data is purely technical in nature and is
used to detect and correct faults and to opti‐
mize vehicle functions. Motion profiles over
routes traveled cannot be created from this
data. When service offerings are used, e.g., re‐
pair services, service processes, warranty
claims, quality assurance, this technical infor‐
mation can be read out from the event and
fault memories by employees of the dealer’s
service center or another qualified service cen‐
ter or repair shop, including the manufacturer,
using special diagnostic tools. You can obtain
further information there if you need it. After
an error is corrected, the information in the
fault memory is deleted or overwritten on a
continuous basis.
With the vehicle in use there are situations
where you can associate these technical data
with individuals if combined with other infor‐
mation, e.g., an accident report, damage to the
vehicle, eye witness accounts — possibly with
the assistance of an expert.
Additional functions that are contractually
agreed with the customer - such as vehicle
emergency locating - you can transmit certain
vehicle data from 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 re‐
corded by the EDR under normal driving condi‐
tions 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.
Vehicle identification
number
The vehicle identification number can be found
in the engine compartment.
The vehicle identification number can also be
found behind the windshield.
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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
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NHTSA, in addition to notifying MINI 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 MINI 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
motor vehicle safety from http://www.safe‐
rcar.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 ve‐
hicle safety from http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsaf‐
ety.
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AT A GLANCE
CONTROLS
DRIVING TIPS
ENTERTAINMENT
COMMUNICATION
MOBILITY
REFERENCE
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Cockpit
Vehicle features and op‐
tions
This chapter describes all standard, country-
specific and optional features offered with the
series. It also describes features that are not
necessarily available in your car, e. g., due to
the selected options or country versions. This
also applies to safety-related functions and sys‐
tems. The respectively applicable country provi‐
sions must be observed when using the respec‐
tive features and systems.
All around the steering wheel
1Power windows 31
2Exterior mirror operation 42
3Central locking system 26
4Lights
Front fog lights 79
Lights off
Daytime running lights 78
Parking lights 76
Low beams 76
Automatic headlight control 77
Corner-illuminating lights 78
High-beam Assistant 78
Instrument lighting 79
5Steering wheel buttons, left
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Camera-based cruise control on/
off 101
Cruise control on/off 106
Store speed 101, 106
Pause, continue cruise con‐
trol 101, 106
Set speed 101, 106
Reduce distance 101
Increase distance 101
6Steering column stalk, left
Turn signal 54
High beams, head‐
light flasher 54
High-beam Assistant 78
Roadside parking lights 77
On-board computer 71
7Instrument cluster 62
8Steering column stalk, right
Windshield wipers 55
Rain sensor 55
Cleaning windows 56
Rear window wiper 56
Cleaning rear window 56
9Steering wheel buttons, right
Telephone 164
Confirm the selection 70
Selection back 70
Selection next 70
Increase volume
Reduce volume
10 Horn
11 Adjust the steering wheel 44
12 Unlock hood 194
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All around the center console
1Hazard warning system 214
Intelligent Safety 90
2Radio 151
3Glove compartment 129
4Climate control 115
5PDC Park Distance Control 108
DSC Dynamic Stability Con‐
trol 97
Start/stop the engine and switch
the ignition on/off 49
Auto Start/Stop function 51
6Steptronic transmission selector lever 58
Manual transmission selector lever 58
7Parking brake 53
8Driving Dynamics Control 99
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All around the roofliner
1Emergency Request
2Indicator lamp, front-seat pass.
airbag 83
3Reading lights 80
4Ambient light 80
5Glass sunroof 33
6Interior lights 80
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Radio
Vehicle features and op‐
tions
This chapter describes all standard, country-
specific and optional features offered with the
series. It also describes features that are not
necessarily available in your car, e. g., due to
the selected options or country versions. This
also applies to safety-related functions and sys‐
tems. The respectively applicable country provi‐
sions must be observed when using the respec‐
tive features and systems.
Overview
1Change waveband
2Volume, on/off
3Display
4Opening the main menu
5Menu level back
6Selecting menu items
▷Turn: highlight the menu item in the
display or adjust the value.
▷Press: select the highlighted menu item
or store the setting.
7Open the options for the respective menu.
8"Telephone": open the menu.
9Programmable memory buttons
10 "Media": open the menu.
11 "Radio": open the menu.
12 Change the station or track.
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Functions
Audio functions and vehicle functions can be
operated, adjusted and displayed on the radio.
▷Radio.
▷Multimedia.
▷Telephone.
▷Vehicle settings.
▷Check Control messages.
Menu navigation
All functions of the radio can be called up via
the main menu. Some menus can also be called
up directly via the buttons on the radio.
Selecting menu items
Menu items can be selected if they are high‐
lighted.
1. Press button.
2. Turn the right-hand knob until the desired
menu item is highlighted, e.g., "Radio".
3. Press the right-hand knob again to confirm
the highlighted menu item.
Representation in the Owner's Manual
In the Owner's Manual, menu items that can be
selected are set in quotation marks, e.g.,
"Radio".
Symbols in the status field
Audio source
Symbol Meaning
FM, AM Radio waveband.
HD Radio station is being received.
SAT Satellite radio is switched on.
Satellite radio not available.
Playback via Aux In.
Symbol Meaning
Playback via USB audio interface.
Microphone muted
Tone output muted
Telephone
Symbol Meaning
Missed call
Wireless network reception strength
Traffic bulletins
Symbol Meaning
TP Traffic bulletins switched on
Traffic bulletins switched on, no traffic
bulletin stations available.
Traffic Jump
Changing settings
To set number values or values on a scale:
1. Select the desired menu item.
2. Turn the right-hand knob to set the value.
3. Press the right-hand knob to store the
value.
Example: setting the clock
1. Press button.
2. "Settings"
3. "Time/Date"
4. "Time:"
5. Turn the right-hand knob until the desired
hour is set.
6. Press the right-hand knob to store setting.
7. Turn the right-hand knob to set the mi‐
nutes and press the right-hand knob to
save the setting.
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