Drive away without delay

Do not wait for the engine to warm up while the vehicle remains stationary. Start driving right away, but at moderate engine speeds.

This is the fastest way for the cold engine to reach its operating temperature.

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    General information
    ▷ Instructions for voice activation system ▷ When making a destination entry by voice, you can change between voice operation and iDrive. ▷ To have the available spoken instruc ...

    Reprogramming individual buttons
    1. Switch on the ignition. 2. Press and hold the interior rearview mirror button to be programmed. 3. As soon as the interior rearview mirror LED starts flashing slowly, hold the hand-held tra ...

    Buttons at a glance
    1 System on/off, interrupt 2 Resume speed 3 Store speed* 4 Reduce distance 5 Store, maintain/change speed 6 Increase distance ...