2010 BMW 5 Series Sedan Owners Manual

Storing sitting position, refer to Seat, mirror and steering wheel memory 45

Storing tires 209
Storing your vehicle 220
Street, entering, navigation 134

Technical alterations, refer to

For your own safety 5

Technical data 238
– capacities 242
– dimensions 239
Telephone 178
– installation location, refer to

Summer tires, refer to Wheels

Center armrest 112

and tires 202
Sun blinds 111
Surround 153
SVCD 162
SW, waveband 155
Swinging up floor panel,

Sports Wagon 118

Switches, refer to Cockpit 10
Switching automatically

between high beams and low beams, refer to High- beam Assistant 102

Switching off – engine 58
Switching on – audio 152
– CD changer 152
– CD player 152
– radio 152
Swiveling – headlamps, refer to Adaptive

Light Control 101

– voice commands 185
TeleService 192
TeleService Diagnosis 194
TeleService Help 194
Temperature – adjusting in upper body

region 108

– adjusting with automatic

climate control 106

– changing unit of measure 76
– refer to Coolant temperature 74

Temperature display – outside temperature 74
– outside temperature

warning 74

– setting the units 76
Tempomat, refer to Cruise

control 65

The individual vehicle 5
Third brake lamp, refer to Center brake lamp 225

Symbols 4
– indicator/warning lamps 13

Through-loading system 116
Tightening torque of the lug

Tachometer 74
Tailgate 31
– automatic operation 34
– emergency operation, refer

to Opening manually 33

– locking and unlocking from

inside 30

– opening from inside 33
Tail lamps 224
– replacing bulbs 224
Tank contents, refer to

Capacities 242
Target cursor for navigation 138

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bolts, refer to After mounting 228

Tilt alarm sensor 36
– switching off 36
Tilting down passenger-side

exterior mirror 51

Timer, refer to Preselecting

activation times 109

Tire inflation pressures 202
Tire pressure – loss 89, 90
Tire Pressure Monitor

TPM 90

Tire Quality Grading 207
Tire replacement – new wheels and tires 208

Tires – age 207
– air loss 89, 91
– breaking-in 124
– changing 208
– condition 208
– damage 208
– flat tire, refer to Changing

wheels 226

– inflation pressure 202
– new wheels and tires 208
– pressure monitoring, refer to

Flat Tire Monitor 88

– pressure monitoring, refer to

TPM Tire Pressure Monitor 90

– replacing 226
– retreaded tires 209
– size 206
– tread 208
– wear indicators 208
– wheel/tire combination 208
– winter tires 209
Tires, run-flat – continuing driving with

damaged tire 89, 91

– flat tire 91
– inflation pressure 91
– new tires 208
– new wheels and tires 208
Tire trouble – changing wheels 226
– compact wheel 228
TMC station, refer to Traffic

information 145

Tone – control 152
– middle setting 154
Tools, refer to Onboard

vehicle tool kit 221

Top 50 of music collection 169

Torque – refer to Engine data 238
Torque, lug bolts, refer to

After mounting 228

Tow bar 234
Tow fitting 233

Towing 233
– methods 234
– tow fittings 233
– with automatic and sport

automatic transmission 234

Transmission – automatic transmission with

Steptronic 59

– drive-off assistant 87
– manually unlocking and

Unlocking – from inside 30
– from outside 28
– setting unlocking

behavior 28

– with manual

transmission 234

– with Sequential Manual

Transmission with Drivelogic 234

Town/city, for navigation 133
Tow rope 235
Tow-starting 233
TPM Tire Pressure

Monitor 90

– resetting system 90
– system limits 90
– warning lamp 91
Tracks – selecting with CD 160
Traction-assist feature, refer

to DSC Dynamic Stability Control 85

Traction control, refer to DSC

Dynamic Stability Control 85

Traffic bulletins – categories 147
Traffic bulletins, filtering 147
Traffic information for

navigation

– depiction in route map 147
– during destination

guidance 147

Traffic information with

navigation 145

Traffic jam – displaying traffic information 145

– refer to Bypassing route

sections 143

locking transmission lock 61

– without key, refer to Comfort

– manual transmission 59
– sport automatic transmission 62

– towing 234
Transporting children

safely 53

Transport securing device,

refer to Securing cargo 128
Tread depth, refer to Minimum

tire tread 208

Trip-distance counter – refer to Trip meter 74
Trip meter 74
Trip odometer, refer to Trip

meter 74

Trunk, refer to Cargo bay Trunk lid, refer to Tailgate 33
Turning circle, refer to

Dimensions 239
Turning lamps 101
– replacing bulbs 223
Turn signals 63
– indicator lamp 12
– replacing bulbs 224

Uniform Tire Quality Grading/

UTQR 207

Units – average consumption 76
– temperature 76
Universal garage-door

opener, refer to Integrated universal remote control 110

Access 36

Unlocking without key, refer to

Comfort Access 36

Updating the navigation

data 132

USB audio interface 172
Used batteries – refer to Disposal 229
– refer to Replacing battery 38
Using turn signals 63

Valve screw caps, refer to

After mounting 228

VCD 162
Vehicle – battery 229
– breaking-in 124
– loading 126
– measurements, refer to

Dimensions 239

– parking 58
– weights 241
Vehicle care, refer to Care 217
Vehicle jack 227
– jacking points 228
Ventilation 108
– draft-free 108
– in rear 108
– while stationary 109
Venting – refer to Ventilation 108
Vent outlets 105
– refer to Ventilation 108
Vent outlets, automatic

Universal remote control 110

climate control 105

Vents, automatic climate

control 105

Vents, refer to Ventilation 108
Video menu 163
Video playback 162
Viscosity 213

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Winter tires 209
– setting speed limit 81
– storage 209
Wiper blades – replacement 221
Wiper system 63
– rain sensor 64
– washer fluid 65
– windshield washer

nozzles 64

Word matching principle for

navigation 141

Working in the engine

compartment 211

Wrenches/screwdrivers, refer

to Onboard vehicle tool kit 221

xDrive 86
Xenon lamps 223
– replacing bulbs 223

Your individual vehicle – settings, refer to Personal

Profile 26

Voice, refer to Destination

guidance with voice instructions 143

Voice activation system – overview 22
– short commands 243
Voice commands – telephone 185
Voice instructions for

navigation system 143

– repeating 144
– switching on/off 143
– volume 144
Voice phone book 187
Volume 152
– audio sources 152
– cargo bay 241
– fuel tank, refer to

Capacities 242

– mobile phone 181
– voice instructions 144
– windshield cleaning system,

refer to Capacities 242

Volume balance, tone

setting 153

Warning lamps, refer to Indicator and warning lamps 13

Wear indicators in tires, refer to Minimum tread depth 208

Weather news flashes 157
Website BMW 4
Weights 241
Welcome lamps 100
Wheel/tire combination, refer to New wheels and tires 208

Wheel/tire damage 208
Wheelbase, refer to

Dimensions 239

Wheels and tires 202
Width, refer to

Dimensions 239

Windows 38
– Convenient opening and

closing 28

– Convenient opening and closing from outside 30
– Convenient opening and

closingwith Comfort Access 37

– rear window, Sports

Wagon 32

– safety switch 39
Windshield – cleaning, refer to Wiper

system 63

– defrosting, refer to

Defrosting windows 106

– displays, refer to Head-up

Warning messages, refer to

Display 95

Check Control 79

Warning on leaving lane, refer

Windshield wash – automatic, refer to Rain

sensor 64

– capacities, reservoir 242
– filler neck for washer

fluid 212

– rear window 64
– washer fluid 65
– windshield washer

nozzles 64

– wiper system 63
Windshield wipers, refer to

Wiper system 63

– wiper blade

replacement 221

to Lane Departure Warning 99

Warning triangle 231
Warranty and Service Guide

Booklet for Canadian models 215

Washer fluid 65
– capacity of the reservoir 65
Waste container, refer to

Ashtray 114

Water on roads, refer to

Driving through water 126
Water penetration 217, 218
Waveband for radio 155

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