BMW 3 Owners & Service Manuals

BMW 3: Service requirements

Concept

The function displays the service requirements and the corresponding maintenance scopes.

General information

After switching on drive-ready state, the instrument cluster briefly displays available driving distance or time to the next scheduled maintenance.

A service advisor can read out the current service requirements from your vehicle key.

Display

Detailed information on service requirements

More information on the type of service required may be displayed on the Control Display.

Via iDrive:

1. "CAR".

2. "Vehicle status".

3. "Service schedule".

Required maintenance procedures and legally mandated inspections are displayed.

4. Select an entry to call up detailed information.

Symbols

No service is currently required.

  The deadline for scheduled maintenance or a legally mandated inspection is approaching.

The service deadline has already passed.

Entering appointment dates

Enter the dates for the mandatory vehicle inspections.

Make sure that the vehicle's date and time are set correctly.

Via iDrive:

1. "CAR".

2. "Vehicle status".

3. "Service schedule".

4. "BMW Service".

5. "Date:".

6. Select the desired setting.

Gear shift indicator

Concept

The system recommends the most efficient gear for the current driving situation.

General information

Depending on the vehicle equipment and country version, the gear shift indicator is active in the

M manual mode of the Steptronic transmission and with manual transmission.

Steptronic transmission: displaying

Suggestions to shift up or down are displayed in the instrument cluster.

On vehicles without a gear shift indicator, the engaged gear is displayed.

Efficient gear is set.

Shift into efficient gear.

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