BMW 325xi Wagon (2001 year). Manual - part 1
Owner's Manual for the Vehicle.
With a quick reference guide
for your convenience.
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325xi
Congratulations, and thank you for choosing a BMW.
Thorough familiarity with your vehicle will provide you with enhanced control and
security when you drive it. We therefore have this request:
Please take the time to read this Owner's Manual and familiarize yourself with the
information that we have compiled for you before starting off in your new vehicle.
It contains important data and instructions intended to assist you in gaining
maximum use and satisfaction from the unique range of technical features on your
BMW. The manual also contains information on care and maintenance designed to
enhance operating safety and contribute to maintaining the value of your BMW
throughout an extended service life.
This Owner's Manual should be considered a permanent part of this vehicle. It
should stay with the vehicle when sold to provide the next owner with important
operating, safety and maintenance information.
This manual is supplemented by a Service and Warranty Information Booklet
(US models) or a Warranty and Service Guide Booklet (Canadian models).
We recommend that you read this publication thoroughly.
Your BMW is covered by the following warranties:
- New Vehicle Limited Warranty
- Limited Warranty Rust Perforation
- 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 (US models) or in the Warranty and Service Guide (Canadian
models).
We wish you an enjoyable driving experience.
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Preface
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On buying your BMW, you have de-
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cisely in order to avoid the possibility of
alized equipment and features. This
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personal injury and serious damage to
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and equipment that BMW offers within
the end. If you wish to gain only an ini-
the same group.
tial overview of your vehicle, you will
Contains information that will
We hope you will understand that
find this in the first chapter.
assist you in gaining the optimum
equipment and features are included
The detailed list of contents that direct-
benefit from your vehicle and enables
that you might not have chosen for your
ly follows the summary of contents is
you to care more effectively for your
vehicle. Any differences can easily be
intended to stimulate your curiosity re-
vehicle.<
identified, since all optional accessories
garding your BMW and to encourage
and special equipment are marked with
you to read the manual.
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ongoing development that is conceived
to ensure that our vehicles continue to
embody the highest quality and safety
standards combined with advanced,
state-of-the-art technology. For this
reason, it is possible that the features
described in this Owner's Manual could
differ from those on your vehicle. Nor
can errors and omissions be entirely
ruled out. You are therefore asked to
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For your own safety
Important safety information!
Installation and operation of non-BMW
approved accessories such as alarms,
Use unleaded gasoline only. Fuels
radios, amplifiers, radar detectors,
containing up to and including
For your own safety, use genuine parts
wheels, suspension components, brake
10% ethanol or other oxygenates with
and accessories approved by BMW.
dust shields, telephones (including
up to 2.8% oxygen by weight (that is,
When you purchase accessories tested
operation of any portable cellular phone
15% MTBE or 3% methanol plus an
and approved by BMW and Original
from within the vehicle without using an
equivalent amount of co-solvent) will
BMW Parts, you simultaneously acquire
externally mounted antenna) or trans-
not void the applicable warranties re-
the assurance that they have been thor-
ceiver equipment (such as C.B., walkie-
specting defects in materials or work-
oughly tested by BMW to ensure opti-
talkie, ham radio or similar) may cause
manship. Field experience has indi-
mum performance when installed on
extensive damage to the vehicle, com-
cated significant differences in fuel
your vehicle.
promise its safety, interfere with the
quality (volatility, composition, addi-
BMW warrants these parts to be free
vehicle's electrical system or affect the
tives, etc.) among gasolines offered for
from defects in material and workman-
validity of the BMW Limited Warranty.
sale in the United States and Canada.
ship.
See your BMW center for additional
The use of poor quality fuels may result
BMW will not accept any liability for
information.
in driveability, starting and stalling
damage resulting from installation of
Do not use key or remote to lock doors
problems especially under certain envi-
parts and accessories not approved by
or trunk with anyone inside the car. See
ronmental conditions, such as high am-
BMW.
Owner's Manual for more details.<
bient temperature and high altitude.
BMW cannot test every product made
Should you encounter driveability prob-
by other manufacturers to verify if it can
Maintenance, replacement, or
lems which you suspect could be
be used on a BMW safely and without
repair of the emission control
related to the fuel you are using, we
risk to either the vehicle, its operation,
devices and systems may be performed
recommend that you respond by
or its occupants.
by any automotive repair establishment
switching to a recognized high-quality
Original BMW Parts, BMW Accessories
or individual using any certified auto-
brand.
and other products approved by BMW,
motive part.<
Failure to comply with these recom-
together with professional advice on
mendations may result in unscheduled
using these items, are available from
Symbol on vehicle parts
maintenance.
all BMW centers.
Follow the relevant safety rules when
Indicates that you should consult
you are handling gasoline.<
the relevant section of this Owner's
Manual for information on a particular
part or assembly.
For your own safety
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The following applies only to vehicles owned and operated in the US.
REPORTING SAFETY DEFECTS
If you believe that your vehicle has a defect that 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 BMW of
North America, Inc., P.O. Box 1227, Westwood, New Jersey 07675-1227, Telephone (201) 307-4000.
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, Inc.
To contact NHTSA, you may either call the Auto Safety Hotline toll-free at 1-800-424-9393 (or 366-0123 in
Washington, D.C. area) or write to: NHTSA, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C. 20590. You
can also obtain other information about motor vehicle safety from the Hotline.
REPORTING SAFETY DEFECTS
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Overview
Controls and features
Operation, care
and maintenance
Owner service procedures
Advanced technology
Technical data
Index
Contents
Contents
Cockpit
16
Opening and closing:
Driving:
Instrument cluster
18
Keys 32
Steering/Ignition lock
61
Indicator and warning lamps
20
Electronic vehicle
Starting the engine
61
Multifunction steering wheel
immobilizer
33
Switching off the engine
62
(MFL)
24
Central locking system
34
Parking brake
63
Sports steering wheel
25
Opening and closing -
Manual transmission
64
Hazard warning flashers
26
from the outside
34
Automatic transmission with
Warning triangle
26
Opening and closing -
Steptronic
65
First-aid kit
26
from the inside
38
Turn signal indicator/
Refueling
27
Tailgate
38
Headlamp flasher
68
Fuel specifications
28
Cargo area
40
Washer/Wiper system
68
Tire inflation pressure
28
Alarm system
41
Rear window defroster
70
Electric power windows
43
Cruise control
71
Sliding/tilt sunroof
44
Everything under control:
Adjustments:
Odometer 73
Seats
46
Tachometer
73
Seat and mirror memory
49
Energy Control
73
Steering wheel
50
Fuel gauge
74
Mirrors
51
Coolant temperature gauge
74
Car Memory, Key Memory 52
Service Interval Display
74
Check Control
75
Passenger safety systems:
Clock
75
Safety belts
53
Computer 76
Airbags
55
Transporting children safely
58
Technology for safety and
driving convenience:
Park Distance Control (PDC)
78
Automatic Stability Control plus
Traction (ASC+T)
79
Dynamic Stability Control
(DSC)
80
Tire Pressure Control (RDC)
85
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Lamps:
Special operating instructions:
Under the hood:
Side lamps/Low beams
87
Break-in procedures
114
Hood 130
Instrument lighting
87
Driving notes
115
Engine compartment
132
High beams/Parking lamps
88
Catalytic converter
115
Washer fluids
134
Fog lamps 88
Antilock Brake System
Washer nozzles
134
Interior lamps
88
(ABS)
116
Engine oil
135
Disc brakes
118
Coolant
137
Controlling the climate
Brake system
120
Brake fluid
138
for pleasant driving:
Winter operation
121
Vehicle Identification
Air conditioner
90
Power steering
123
Number 139
Automatic climate control
96
Cellular phone
123
Seat heating
100
Care and maintenance:
Radio reception
123
The BMW Maintenance
Cabin convenience:
Wheels and tires:
System 140
HiFi system
101
Tire inflation pressure
124
Caring for your vehicle
141
Glove compartment
101
Tire condition
124
Airbags
147
Storage compartments
102
Tire replacement
125
Vehicle storage
147
Cellular phone
103
Tire rotation
126
Ashtray, front
104
Laws and regulations:
Wheel and tire
Cigarette lighter
104
Technical modifications
combinations
127
Ashtray, rear
105
to the vehicle
148
Winter tires
128
Power outlet
105
California Proposition
Snow chains 128
65 Warning
148
Loading and transporting:
Approved wheel and tire
OBD interface socket
149
Ski bag
106
specifications
129
Cargo area
107
Cargo loading
110
Roof-mounted luggage rack
111
Contents
Replacement procedures:
Airbags
172
Engine data
184
Onboard tool kit
152
Adaptive Transmission Control
Dimensions
185
Windshield wiper blades
152
(ATC)
173
Weights
186
Lamps and bulbs 153
Automatic Stability Control plus
Capacities
187
Changing a wheel
159
Traction (ASC+T)/Dynamic
Electrical system
188
Battery
162
Stability Control (DSC)
173
Drive belts
188
Fuses
164
Radio reception
174
Microfilter/Activated-charcoal
Four-wheel drive
175
filter
165
Safety belt tensioner
175
Interior rearview mirror with
In case of electrical
automatic dimmer
176
malfunction:
Rain sensor
177
Fuel filler door
166
Tire Pressure Control (RDC)
178
Sliding/Tilt sunroof
166
Self-diagnostics
179
Tailgate
166
Xenon lamps 180
Assistance, giving and
receiving:
Jump-starting
167
Towing the vehicle
168
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Everything from A to Z
192
Owner service procedures
198