Owner's Manual for Vehicle Z8 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 BMW. The manual contains important data and instructions intended to assist you in obtaining maximum satisfaction from your BMW's unique array of advanced technical fea- tures. It also contains information on vehicle maintenance designed to enhance operating safety while simultaneously helping you to maintain your BMW's value throughout an extended service life. For additional information refer to the supple- mental manuals. 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. We recommend that you read this publication thoroughly. We wish you an enjoyable driving experience. BMW AG 4nNotes Using this Owner's Manual Symbols used Your own personal vehicle This Owner's Manual has been spe- Indicates precautions that must On buying your BMW, you have cially compiled to provide you with a be followed precisely in order to decided in favor of a model with individ- quick and convenient reference source. avoid the possibility of personal injury ualized equipment and features. This The fastest way to find information on and serious damage to the vehicle.< Owner's Manual describes all models particular topics is by turning to the and equipment that BMW offers within comprehensive index at the back of the Contains information that will the same group. manual. If you are looking for a brief assist you in gaining the optimum We hope you will understand that summary of the essentials, you can turn benefit from your vehicle and enable equipment and features are included immediately to the first section. you to care more effectively for your which you might not have chosen for < Should the day come when you decide vehicle. your vehicle. You can easily identify any to sell your BMW, please remember to differences with the aid of the asterisk * ensure that the new owner receives this Refers to measures that can used to identify all optional equipment manual. The manual is legally consid- be taken to help protect the and accessories. environment.< ered to be part of the vehicle. If your BMW features equipment which Your BMW center will be happy to is not described in this Owner's Manual < Marks the end of a specific item of assist you with any additional questions (car radio or telephone, for instance), information. that may arise. Supplementary Owner's Manuals are enclosed. We ask you to read these * Indicates special equipment, manuals as well. country-specific equipment and optional extras. Identifies systems or components, which can either be activated or adapted to suit an individual driver's requirements – Vehicle Memory, Key Memory – refer to page 49. Remember that activation and adjust- ments on some of these systems can only be performed at your BMW center.< Notes Symbols Your own personal vehicle Notes 5n Status at time of printing For your safety rules and precautions when handling < To ensure that our products continue to Use unleaded gasoline only. Fuels gasoline. embody unexcelled levels of quality and containing up to and including safety, we at BMW pursue a policy of 10X ethanol or other oxygenates with Important safety information! continuous, ongoing development up to 2.8X oxygen by weight – i.e. For your own safety, use genuine embracing all aspects of design. This 15X MTBE or 3X methanol plus an parts and accessories approved by process includes all components and equivalent amount of co-solvent – will BMW. accessories as well as manufacturing not void the applicable warranties When you purchase accessories tested techniques. It is possible that some of respecting defects in materials or work- and approved by BMW and Original the equipment in your own vehicle may manship. Field experience has indi- BMW Parts, you simultaneously acquire differ from that described in this cated significant differences in fuel the assurance that they have been thor- manual. For the same reason, it is quality – i.e. volatility, composition, oughly tested by BMW to ensure impossible to guarantee that the additives, etc. – among gasolines optimum performance when installed descriptions and illustrations will be offered for sale in the United States and on your vehicle. accurate in all respects. We must there- Canada. Use of poor-quality fuels can BMW warrants these parts to be free fore request your understanding for the lead to poor starting, drivability prob- from defects in material and workman- fact that we are unable to recognize lia- lems and stalling; these difficulties can ship. bility claims based on discrepancies be aggravated by extreme operating BMW will not accept any liability for between the data, illustrations and conditions such as those encountered damages resulting from installation of descriptions in this manual and your in extremely hot weather and at high parts and accessories not approved by own vehicle's equipment. altitudes. BMW. Should you encounter drivability prob- BMW cannot test every product made lems which you suspect could be by other manufacturers to confirm that related to the fuel you are using, we it can be used on a BMW safely and recommend that you respond by without risk to either the vehicle, its switching to a recognized high-quality operation, or its occupants. brand. Original BMW Parts, BMW Accessories Failure to comply with these recom- and other products approved by BMW, mendations may result in unscheduled together with professional advice on maintenance. using these items, are available from all Always observe all applicable safety BMW centers. Installation and operation of non-BMW Status at time of printing 6nNotes approved accessories such as alarms, Service and Warranty Reporting safety defects radios, amplifiers, radar detectors, This manual is supplemented by a Ser- The following only applies to vehicles wheels, suspension components, brake vice and Warranty Information Booklet owned and operated in the US. dust shields, telephones – including for US models or a Warranty and Ser- If you believe that your vehicle has a operation of any portable cellular phone vice Guide Booklet for Canadian defect which could cause a crash or from within the vehicle without using an models. could cause injury or death, you should externally mounted antenna – or trans- Your BMW is covered by the following immediately inform the National ceiver equipment – e.g. C.B., walkie- warranties: Highway Traffic Safety Administration talkie, ham radio or similar – may cause > New Vehicle Limited Warranty NHTSA in addition to notifying BMW of extensive damage to the vehicle, com- > Limited Rust Perforation Warranty North America, Inc., P.O. Box 1227, promise its safety, interfere with the > Federal Emissions System Defect Westwood, New Jersey 07675-1227, vehicle's electrical system or affect the Warranty Telephone (800) 831-1117. validity of the BMW Limited Warranty. > Federal Emissions Performance War- See your BMW center for additional If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it ranty information.< may open an investigation, and if it > California Emissions Control System finds that a safety defect exists in a Limited Warranty Maintenance, replacement, or group of vehicles, it may order a recall repair of the emission control Detailed information about these and remedy campaign. However, devices and systems may be performed warranties is listed in the Service and NHTSA cannot become involved in indi- by any automotive repair establishment Warranty Information Booklet for US vidual problems between you, your or individual using any certified auto- models or in the Warranty and Service dealer, or BMW of North America, LLC. motive part.< Guide Booklet for Canadian models. To contact NHTSA, you may either call the Auto Safety Hotline toll-free at Symbol on vehicle parts 1-800-424-9393 – or 202-366-0123 in Indicates that you should consult Washington, D.C. area – or write to: the relevant section of this NHTSA, U.S. Department of Transpor- Owner's Manual for information on a tation, Washington, D.C. 20590. You particular part or assembly. can also obtain other information about engine vehicle safety from the Hotline. For your safety 7n 8n 9n Overview Overview Controls and features Operation Operation, care and maintenance Car care Owner service procedures Repairs Advanced technology Technology Technical data Data Index Index Contents Using this Owner's Manual 4 Cockpit 16 Locks and security systems: Symbols used 4 Instrument cluster 18 Keys 30 Your own personal vehicle 4 Indicator and warning lamps 20 Electronic vehicle Notes Status at time of printing 5 Hazard warning flashers 24 immobilizer 31 For your safety 5 Overview Warning triangle 24 Central locking system 32 Symbol on vehicle parts 6 First-aid kit 24 Opening and closing – from the Service and Warranty 6 Refueling 25 outside 32 Reporting safety defects 6 Fuel quality 26 Using the key 32 Tire inflation pressure 26 Using the remote control 33 Opening and closing – from the Controls and features inside 36 Luggage compartment lid 37 Alarm system 38 Electric power windows 40 The automatic convertible top 41 Adjustments: Seats 45 Head restraints 46 Seat backrest 46 Belt guide 47 Steering wheel 47 Mirrors 47 Vehicle Memory, Key Memory 49 © 2002 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft Passenger safety systems: Munich, Germany Reprinting, including excerpts, only with the Safety belts 50 written consent of BMW AG, Munich. Airbags 51 Order No. 01 41 0 156 878 Transporting children safely 53 US English IX/2002 Printed in Germany Printed on environmentally friendly paper – bleached without chlorine and recyclable.