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BMW Group's Mobile Service for breakdown
assistance directly via iDrive, see page 172.
First-aid kit* and warning
triangle*
The first-aid pouch and the warning triangle are
behind the cover in the right-hand trim panel of
the luggage area.
Certain items in the first-aid pouch have a lim-
ited useful life. Check the expiry dates of the
contents regularly and replace if necessary any
items that have expired.
Jump-starting
If the car's own battery is flat, your BMW's
engine can be started by using two jump leads
from another vehicle's battery. In the same way,
you can help to start another car. Use only leads
with fully insulated terminal clamps.
Do not touch any electrically live parts
when the engine is running, or a fatal acci-
dent may occur. Do not depart from the proce-
dure described below, otherwise personal
injury could result or one or both vehicles be
damaged.<
Preparations
1. Check whether the battery of the other
vehicle has a voltage of 12 Volt and approx-
imately the same capacity in Amp/h. This
information is on the battery.
2. Switch off the engine of the donor vehicle.
3. Switch off any consumers in both vehicles.
The bodies of the two vehicles must not
make contact, otherwise there is the risk
of a short-circuit.<
Connecting the jump leads
Connect the jump leads in the correct
order, so that no sparks which could
cause injury occur at the battery.<
Your BMW has a so-called jump-starting con-
nection in the engine compartment which acts
as the battery's positive terminal, see also
Engine compartment overview on page 186.
The cap is marked with +.
1. Pull the cap of the BMW jump-starting con-
nection up to remove.
2. Connect a terminal clamp on the positive/+
jump lead to the positive battery terminal or
a jump-starting connection on the donor
vehicle.
3. Connect the second terminal clamp on the
positive/+ jump lead to the positive battery
terminal or a jump-starting connection on
the vehicle to be started.
4. Connect a terminal clamp on the negative/–
jump lead to the negative battery terminal or
the engine or body earth connection on the
donor vehicle.
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