BMW 5 Series: Overview of chassis and suspension
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Overview of chassis and suspension in the G30
- Front axle spring strut
- Auxiliary battery in the engine compartment (optional equipment)
- Brake servo
- Steering column
- Steering wheel
- Rear axle spring strut
- Five-link rear suspension
- Rear axle slip angle control (HSR) (optional equipment)
- Electric active roll stabilization rear (EARSH) (optional equipment)
- Battery
- Auxiliary battery for 24 V steering
- Disc brake with electric parking brake on the rear axle
- Dynamic Stability Control (DSC)
- Disc brake for front axle
- Double-wishbone front axle
- Electric active roll stabilization front (EARSV) (optional equipment)
- Electromechanical Power Steering (EPS)
The basic chassis on the G30 differs from the F10 by its enhanced dynamics
with no loss of comfort.
The critical contributions to enhancing comfort were achieved by optimization of
the vehicle axles.
The G30 has 1, 2 or 3 batteries depending on the equipment specification.
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Highlights
The following optional equipment is available in addition to the basic
chassis and suspension:
- M sports suspension (OE 704)
- M sport package (OE 337)
- Dynamic damper control (EDC) (OE 223)
- Integral Active Steering (OE 2VH)
- Adaptive Drive (OE 2VA) only available in the 540i and 540i xDrive
- Adaptive M Suspension (OE 2VF) only available in the M550i xDrive
All items of optional equipment are available for all drive variants
(including xDrive).
The following table shows the different equipment specifications in the area
of the chassis and
suspension.
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BMW M550i vehicles
The "Adaptive M Suspension" optional equipment can only be ordered with the
BMW M550i drive
variant.
![Overview of chassis and suspension](images/books/1830/index.75(1).png)
The table below shows the differences between the "Adaptive Drive" and
"Adaptive M Suspension"
optional equipment.
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By contrast with all the other chassis variants, the Electronic Damper
Control (EDC) is combined with a
10 mm lowering in the "M Dynamic Professional" optional equipment.
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Double-wishbone front axle in the G30
Support bearing
Wishbone, lower
Steering box
Cross member
Universal joint of steering shaft to steering gear
Cast side section
Strut
Service opening
Re
Five-link rear axle in the G30
Support bearing
Shock absorber
Rubber mount of the rear axle support on the body
Rubber mount of the rear axle support on the rear axle differential
Air deflector
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General information
Depending on the mobile phone and the installed
apps, the following contents of the mobile
phone are transmitted to the vehicle:
Contacts.
Short messages.
Data transfer can take several minutes.
Certain functions may need to be enabled by the
mobile phone provider or service
Concept
The system may prevent some accidents. In the
event of an accident, the system may reduce impact
speed.
The system sounds a warning before an imminent
collision and activates brakes independently,
if needed.
General information
Depending on the equipment version, the system
is controlled by