BMW 5 Series: With an emergency wheel: enlarging the cargo area
Concept
The emergency wheel and any related components can be temporarily removed to enlarge the cargo area.
Removing the emergency wheel and the storage compartments
1. Remove the cargo floor panel. To do this, pull the cargo floor panel upward directly behind the rear backrests.
2. Open the ratchet strap.
3. Remove the tool holder.
4. Remove the emergency wheel from the storage well.
5. Loosen the ratchet strap from the lashing eyes.
6. Remove the storage compartment.
7. Remove the storage well
8. Insert the cargo floor panel.
Inserting the emergency wheel and the storage compartments
Proceed in reverse order to insert the emergency wheel and the storage compartments.
Ski and snowboard bag
The ski and snowboard bag is contained in a protective jacket in the cargo area.
Follow the installation and owner's manual included in the protective jacket.
Depending on the vehicle equipment: remove the emergency wheel from the vehicle to mount the ski and snowboard bag.
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Breaking-in period
General information
Moving parts need to begin working together
smoothly.
The following instructions will help you to achieve
a long vehicle life and good efficiency.
During break-in, do not use the
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Valve gear
VANOS
VANOS B58 engine
VANOS B58TU engine
Following the changeover from a two-part chain drive to a single-part chain
drive, the camshaft
sprockets on the VANOS now need 46 teeth instead of the previous 36 teeth. To
compensate for the
additional weight of the larger camshaft sprockets, the ad
Overview
Buttons on the steering wheel
Cruise control on/off
Store/maintain speed
Pause cruise control / Continue
cruise control with the last
setting
Without steering and traffic
jam assistant:
Increase the distance
Without steering and traffic
jam assistant:
Reduce distance
With steering and traff
