Vehicle features and
options
This chapter describes all standard, country-specific
and optional features offered with the series.
It also describes features and functions that are
not necessarily ava
Concept
The Auto Start/Stop function helps save fuel.
The system switches off the engine during a
stop, for instance in traffic congestion or at traffic
lights. Drive-ready state remains switched on.
Functional requirements
Steptronic transmission
The engine starts automatically under the following
preconditions:
By releasing the brake pedal.
When Automatic Hold is activated: press the
acceler
History
Control elements are already installed in a number of BMW vehicles that the
driver can use to switch individual
systems to a sporting mode. This includes the sports setting of the automatic
selector lever. In this case, only the
shift characteristics of the automatic gearbox are influenced
Normal Operation
Parking brake application
The driver can activate the EMF parking brake function by pulling on the
parking brake button. Thus the way in
which the parking brake button is operated emulates the action of a handbrake
lever.
The signal from the parking brake button is read by the EM