BMW 7 Series: Safety belts- Correct use of safety belts
- Wear the safety belt twist-free and tight to your body over your lap and shoulders.
- Wear the safety belt deep on your hips over your lap. The safety belt may not press on your stomach.
- Do not rub the safety belt against sharp edges, or guide it or jam it in across hard or fragile objects.
- Avoid thick clothing.
- Re-tighten the safety belt frequently upward around your upper body.
Buckling the safety belt
- Guide the safety belt slowly over shoulder and hip to put it on.
- Insert the tongue plate into the safety belt buckle. The safety belt buckle must engage audibly.
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When the safety belt is fastened, the driver's and passenger's belt straps are automatically tightened once after driving away.
Unbuckling the safety belt
- Hold the safety belt firmly.
- Press the red button in the safety belt buckle.
- Guide the safety belt back into its roll-up mechanism.
Belt loop
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When fastening the safety belts on the rear seats, make sure that the belt loop is closed.
Safety belt reminder for driver's seat and front passenger seat
Display in the instrument cluster
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The indicator light lights up
and a signal
sounds. Make sure that the safety belts
are positioned correctly. The safety belt
reminder can also be activated if objects are
placed on the front passenger seat.
Safety mode
In critical situations, for instance during an emergency stop, the front safety belts tighten automatically.
If the situation passes without an accident occurring, the belt tension relaxes.
If the belt tension does not loosen automatically, stop the vehicle and unbuckle the safety belt using the red button in the safety belt buckle. Fasten the safety belt before continuing on your trip.
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Front head restraints
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The current head restraint position can be stored
using the memory function.
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A missing protective effect due to removed or
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Rear head restraints
Safety information
Warning
A missing protective effect due to removed or
not correctly adjusted head restraints can
cause injuries in the head and neck area. There
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Exterior mirrors
General information
The mirror on the front passenger side is more
curved than the driver's side mirror.
The mirror setting is stored for the driver profile
currently in use. When a driver profile is
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Alarm system
General information
When the vehicle is locked, the vehicle alarm
system reacts to the following changes:
Opening a door, the hood or the trunk lid.
Movements in the car's interior.
Changes in the vehicle tilt, for instance, during
attempts at stealing a wheel or when towing
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High beams, headlight flasher, turn signal
High beams, headlight flasher
Push the lever forward or pull it backward.
High beams on, arrow 1.
The high beams light up when the low beams
are switched on.
High beams off/headlight flasher, arrow 2.
Turn signal
On: press the lever past the resistance point.
Off: press the lever past th
