Switching on drive-ready state
Depress the brake pedal.
Press the Start/Stop button.
Switching off drive-ready state
Steptronic transmission:
1. Engage selector lever position P with the vehicle
Engaging selector lever position D,
N, R
Drive mode D.
Neutral N.
R is reverse.
With the driver's safety belt fastened, briefly push
the selector lever in the desired direction, past a
resistanc
General information
Some iDrive functions can be operated using the
touchpad on the Controller.
Selecting functions
Via iDrive:
1. "My Vehicle".
2. "iDrive settings".
3. "Touchpad".
4. Select the desired setting:
"Speller": enter letters and numbers.
"Map": use the map.
"Search fields": to wr
History
Historical overview of the BMW 5 Series
E12 (1972-1981)
E28 (1981-1987)
E34 (1987-1995)
E39 (1995-2003)
E60/E61 (2003-2010)
F10/F11 (2010-2016)
G30 (SOP late 2016 as 2017 MY)
Overview of system descriptions
Many of the systems used are already known from the current BMW 7 Series G1