Vehicle Convenience Feature - Operation/Information

Group 61
General Electrical Systems

Bulletin
61 03 99

Woodcliff Lake, NJ
April 1999
Product Engineering

SUBJECT:
Vehicle Convenience Features

MODEL:
E38 (7 Series), E39 (5 Series), E46 (3 Series)

General Information:
As part of the BMW strategy to meet or exceed customer expectations, various convenience features have been progressively introduced on BMW vehicles.

These include items such as "one-touch" (toll function) windows, "one-touch" sunroof, and automatic memory seat position when unlocking the vehicle.

In the factory (default) setting, the vehicle has the one-touch features "active", and the automatic seat memory position when unlocking vehicle "not active".

As with all mechanical devices, although safety systems are designed into the vehicle, it is the vehicle operator's responsibility to ensure that the area is clear when these devices are operated. Vehicle owners should refer to the Doors and Locks section of the most recent Safety Tips Card which states "Pay specific attention to all occupants, especially children, to avoid injury from a moving window, sunroof, seat, door, hood or trunk lid."

Your customer, when considering his or her personal circumstances (e.g., regularly carries young children), may be more comfortable with some or all of these features set to "not active". A typical circumstance may be the operation of the rear windows with children in the rear seats, while driving.

Please discuss these considerations with your customers. If requested, these features may be activated or deactivated using the Car and Key Memory option of DIS/MoDiC "Coding and Programming" - see SIB 09 03 98 dated March 1999.