Safety

The X3 earned a 2009 Top Safety Pick designation from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the agency's highest award. That means it earned top scores in IIHS' frontal-offset, side-impact and rear crash tests. All X3s have standard electronic stability control and a full complement of airbags.

As of publication, the Q5, GLK350 and XC60 hadn't been tested by IIHS.

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    Activating the switch-on time
    1. "Settings" 2. "Climate" 3. "Activate Timer 1" or "Activate Timer 2" The symbol on the automatic climate control lights up when the switch-on time is ...

    Opening the tone settings in the Options menu*
    1. "CD/Multimedia" or "Radio" 2. If necessary, select additional entries, for example, "FM" or "CD/DVD". 3. Open "Options". 4. "Tone" ...

    Deleting messages
    Messages from the Concierge service, My Info, and BMW Info can be deleted. Delete a message: 1. "Office". 2. "Messages". 3. Select the desired message. 4. "Options" ...