Automatic transmission: transporting your vehicle

BMW 3 Series / BMW 3 Series Owners Manual / Mobility / Breakdown assistance / Tow-starting and towing / Automatic transmission: transporting your vehicle

Note

Your vehicle is not permitted to be towed.

Therefore, contact a service center in the event of a breakdown.

Have your vehicle transported on a loading Do not have the vehicle towed

Have your vehicle transported on a loading platform only; otherwise, damage may occur.

Tow truck

Tow truck
Tow truck

Do not lift the vehicle by the tow fitting or Do not lift the vehicle

Do not lift the vehicle by the tow fitting or body and chassis parts; otherwise, damage may result.

Use the tow fitting screwed in at the front for maneuvering the vehicle only.

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