Vehicle equipment
This Owner's Manual describes all models and all standard, country-specific and optional equipment that is offered in the model series.
Therefore, in this Owner's Manual, equipment is also described and illustrated that is not available in your vehicle, e.g. because of the selected optional equipment or the country-specific variants.
This also applies for safety-related functions and systems.
For options and equipment not described in this Owner's Manual, please refer to the Supplementary Owner's Manuals.
On right-hand drive vehicles, some controls are arranged differently than shown in the illustrations.
See also:
SAFETY
The 2012 X5 received four out of five stars in rollover crash tests by the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It hasn't undergone any of
NHTSA's other crash tests, and it hasn't been ...
Energy recovery
The energy of motion of the
vehicle
is converted to electrical energy
while coasting. The vehicle
battery is partially charged and
fuel consumption can be lowered. ...
Built for Curves
Like BMW's cars, the X3 offers top-notch road manners. Some may find the
steering wheel too difficult to turn, but its heavy rotations render spot-on
directional control. The meaty steering wheel ...
