General Electrical System - Service Information

• Glossary Of Electrical Components
  • Introduction
• Active Seat Back Width Adjustment
  • Notes
  • Introduction
  • Brief description of components
  • System functions
    • Notes
    • Active seat back width adjustment
    • Undervoltage and overvoltage
    • Easy Entry facility for driver's seat and front-passenger seat
    • Centering for setting the seat back width adjustment
    • Soft start and soft stop of drive for seat back width adjustment
    • Memory for the seat back widths
    • Special feature of MDrive in M5
  • Operation
    • Notes
    • Preconditions for activation
• Bus Structures; All Models From E38 And Mini
  • Introduction
  • Buses and control units in the E60, E61, E63, E64
  • Buses and control units in the E65 and E66
  • Buses and control units in the E70
  • Buses and control units in E81, E82, E87
  • Buses and control units on the E90, E91, E92, E93
  • Buses and control units on the R50, R52, R53
  • Buses and control units in the R55, R56
• Car Access System
  • Introduction
  • Brief description of components
  • System functions
    • Notes
    • Terminal control
    • Convenient-start system
    • Control of the electronic steering lock
    • Remote control for central locking system
    • Centralized control of the central locking system
    • Centralized control of the power windows
    • Centralized control for CA (Comfort Access)
    • Waking of the MOST via the K CAN for a telematics service
    • Centralized data source for the vehicle order and redundant data storage for vehicle data
• Bus Diagnosis; All Models From E60
  • Notes
  • Introduction
  • Bus system analysis
  • Functions of bus system analysis
  • MOST system analysis
  • Functions of MOST system analysis
• AGM Battery; All Models From E39
  • Introduction
  • Brief description of components
• Electrically Operated Trailer Coupling; E60, E61, E90, E91, E92, E93
  • Introduction
  • Brief description of components
  • System functions
    • Notes
    • Trailer coupling release
    • Pivoting out and in of the electrically pivoted trailer coupling
    • Automatic pivoting out and in
    • Pivoting out or in by continuous operation of the button
    • Monitoring of terminal 15 and Check Control message
    • Undervoltage and overvoltage
    • Overheating protection for drive
    • Adjusting the trailer coupling
    • Emergency function
    • Emergency operation
    • Preconditions for activation
• Power Supply
  • Notes
  • Introduction
  • Brief description of components
  • System functions
    • Notes
    • Electric energy management
    • Power management
    • Variable charging voltage
    • Idling speed increase
    • Load peak reduction
    • Consumer shutoff
    • Off-load current monitoring
    • Terminal 30g relay
• Body-Gateway Module
  • Notes
  • Introduction
  • Brief description of components
  • System functions
• Exterior Mirrors
  • Notes
  • Introduction
  • Brief description of components
  • System functions
    • Notes
    • Horizontal and vertical adjustment of the exterior mirrors
    • Folding in and out
    • Mirror heating
    • Automatic parking function
    • Mirror memory, driver
    • Safety functions
    • Electrochromic exterior mirrors
• Power Windows
  • Notes
  • Introduction
  • Brief description of components
  • System functions
    • Notes
    • Opening and closing
    • Convenience opening and closing
    • Emergency closing and panic mode
    • Childproof locks
    • Anti-repeat circuit
    • Anti-trap circuit (not on the rear power windows on the E64)
    • Load cutoff
• Central Locking System
  • Notes
  • Introduction
  • Brief description of components
  • System functions
    • Notes
    • Locking
    • Deadlocking
    • Unlocking
    • Hotel position
    • Crash unlocking
    • Forced unlocking
    • Lock-out protection
    • Anti-repeat circuit
    • Automatic relocking (with activated Car Memory)
    • Voltage monitoring
    • National versions
• Anti-Theft Alarm System
  • Notes
  • Introduction
  • Brief description of components
  • System functions
    • Notes
    • Priming/disarming
    • DWA alarm triggering (alarm-trigger signal)
    • Automatic adaptation of sensitivity of ultrasonic interior motion sensor
    • Deactivating interior motion sensor and tilt monitoring
    • Emergency function for acoustic DWA alarm
    • Combined operation with lock cylinder and remote control
  • National versions
    • DWA alarm output on different national versions
    • Panic mode with national versions US and Japan
• Wash/Wipe System
  • Notes
  • Introduction
  • Brief description of components
  • System functions
    • Notes
    • Wiper functions
    • Windscreen and rear window wash function (on the Touring)
    • Headlamp washer system (option 502)
    • Safety function
• Body Electrical/Electronic System
  • Introduction
  • Overview of functions
  • DWA anti-theft alarm system
• Sliding/Tilt Sunroof
  • Notes
  • Introduction
  • Brief description of components
  • System functions
    • Notes
    • Opening and closing
    • Convenience opening and convenience closing
    • Emergency close
    • Safety functions
    • Check-control messages
• iDRIVE, CENTRAL INFORMATION DISPLAY AND CONTROLLER
  • Notes
  • Introduction
  • Brief description of components
  • System functions
    • Notes
    • Revised menus
    • Additional orientation guides
• Comfort Access
  • Notes
  • Introduction
  • Brief description of components
  • System functions
    • Notes
    • Passive Entry via doors
    • Passive Entry via the tailgate or front rear window
    • Passive Go
    • Passive Exit
    • Disabling an ID transmitter located inside the vehicle
    • Disabling an opposing command
    • Tamperproof lock
    • National versions
• BMW Night Vision
  • Notes
  • Introduction
  • Brief description of components
  • System functions
    • Notes
    • Heating for protective glass on the night-vision camera
    • Cleaning the protective glass on the night-vision camera
    • Zoom function
    • Panning image section
    • Function limitations
    • Preconditions for activation
• Park Distance Control
  • Notes
  • Introduction
  • Brief description of components
  • System functions
    • Notes
    • Acoustic warnings
    • Visual warnings
    • Check Control
    • Conditions for switching on and off
    • Problematic conditions for switching on and off
    • Operation