BMW M4 User guide
M4 Owner's Handbook for the vehicle
Congratulations on your choice of a BMW M4.
The better you are acquainted with your vehicle, the easier you
will find it is to operate. We would therefore like to offer you the
following advice:
Please read the Owner's Handbook before setting out in your
new BMW M4. Also use the integrated Owner's Handbook in
your vehicle. It contains important information on how to oper‐
ate the vehicle, enabling you to derive maximum benefit from
the technical advantages of your BMW M4. It also contains use‐
ful information which will help you to maintain both the operat‐
ing and road safety of your BMW M4 as well as its full resale
value.
If applicable, you will find updates after the editorial deadline in
the appendix of the printed Owner's Handbook for the vehicle.
Supplementary information is provided in the other documents
of on-board literature.
We wish you a safe and pleasant journey.
The Owner's Handbook is available as an app in many coun‐
tries. You will find further information on the Internet at:
www.bmw.com/bmw_drivers_guide
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Contents
For quick access to a particular topic or item,
please consult the detailed alphabetical index,
see page 254.
The topics of navigation, entertainment and
communication can be called up using the
following Owner's Handbooks: Integrated
Owner's Handbook in the vehicle on the Con‐
trol Display, Online Owner's Handbook, BMW
Driver’s Guide App.
6Notes
Overview
14 Driving area
18 iDrive
27 Voice control system
30 General settings
43 Integrated Owner's Handbook in the
vehicle
Controls
48 Opening and closing
66 Adjusting
77 Carrying children safely
85 Driving
101 Displays
120 Lights
126 Safety
149 Driving Stability Control Systems
155 Driving comfort
171 Air conditioning
180 Interior equipment
184 Storage compartments
Driving hints
190 BMW M4 Technology
192 Driving precautions
196 Loads
199 Saving fuel
Mobility
204 Refuelling
206 Fuel
207 Wheels and tyres
220 Engine compartment
223 Engine oil
227 Coolant
229 Maintenance
232 Replacing parts
237 Breakdown Assist
244 General care
Reference
250 Technical data
253 Appendix
254 Everything from A to Z
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Notes
About this Owner's
Handbook
Orientation
The quickest way to find information on a par‐
ticular topic or feature is to consult the alpha‐
betical index.
We recommend that you read through the first
chapter to get an initial overview of the vehicle.
Updates after going to press
Updates following the copy deadline can result
in differences between the printed Owner's
Handbook and the following Owner's Hand‐
books:
▷Integrated Owner's Handbook in the vehi‐
cle.
▷Online Owner's Handbook.
▷BMW Driver's Guide App.
You will find notes on any updates in the ap‐
pendix of the printed Owner's Handbook for
the vehicle.
Owner's Handbook for Navigation,
Entertainment, Communication
The Owner's Handbook for navigation, enter‐
tainment and communication is available as a
printed book from Service.
The topics of navigation, entertainment and
communication can be called up using the
following Owner's Handbooks:
▷Integrated Owner's Handbook in the vehi‐
cle on the Control Display.
▷Online Owner's Handbook.
▷BMW Driver's Guide App.
Additional sources of
information
Service Partner
A Service Partner of the manufacturer will be
happy to answer any further questions.
Internet
Owner's Handbook and general information
about BMW, for example on technology, are
available on the Internet: www.bmw.com.
BMW Driver's Guide App
The Owner's Handbook is available as an app
in many countries. You will find further infor‐
mation on the Internet at:
www.bmw.com/bmw_drivers_guide
Symbols and displays
Symbols in the Owner's Handbook
Indicates precautions that must be followed
precisely in order to avoid the possibility of
personal injury and serious damage to the
vehicle.
◄Marks the end of a specific item of
information.
Refers to measures that can be taken to
help protect the environment.
"…" identifies texts on a display in the vehicle
for selecting functions.
›...‹ Identifies commands for the voice control
system.
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››...‹‹ Identifies replies by the voice control
system.
Actions
The actions to be carried out are shown as a
numbered list. The sequence of steps must be
followed.
1. First action.
2. Second action.
Lists
Alternative options and lists of items with no
implied sequence are shown as bullet point
lists:
▷First option.
▷Second option.
Symbol for components and
assemblies
Recommends that you study the relevant
section of this Owner's Handbook in
connection with a particular part or assembly.
Vehicle equipment
This Owner's Handbook describes all models
and all standard, national and special equip‐
ment available for the model series. As a result,
this Owner's Handbook may also contain de‐
scriptions and illustrations of equipment and
functions not featured in your vehicle, for ex‐
ample due to selected special equipment or
country specification.
This also applies to safety-relevant functions
and systems.
Comply with the relevant laws and regulations
when using the corresponding functions and
systems.
If certain equipment and models are not de‐
scribed in this Owner's Handbook, refer to the
Supplementary Owner's Handbooks provided.
In right-hand drive vehicles, some controls are
arranged differently from those shown in the il‐
lustrations.
Production date
The production date of your vehicle can be
found at the bottom of the door pillar on the
driver door.
The production date is defined as the calendar
month and the calendar year in which the vehi‐
cle body and the powertrain assemblies are
joined and the vehicle is driven or moved from
the production line.
Status of the Owner's
Handbook
General
Continuous development ensures high levels
of vehicle safety and quality. In rare instances,
your vehicle may therefore differ from the in‐
formation supplied here.
For Australia/New Zealand: general
When reading this Owner's Handbook, please
bear the following in mind: to ensure that our
vehicles continue to embody the highest qual‐
ity and safety standards, we pursue a policy of
continuous, ongoing development. Because
modifications in the design of both vehicles
and accessories may be introduced at any
time, your own vehicle's equipment may vary
from that described in this handbook. For the
same reason, it is also impossible to guarantee
that all descriptions will be completely accu‐
rate in all respects.
We must therefore request your understanding
of the fact that the manufacturer of your vehi‐
cle is unable to recognise legal claims based
on discrepancies between the data, illustra‐
tions and descriptions in this Owner's
Handbook and your own vehicle's equipment.
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Please note, too, that some of the optional
equipment described in this manual is not
available on Australian models due to restric‐
tions imposed by Australian Design Rules and
other requirements.
Should you require any further information,
please contact your Service Partner or a quali‐
fied specialist workshop, who will be pleased
to advise you.
Updates after going to press
Updates following the copy deadline can result
in differences between the printed Owner's
Handbook and the following Owner's Hand‐
books:
▷Integrated Owner's Handbook in the vehi‐
cle.
▷Online Owner's Handbook.
▷BMW Driver's Guide App.
You will find notes on any updates in the ap‐
pendix of the printed Owner's Handbook for
the vehicle.
Your own safety
Intended use
Comply with the following when using the ve‐
hicle:
▷Owner's Handbook.
▷Information on the vehicle. Do not remove
stickers.
▷Technical data of the vehicle.
▷The applicable laws and safety standards
of the country in which the vehicle is used.
▷Vehicle papers and legal documents.
Warranty
Your vehicle is technically designed for the op‐
erating conditions and approval requirements
prevalent in the country to which it was first
delivered - homologation. If your vehicle is to
be operated in another country, it may have to
be adapted to any prevailing different operat‐
ing conditions and approval requirements. If
your vehicle does not comply with the homolo‐
gation requirements in a certain country you
cannot lodge warranty claims for your vehicle
there. A Service Partner is able to provide fur‐
ther information.
Maintenance and repairs
The advanced technology used in your vehicle,
for example the state-of-the-art materials and
high-performance electronics, requires suit‐
ably appropriate maintenance and repair meth‐
ods.
Consequently, the manufacturer of your vehi‐
cle recommends having corresponding work
carried out by a BMW Service Partner. If you
select a different specialist workshop, BMW
recommends that you select a workshop that
can carry out the corresponding work such as
maintenance and repair according to BMW
specifications and works with appropriately
trained personnel, referred to in this Owner's
Handbook as another qualified Service Partner
or a specialist workshop.
If such work, for example maintenance and re‐
pair, is performed inexpertly, it could result in
consequential damage and thus constitute a
safety risk.
Parts and accessories
BMW recommends using parts and accessory
products that are specifically approved for this
purpose by BMW.
You are recommended to consult a BMW
Service Partner for advice on genuine BMW
parts and accessories, other BMW approved
products and expert advice on all related mat‐
ters.
The safety and compatibility of these products
in conjunction with BMW vehicles have been
checked by BMW.
BMW accepts product responsibility for genu‐
ine BMW parts and accessories. BMW cannot
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accept liability for parts or accessory products
of any kind which it has not approved.
BMW is unable to assess each individual prod‐
uct of outside origin as to its suitability for use
on BMW vehicles without safety risk. Nor can
suitability be assured if an official permit has
been issued for it in a specific country. Tests
performed for such permits cannot always
cover all operating conditions for BMW vehi‐
cles, and some of them therefore are insuffi‐
cient.
Data memory
General
A number of electronic control devices are in‐
stalled in your vehicle. Some of these are nec‐
essary for the vehicle to function safely or pro‐
vide assistance during driving, for example
Driver Assistance Systems. There are also
control devices which manage comfort or info‐
tainment functions.
Electronic control devices contain data memo‐
ries, which are able to save information on the
vehicle condition, component wear and condi‐
tion, maintenance requirements, technical
events or errors temporarily or permanently.
This information generally documents the con‐
dition of a component, a module, a system or
its environment, for example:
▷Operating states of system components,
for example, fill levels, tyre pressure, bat‐
tery status.
▷Status messages of the vehicle and its in‐
dividual components, for example wheel
rotation speed, wheel speed, deceleration,
lateral acceleration, fastened seat belt indi‐
cator.
▷Malfunctions and faults of important sys‐
tem components, for example, lights and
brakes.
▷Information on vehicle-damaging events.
▷Responses of the vehicle to particular driv‐
ing situations, for example, triggering of an
airbag, activation of the stability control
systems.
▷Ambient conditions, for example tempera‐
ture, rain sensor signals.
The data is required to perform the control de‐
vice functions. It is also used for detecting and
rectifying malfunctions, and helps the vehicle
manufacturer to optimise vehicle functions.
The majority of this data is transient and is only
processed within the vehicle itself. Only a small
proportion of the data is stored in event or er‐
ror memories and, if necessary, in the vehicle
key.
Reading out data
When service work is being carried out, for ex‐
ample repairs, service operations, warranty
work and quality assurance measures, this
technical information can be read out from the
vehicle together with the vehicle identification
number. A Service Partner of the manufacturer
or another qualified Service Partner or a spe‐
cialist workshop can read out the information.
The legally required on-board diagnostics
(OBD) socket in the vehicle is used to read out
the data. The data is collected, processed and
used by the relevant organisations in the serv‐
ice network. The data documents the technical
conditions of the vehicle, helps in locating
faults and improving quality, and is transferred
to the vehicle manufacturer, if necessary.
Furthermore, the manufacturer has product
monitoring obligations to meet in line with
product liability law. To fulfil these obligations,
the vehicle manufacturer requires technical
data from the vehicle. Error and event memo‐
ries in the vehicle can be reset when a Service
Partner of the manufacturer or another quali‐
fied Service Partner or a specialist workshop
performs repair or servicing work.
Data on service work carried out and proof of
maintenance is saved in the vehicle under the
service history and transferred to the vehicle
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manufacturer. The vehicle owner can contact a
Service Partner of the manufacturer to object
to the data being saved and transferred to the
vehicle manufacturer. This objection applies
for as long as the vehicle owner remains the
proprietor of the vehicle.
Data entry and data transfer into the
vehicle
General
Depending on the equipment, some data can
be transferred into the vehicle when using
comfort and infotainment functions, for exam‐
ple:
▷Multimedia data such as music, films or
photos for playback in an integrated multi‐
media system.
▷Address book data for use in conjunction
with an integrated hands-free system or an
integrated navigation system.
▷Entered navigation destinations.
▷Data on the use of Internet services.
This data can be saved locally in the vehicle or
is found on a device that has been connected
to the vehicle, for example a smartphone, USB
stick or MP3 player. If this data is saved in the
vehicle, it can be deleted at any time. This data
is only transmitted to third parties if expressly
desired. This depends on the personal settings
selected for using online services.
Depending on the equipment, the following
comfort and individual settings can be saved in
the vehicle and modified at any time, for exam‐
ple:
▷Settings for the seat and steering wheel
positions.
▷Suspension and climate control settings.
▷Individual settings, for example interior
lighting.
Control via mobile user devices
Depending on the equipment, mobile end user
devices connected to the vehicle, for example
smartphones, can be controlled via the vehicle
controls. The sound and picture from the mo‐
bile user device can be played back and dis‐
played through the multimedia system. Certain
information is transferred to the mobile user
device at the same time. Depending on the
type of connection, this includes, for example
position data and other general vehicle infor‐
mation. This optimises the way in which selec‐
ted apps, for example navigation or music play‐
back, work.
There is no further interaction between the
mobile user device and the vehicle, for exam‐
ple active access to vehicle data. How the data
is processed further is determined by the pro‐
vider of the particular app being used. The
range of settings depends on the respective
app and the operating system of the mobile
user device.
Services
General
If the vehicle has a wireless network connec‐
tion, this enables data to be exchanged be‐
tween the vehicle and other systems. The
wireless network connection is established via
an in-vehicle transmitter and receiver unit or
via personal mobile user devices brought into
the vehicle, for example smartphones. This
wireless network connection enables 'online
functions' to be used. These include online
services and apps supplied by the vehicle
manufacturer or by other providers.
Services from the vehicle
manufacturer
Where online services from the vehicle manu‐
facturer are concerned, the relevant functions
are described in the appropriate place, for ex‐
ample the Owner's Handbook or manufactur‐
er's website. The relevant legal information
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