BMW Owners Manual for the Vehicle E46Ci

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Congratulations, and thank you for choosing a BMW. Thorough familiarity with your vehicle will provide you with enhanced control and security when you drive it. We therefore have this request: Read this Owner’s Manual to get summarized information, before you start out in your new BMW. It contains important data and instructions intended to assist you in gaining maximum use and satisfaction from the unique range of technical features on your BMW. This manual also contains information on maintenance and care, designed to ensure your safety and the proper operation of your vehicle, and to maintain your vehicle’s value. This Owner’s Manual should be considered a permanent part of this vehicle. It should stay with the vehicle when sold to provide the next owner with important operating, safety and maintenance information.

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The key to security Your BMW is equipped with a passive anti–theft system. This electronic immobilization system is designed to reduce the susceptibility of the vehicle to theft by making it impossible to start the engine using any means other than the special keys furnished with the vehicle. Your BMW center can cancel the electronic system authorization for individual keys (in the event of loss, for instance). A deactivated key can no longer be used to start the engine.
How the electronics work At the heart of this system is an electronic chip that is integrated into the key. The lock mechanism itself is actually a dual-function device, serving as a communications interface designed to allow the vehicle’s electronics system to maintain a continuous stream of variable, vehicle-specific signals with the electronic circuitry in the key. The system will not release the ignition, fuel injection and starter unless it recognizes an “authorized” key.
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