Maintenance Required Lamp/Indicator: Description and Operation

SERVICE INTERVAL DISPLAY:

Remaining Distance For Service:

The displays shown in the illustration appear for a few seconds when the ignition key is in positions 1 and 2 or after the engine is started.

The next service due appears with the message OIL SERVICE or INSPECTION, together with the remaining distance before scheduled service.

The computer bases its calculations of the remaining distance on the rate of fuel consumption in the period immediately preceding your data request.

A flashing message and a "-" in front of the number mean that the service interval has already been exceeded by the distance shown on the display.

Advanced technology is employed to calculate the optimal maintenance intervals. These are then indicated in the Service Interval Display. While conventional systems rely on distance traveled alone to determine when service is due, the BMW Maintenance System has for years considered the actual conditions under which the vehicle operates, because distance can be traveled in many different ways:

From the point of view of maintenance, 62,000 miles (100,000 km) accumulated in short-distance urban driving are not the equivalent of the same distance covered at moderate speeds in long-distance highway travel.

The BMW Maintenance System includes the Engine Oil Service and Inspections I and II.

Determining the maintenance intervals according to the actual loads on the car covers every kind of operating situation. Minimal use drivers - those who drive significantly less than 6,000 miles (10,000 km) per year - should nevertheless have the oil changed at least every two years, since engine oil ages regardless of use.