2006 BMW M3 Owner's Manual - Page 143
2006 BMW M3 Manual
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Receiving assistance Mobile Service* To establish contact with the BMW Group's Mobile Service: Press button 2 for at least 2 seconds. The indicator lamp above the buttons lights up. As soon as a telephone connection has been set up with the Mobile Service, the indicator lamp flashes. Depending on the country you are in, your vehicle's current location will also be transmitted if your vehicle is equipped with an activated BMW Assist function. Jump-starting When your battery is discharged, you can use two jumper cables to start your vehicle with power from the battery in a second vehicle. You can also use the same method to help start another vehicle. Use only jumper cables with fully insulated handles on the terminal clamps. Do not touch high-voltage wiring and cables on a running engine. Contact with components carrying high voltage can be harmful or fatal. Carefully observe the following instructions to avoid personal injury and/or damage to one or both vehicles.< 143 Connecting the jumper cables Be sure to connect the jumper cables in the right order; otherwise there is a risk of injury due to sparks being created near the battery.< The jump-starting terminal located in your BMW's engine compartment serves as the positive battery terminal; refer also to the engine compartment overview on page 120. The cover of this auxiliary terminal is marked with a +. 1. Open the cover of the BMW jumpstarting terminal. Do so by pulling the tab - see arrow 1 2. Connect one terminal clamp of the plus/+ jumper cable to the positive terminal of the battery or to a jumpstarting terminal in the donor vehicle Preparations 1. Check whether the battery of the support vehicle has 12 volts and approximately the same capacity - measured in Ah. This information is provided on the battery 2. Stop the engine of the support vehicle 3. Switch off all consumers in both vehicles. Make absolutely certain that there is no contact between the bodywork of the two vehicles, otherwise there is a short circuit hazard.< Online Edition for Part-No. 01 41 0 158 512 - © 09/04 BMW AG Index Data Repairs Maintenance Controls Overview