2006 BMW M5 Owner's Manual - Page 78
2006 BMW M5 Manual
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Technology for comfort, convenience and safety To maintain vehicle stability, always drive with the system switched on when possible.< Selecting program Reactivating DSC Press the DSC button; the indicator lamp in the instrument cluster goes out. You can also activate and deactivate DSC with the button on the steering wheel, refer to MDrive on page 48. Press the EDC button repeatedly: > "Comfort": no LED lights up in the button. > "Normal": one LED lights up in the button. > "Sport": both LEDs light up in the button. The last selected program is active each time the engine is started. You can also activate your preferred program with the button on the steering wheel, refer to MDrive on page 48. EDC Electronic Damping Control The concept If the influencing variables such as road surface quality or operating conditions such as steering, braking etc. change, the damping automatically adjusts to the new conditions within a fraction of a second. You can choose from three programs. Flat Tire Monitor FTM The concept The Flat Tire Monitor keeps track of the inflation pressures in the tires as you drive. The system provides an alert whenever the inflation pressure drops significantly in relation to the pressure in another tire. In the event of a pressure loss, the rolling radius and therefore the rotation speed of the wheels change. This change is detected and is reported as a flat tire. "Comfort" program Select the "Comfort" program if you want comfort-oriented coordination of shock absorbers and steering. "Normal" program The "Normal" program offers a balanced mixture of the comfort and the sport program. "Sport" program Select the "Sport" program if you want a consistently sporty coordination of shock absorbers and steering. Functional requirement In order to assure the reliable reporting of a flat tire, the system must be initialized for the correct tire inflation pressure. The initialization must be repeated after each time the tire inflation pressure is corrected and after every tire or wheel change.< 76 Online Edition for Part No. 01 41 0 012 213 - © 02/06 BMW AG