3 D Rivin G N Ot E S - BMW 325Ci Owner's Manual

Driving notes
B ra k e s:
D o n ot driv e w ith y o ur fo ot re stin g
o n th e bra k e p e d al. E v e n lig ht b ut
c o n sist e nt p e d al pre ss ure c a n le a d to
hig h t e m p erature s, bra k e w e ar, a n d
p o ssibly to bra k e failure .
A q u a pla nin g:
W h e n drivin g o n w e t or slu s h y ro a d s,
re d u c e v e hicle s p e e d . If y o u d o n ot, a
w e d g e of w at er m a y form b e t w e e n th e
tire s a n d th e ro a d s urfa c e . T his
p h e n o m e n o n is re ferre d to a s a q u a -
pla nin g or h y dro pla nin g. It is c h ara ct er-
iz e d b y a p artial or c o m ple t e lo ss of
c o nta ct b e t w e e n th e tire s a n d th e ro a d
s urfa c e . T h e ultim at e re s ults are lo ss of
st e erin g a n d bra kin g c o ntrol.
D rivin g thro u g h w at er:
D o n ot driv e thro u g h w at er o n th e ro a d
if it is d e e p er th a n 1 ft (3 0 c m), a n d th e n
o nly at w alkin g s p e e d . O th er w is e , th e
v e hicle's e n gin e , th e ele ctric al syst e m s
a n d th e tra n s missio n m a y b e d a m a g e d .
C loth e s h o o k s (for th e h ard to p):
W h e n s u s p e n din g clothin g fro m th e
h o o k s, b e s ure th at th e y w ill n ot
o b stru ct th e driv er's visio n. D o n ot h a n g
h e a vy o bje cts o n th e h o o k s. If y o u d o
s o, th e y c o uld c a u s e p ers o n al injury
d urin g bra kin g or e v a siv e m a n e uv
C atalytic converter
T h e c atalytic c o nv ert er re d u c e s h armful
e x h a u st e missio n s.
It is d e sig n e d for u s e w ith u nle a d e d fu el
o nly. E v e n min ut e q u a ntitie s of le a d
w o uld b e e n o u g h to p erm a n e ntly
d a m a g e b oth th e c atalytic c o nv ert er
a n d th e syst e m o xy g e n s e n s or.
T o e n s ure e fficie nt, tro u ble -fre e e n gin e
o p eratio n a n d to a v oid p ot e ntial
d a m a g e :
> B e s ure to c o m ply w ith th e s c h e d ule d
m aint e n a n c e re q uire m e nts.
> F ill th e fu el ta n k w ell b e fore it is
e m p ty.
> T o w - start o nly w h e n th e e n gin e is
c old . If y o u att e m p t to to w - start w ith
a w arm e n gin e , u n b urn e d re sid u al
fu el in th e c atalytic c o nv ert er c o uld
ig nit e a n d c a u s e d a m a g e . It is b e tt er
to ju m p - start th e v e hicle w ith o utsid e
a ssista n c e .
> A v oid oth er situ atio n s in w hic h th e
fu el is n ot b urn e d , or b urn s in c o m -
ple t ely, s u c h a s e n g a gin g th e start er
fre q u e ntly or for e xt e n d e d p erio d s, or
re p e at e d start att e m p ts in w hic h th e
e n gin e d o e s n ot start (sto p pin g a n d
re startin g a n e n gin e w hic h is ru n nin g
pro p erly d o e s n ot pre s e nt a pro ble m).
ers.<
N e v er allo w th e e n gin e to ru n w ith
a ny of th e s p ark plu g c a ble s dis c o n -
n e ct e d .
B e s ure to c o m ply w ith th e
pre c e din g in stru ctio n s to pre v e nt
u n b urn e d fu el fro m re a c hin g th e c ata -
lytic c o nv ert er. If y o u d o n ot, th e c ata -
lytic c o nv ert er c o uld re s p o n d b y
o v erh e atin g, le a din g to s erio u s
d a m a g e .
V ery hig h t e m p erature s o c c ur in a n y
v e hicle e q uip p e d w ith a c atalytic
c o nv ert er. H e at s hield s are in stalle d
a dja c e nt to s o m e s e ctio n s of th e
e x h a u st syst e m . N e v er re m o v e th e s e
s hield s; d o n ot a p ply u n d erc o atin g to
th eir s urfa c e s. W h e n drivin g, sta n din g
at idle , a n d p arkin g th e v e hicle , ta k e
e xtra c are to a v oid c o nta ct b e t w e e n th e
e x h a u st syst e m a n d fla m m a ble m at e -
rials (gra ss, h a y, le a v e s, e tc .). S u c h
c o nta ct c o uld le a d to a fire , re s ultin g in
s erio u s p ers o n al injury a n d pro p erty
d a m a g e .<
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