Wind Deflector - BMW 325Ci Owner's Manual

The fully automatic convertible top
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W hile th e c o nv ertible to p is in
m otio n, th e sid e w in d o w s w ill
lo w er slig htly. D o n ot clo s e th e sid e
p o w er w in d o w s u sin g th e s w itc h e s if
th e c o nv ertible to p h a s b e e n int er-
ru p t e d w hile it is in m otio n.
In c ertain c a s e s, th e lu g g a g e c o m p art-
m e nt lid c a n n ot b e o p e n e d if th e
o p e nin g or clo sin g o p eratio n h a s b e e n
int erru p t e d .
N ev er store th e c o nv ertible to p w hile it
is w e t to avoid p er m a n e nt d a m a g e fro m
m oisture.
W hile th e c o nv ertible to p is in m otio n,
th e re ar w in d o w w ill m o v e to w ard th e
p a ss e n g er c o m p artm e nt a n d w ill g e ntly
pre ss th e h e a d s of th e p a ss e n g ers
sittin g in th e re ar for w ard . N orm ally, this
is n ot d a n g ero u s. T o a v oid p o ssibly
b ein g pin c h e d , p a ss e n g ers in th e b a c k
s e at s h o uld le a n th eir h e a d s slig htly
for w ard w hile th e c o nv ertible to p is in
m otio n.<
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C onvenient operation from the
driver-side door lock
> T o o p e n: w ith th e d o or clo s e d , turn
a n d h old th e k e y in th e " U nlo c k " p o si-
tio n.
> T o clo s e : w ith th e d o or clo s e d , turn
a n d h old th e k e y to th e " L o c k " p o si-
tio n.
L e ttin g g o of th e k e y w ill sto p th e
m otio n.
In ord er to k e e p th e clo sin g pro c e ss in
vie w , it is n ot p o ssible to u s e th e
c o nv e nie nt o p eratio n via th e re m ot e
c o ntrol for s afe ty re a s o n s.
A t hig h er s p e e d s, th e e n s uin g
v a c u u m in th e p a ss e n g er
c o m p artm e nt c a n c a u s e th e c o nv ertible
to p to b e gin flutt erin g. In cre a s e th e air
s u p ply via th e v e ntilatio n c o ntrols s o
th at a v a c u u m d o e s n ot o c c ur in th e
v e hicle .<

Wind deflector

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T h e w in d d e fle ctor k e e p s air m o v e m e nt
in th e p a ss e n g er c o m p artm e nt to a
minim u m , th u s pro vidin g y o u w ith a
ple a s a nt driv e , e v e n at hig h er s p e e d s.
T h e w in d d e fle ctor c o m e s in a prot e c -
tiv e sle e v e , a n d b e c a u s e of its slim
dim e n sio n s, c a n b e e a sily store d in th e
lu g g a g e c o m p artm e nt.
Installing
1 T a k e th e w in d d e fle ctor o ut of its
prot e ctiv e sle e v e .