Maintenance Required Lamp/Indicator: Description and Operation

Service Interval Display

The BMW Maintenance System has been designed as a reliable means of providing maximum driving and operating safety - and as cost-effectively as possible for you.

Please keep in mind that regular maintenance is not only necessary for the safety of your vehicle, but also plays a significant role in maintaining the resale value of the vehicle.

SERVICE INTERVAL DISPLAY:





Green lamps:

The number of illuminated lamps decreases as the time for your next maintenance visit approaches.

Yellow lamp:

This field appears together with OIL SERVICE or INSPECTION. Maintenance is due.

Red lamp:

The maintenance deadline has been passed.

Advanced technology is employed to calculate the optimal maintenance intervals, which are then indicated in the Service Interval Display. While conventional systems rely solely on distance traveled to determine when service is due, the BMW Maintenance System began many years ago to take the actual conditions under which the vehicle is driven into consideration.

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 vehicle driving loads on the car covers every kind of operating situation. However, even those who drive only short distances - significantly less than 6,200 miles (10,000 km) annually - should have the engine oil changed at least every 2 years since oil deteriorates over time, regardless of use.