BMW X4 F26 owners manual page 9

text version of content this owner's manual page from owners manual to the vehicle BMW X4 F26, year of production 2014:

Seite 9 Information ▷ Operating mode of system components, filltions, such as an air bag deployment or hitting levels for instance. a road obstacle, data that will assist in under‐ standing how a vehicle’s systems performed. ▷ Status messages for the vehicle and from The EDR is designed to record data related to its individual components, e.g., wheel rota‐ vehicle dynamics and safety systems for a tion speed/vehicle speed, deceleration, short period of time, typically 30 seconds or transverse acceleration. less. ▷ Malfunctions and faults in important sys‐ The EDR in this vehicle is designed to record tem components, e.g., lights and brakes. such data as: ▷ Responses by the vehicle to special situa‐ ▷ How various systems in your vehicle were tions such as airbag deployment or engag‐ operating. ing the stability control system. ▷ Whether or not the driver and passenger ▷ Ambient conditions, such as temperature. safety belts were fastened. This data is purely technical in nature and is ▷ How far, if at all, the driver was depressing used to detect and correct faults and to opti‐ the accelerator and/or brake pedal. mize vehicle functions. Motion profiles over routes traveled cannot be created from this▷ How fast the vehicle was traveling. data. When service offerings are used, e.g., re‐ These data can help provide a better under‐ pair services, service processes, warranty standing of the circumstances in which claims, quality assurance, this technical infor‐ crashes and injuries occur. mation can be read out from the event and EDR data are recorded by your vehicle only if a fault memories by employees of the dealer’s nontrivial crash situation occurs; no data are service center or another qualified service cen‐ recorded by the EDR under normal driving ter or repair shop, including the manufacturer, conditions and no personal data, e.g., name, using special diagnostic tools. You can obtain gender, age, and crash location, are recorded. further information there if you need it. After an However, other parties, such as law enforce‐ error is corrected, the information in the fault ment, could combine the EDR data with the memory is deleted or overwritten on a continu‐ type of personally identifying data routinely ac‐ ous basis. quired during a crash investigation. With the vehicle in use there are situations To read data recorded by an EDR, special where you can associate these technical data equipment is required, and access to the vehi‐ with individuals if combined with other infor‐ cle or the EDR is needed. In addition to the ve‐ mation, e.g., an accident report, damage to the hicle manufacturer, other parties, such as law vehicle, eye witness accounts Ѯ possibly with enforcement, that have the special equipment, the assistance of an expert. can read the information if they have access to Additional functions that are contractually the vehicle or the EDR. agreed with the customer - such as vehicle emergency locating - you can transmit certain vehicle data from the vehicle. Event Data Recorder EDR This vehicle is equipped with an event data re‐ corder EDR. The main purpose of an EDR is to record, in certain crash or near crash-like situa‐ 9 Online Edition for Part no. 01 40 2 964 144 - VI/15

owners manual BMW X4 F26

owners manual BMW X4 F26 - year of production: 2014 - BMW X4 F26 owners manual EN