BMW Driver's Guide

4.2
717 reviews
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Everyone
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About this app

The Driver’s Guide is a vehicle-specific* Owner's Manual for selected BMW models**.

When using this system for the first time, you require an Internet connection. After you enter the vehicle identification number (VIN), the Owner's Manual for your vehicle is downloaded and is subsequently available without an Internet connection. Multiple vehicles can be managed within the Driver’s Guide.

You can acquaint yourself with the features of your vehicle by reading the full Owner's Manual, searching by picture, or viewing the explanatory videos. The more familiar you are with your vehicle, the better control you will have on the road.


Depending on the vehicle, either all of the following content or a selection thereof will be available:
- The full Owner's Manual.
- Quick Reference.
- A search by topic.
- A search by picture to find features.
- Explanatory animations.
- Solutions to particular situations based on Quicklinks.
- Explanations of the warning and indicator lamps.
- Answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ).


*Depending on the model and model year.
**The Driver’s Guide is available for:
- BMW 1 Series, partially as of model year 2012, fully as of 2015
- BMW 2 Series models
- BMW 3 Series, partially as of model year 2012, fully as of 2014
- BMW 4 Series models
- BMW 5 Series, partially as of model year 2010, fully as of 2011
- BMW 6 Series, partially as of model year 2012, fully as of 2013
- BMW 7 Series as of model year 2009
- BMW 8 Series as of model year 2018
- BMW X models, partially as of model year 2011, fully as of 2014
- BMW Z4 as of model year 2009
- BMW M models, partially as of model year 2013, fully as of 2014
- BMW i3
- BMW i8

Additional PDF owner’s manuals:
- All BMW models as of 1998
- All BMW i models as of 2013


More information can be found in the additional brochures of the onboard literature.

BMW wishes you a safe and enjoyable drive.
Updated on
Feb 26, 2024

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Ratings and reviews

4.2
673 reviews
James Pansino
December 12, 2021
App seems a bit difficult... won't let me dowoad my manual (which i would assume would be the easiest and first hurdle), it's based on my VIN, and hangs during every attempt to download... and of course, no option to download a generic version for my specific model... I was hoping to browse through a few features in the manual over a coffee to better understand how to get the most out of them, and cannot get past first step, so I'm not overly excited to dig into much more of the app right now...
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Todd Tkach
November 12, 2022
So far it's been easy enough to find whatever I've tried to find. I also like how it's specific to my vehicle. I previously had an X3 x30i and now I have an X3 M40i. The two vehicles have different standard features and options. The drivers guides for each had slightly different information to account for this.
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A Google user
February 17, 2020
I think the app has a lot of potential but it's not working well on my phone. I'm using a Google Pixel 3A with the latest Android updates installed. Whenever I try to play any videos it just locks up and I have to close the app and reopen it to use any of the other areas. I also had trouble creating an account and logging in initially and had to close it. Otherwise there's a ton of useful information and I really like it but it does not really work well on my device.
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