BMW 3 Series E46

since 1998 release

Repair and operation of the car



BMW 3 Series E46
- BMW 3 cars (E46)
   Identification numbers of the car
   Acquisition of spare parts
   Technology of service, tool and equipment of a workplace
   Poddomkrachivaniye and towage
   Start of the engine from the auxiliary power supply
   Checks of readiness of the car for operation
   Automobile chemicals, oils and lubricants
   Diagnostics of malfunctions
   Governing bodies and methods of operation
   Governing bodies and devices
   Gas station
   Keys, uniform lock and anticreeping system
   Security alarm system *
   Window regulators
   The hatch with a lifting and movable cover *
   Seats
   Adjustment of provision of a steering wheel
   Mirrors
   Systems of safety
   Lock of ignition and start of the engine
   Parking brake
   Manual Box of Gear Shifting (MBGS)
   Automatic Transmission (AT) *
   Lever of the switch of indexes of turn / light signal
   Screen wipers and windscreen washers
   Heater of back glass
   Tempostat (automatic equipment of maintenance of the set speed) *
   The alarm system of emergency rapprochement at the parking (PDC) *
   System of automatic stabilization of stability with the regulator of torque of the ASC+T/engine System of dynamic control of stability of DSC *
   The air pressure control system in tires (RDC) *
   Lighting and light devices
   Heater, ventilation and conditioner of air of salon
   Equipment of salon
   Running in
   Features of driving of the car
   Catalytic converter
   Anti-blocking system of brakes (ABS)
   Disk brakes
   Brake system
   Luggage compartments
   Automobile phone *
   Readjustment of headlights
   Cowl
   Unlocking of a cover of the filling hatch manually
   Drive of a lifting and movable cover of the hatch manually *
+ Current leaving and service
+ Engine
+ Cooling systems, heating
+ Power supply systems, injection and release
+ Engine electric equipment
+ RKPP and transmission line
+ Automatic transmission
+ Coupling and power shafts
+ Brake system
+ Suspension bracket and steering
+ Body
+ Onboard electric equipment
+ Schemes of electric equipment



The hatch with a lifting and movable cover *

Rise - opening - closing

After turn of the ignition key in situation 1 press the switch or shift it to a point of the increased resistance in the necessary direction.

At rise the cover in an upholstery of a ceiling will move only on several centimeters back.

After switching off of ignition you have possibility of use of a cover of the hatch within 15 minutes if it was not open, and then any of forward doors is closed again.


Automatic opening and closing

The cover of the hatch opens and closed automatically if you shift the switch in the corresponding direction for a point of the increased resistance and then release it.

The following operations are automatically carried out:

At an open cover the switch contact in the Lift direction allows to shift a cover in the final provision of rise.
At the raised cover the switch contact in the Open direction allows to shift a cover in final open situation.

The repeated contact of the switch allows to stop the movement.

In order to avoid injuries control process of closing of a cover of the hatch and at the same time be very attentive.

Going out of the car, always take with yourself the ignition key that, for example, children could not put a cover of the hatch in action and put itself a trauma.

In salon there will be no depression and drafts if at the opened or lifted cover of the hatch nozzles in the forward panel are completely open and - in case of need - air supply will be increased, address the Section Heater, ventilation and the conditioner of air of salon.

For information on automatic opening and closing of a cover of the hatch by turn of a key in the lock of a door or by means of remote radio control address the Section Keys, the uniform lock and anticreeping system.

Travmozashchitny function

If in the course of closing the hatch cover approximately in the middle of the course encounters an obstacle, then it will stop and will slightly be removed back.

This function can be turned off (for example, at the heavy course of a cover on guides in frosty weather or in attempt of the stranger to get into the car outside) if to translate the switch for a point of the increased resistance and to hold it in this situation.

Malfunction of the drive


At malfunction in electric equipment the hatch can be opened or closed manually.