2024 BMW 2 Series Keys and Features Guide

2024 BMW 2 Series Keys and Features Guide

The 2024 BMW 2 Series is the pinnacle of automotive innovation. It combines cutting-edge technology with classic style and thrilling performance in a way that looks great and drives great. As soon as you grab the sleek, well-designed key fob, you’re quickly linked to a world of options. The 2 Series gives you control of the road with ease thanks to advanced features like keyless entry, remote start, and personalised settings. Step inside the carefully designed interior, where style and usefulness come together. With the easy-to-use infotainment system that recognises your words and the powerful sound system, every trip is an unforgettable experience. Precision-engineered powertrains give the car thrilling performance, whether you choose the powerful gas engine or the more fuel-efficient hybrid version. The 2024 BMW 2 Series changes what it means to drive in style with its nimbleness and dynamic driving.

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Opening and closing

Vehicle Equipment

This chapter describes all standard, country-specific and optional equipment available for the model range. It may therefore describe equipment and functions which are not available in a vehicle, for example on account of the optional equipment selected or the national-market version. This also applies to safety-rel-evant functions and systems. Please comply with the relevant laws and regulations when using the corresponding functions and sys-tems.

Vehicle key

General
The delivery specification includes two vehicle keys, each containing an integrated key.
Each vehicle key contains a replaceable bat-tery.
Depending on the vehicle equipment and national market version, various settings are possible for the button functions.
A driver profile with personalised settings can be assigned to a vehicle key.
To provide information on maintenance requirements, the service data is saved in the ve-hicle key.
To prevent the vehicle key from being locked in, take it with you whenever you leave the vehicle.

Safety information

WARNING
The vehicle key has a button cell battery. Batteries or button cells can be swallowed and lead to serious or fatal injuries within two hours, for example, due to internal burns or chemical burns. There is a danger of injury or danger to life. Keep the vehicle key and batteries out of reach of children. Immediately seek medical help if there is any suspicion that a battery or button cell has been swallowed or is located in any part of the body.

WARNING
Persons remaining in the vehicle or pets left inside can lock the doors from the inside and lock themselves in. In this case, the vehicle cannot be opened from the outside. There is a danger of injury. Carry the vehicle key with you so that you can open the vehicle from the outside.

WARNING
With some national-market versions, unlocking from the inside requires specific knowledge.
There is a risk of severe or fatal injury if persons or animals remain in the vehicle for extended periods, which exposes them to extreme temperatures. Do not lock the ve-hicle from the outside if there are persons or animals inside. Do not leave babies, toddlers, or animals alone in the vehicle.

WARNING
Unsupervised children or pets in the vehicle can set the vehicle in motion and endanger themselves and other road users, for example, by the following actions:

• Pressing the Start/Stop button.
• Releasing the parking brake.
• Opening and closing doors or windows.
• Engaging selector lever position N.
• Operating vehicle equipment.

There is a risk of accident or injury. Do not leave children or pets unsupervised in the ve-hicle. When leaving the vehicle, take the vehi-cle key with you and lock the vehicle.

Overview

1. To unlock
2. To lock
3. Opening the boot lid
4. Home lights

To unlock

General
The vehicle’s response when unlocked with the vehicle key depends on the following settings:

• Whether the first press of the button opens just the driver’s door and the fuel filler flap, or all the vehicle access points.
• Whether the unlocking of the vehicle is acknowledged with a light signal or an acoustic signal.
• Whether the welcome light is switched on when the vehicle is unlocked.
  Welcome light, see page 184.
• Whether the window can be lowered further to make it easier to get in.

Unlocking the vehicle

Press the button on the vehicle key.

 

If only the driver’s door and the fuel filler flap have been unlocked because of the settings, press the button on the vehicle key again to unlock the other vehicle access points.
The following functions are also carried out:

• If a driver profile has been assigned to the vehicle key, this driver profile is activated and its saved settings are applied.
• The interior lights are switched on unless they were switched off manually.
• Folded-in exterior mirrors are folded out. If the exterior mirrors are folded in using the button inside the vehicle, they are not folded out when the vehicle is unlocked.
• With anti-theft security system: The anti-theft security system is switched off.
• With alarm system: The alarm system is switched off.

Press the button on the vehicle key twice in immediate succession to activate comfort entry.

Depending on the settings, the window is lowered further when a door is opened.
The lighting functions may depend on the ambient brightness.

Comfort opening

Keep the button on the vehicle key pressed after unlocking.

 

The windows and the glass sunroof with sun protection are opened for as long as the button on the vehicle key is pressed.

To lock

General
The vehicle’s response when locked with the vehicle key depends on the following settings:

• Whether the locking of the vehicle is acknowledged with a light signal or an acoustic signal.
• Whether the exterior mirrors are automati-cally folded in when the vehicle is locked. If the hazard warning lights are switched on, the exterior mirrors are not folded in.
• Whether the home lights are activated when the vehicle is locked.

Locking the vehicle

1. Close the driver’s door.
2. Press the button on the vehicle key. The following functions are carried out:
   1. All the doors, the boot lid and the fuel filler flap are locked.
   2. With anti-theft security system: The anti-theft security system is switched on. This prevents the doors from being unlocked using the locking buttons or the door handles.
   3. With alarm system: The alarm system is switched on.

If the drive-ready state is still switched on when locking, the vehicle horn sounds twice. If this happens, switch off the drive-ready state using the Start/Stop button.

Comfort closing

Safety information

WARNING
Parts of the body can become trapped when the comfort closing feature is operated. There is a danger of injury. When the comfort closing feature is operating, make sure that the movement range is kept clear.

Closing
Keep the button on the vehicle key pressed after locking.

 

The windows and the glass sunroof with sun protection are closed for as long as the button on the vehicle key is pressed.
The exterior mirrors are folded in, provided that they were not folded in when the vehicle was locked. If the hazard warning lights are switched on, the exterior mirrors are not folded in.

Switching on the interior lights and exterior lights

With the vehicle locked, press the button on the vehicle key.

 

The function is not available for the first 10 sec-onds after locking.

• The interior lights are switched on unless they were switched off manually.
  For interior lights, see page 189.
• Depending on the settings, elements of the exterior lights are switched on.

The lighting functions may depend on the ambient brightness.

Boot lid

General
To prevent the vehicle key from being locked in, do not place it in the luggage compartment.
Depending on the equipment and the national market version, it is possible to select whether the boot lid can be unlocked with the vehicle key and how the vehicle doors respond.
With automatic transmission: selector lever position P must be engaged to open the boot lid with the vehicle key.

Safety information

WARNING
Parts of the body can become trapped when the boot lid is operated. There is a danger of injury. When opening and closing, make sure that the movement range of the boot lid is kept clear.

WARNING
The boot lid swings rearwards and upwards when opened. There is a danger of injury or material damage. When opening and closing, make sure that the movement range of the boot lid is kept clear.

Opening

Press and hold the button on the vehi-cle key for approximately 1 second.

On some equipment versions, the doors are also unlocked each time.

Switching on the home lights

Press and hold the button on the vehi-cle key for approximately 1 second. The duration of the home light’s function can be adjusted.
For further information:
For home lights, see page 184.

Replacing the battery

NOTICE
Unsuitable batteries in a battery-operated device can damage the device. There is a risk of material damage. Always replace the discharged battery with a battery with the same voltage, the same size and the same specification.

1. Remove the integrated key from the vehicle key.
   Integrated key, see page 97.
2. Position the integrated key under the bat-tery compartment lid, arrow 1, and pry off the lid by moving the lever of the integrated key, arrow 2.
   
3. Use a pointed object to press the battery in the direction of the arrow and lift it out.
   
4. Insert a type CR 2032 3V battery with the positive side facing up.
5. Press the cover back into position and close it.
6. Insert the integrated key into the vehicle key until the integrated key engages.

 

Dispose of old batteries with an authorised Service Partner, another qualified Service Partner or a specialist workshop, or hand them into an authorised collection point.

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Additional vehicle keys

Additional vehicle keys are available from an authorised Service Partner another qualified Service Partner or a specialist workshop.

Loss of vehicle keys

A lost vehicle key can be disabled and replaced by an authorised Service Partner another qualified Service Partner or a specialist workshop.
If a driver profile has been assigned to the lost vehicle key, the connection to this vehicle key must be deleted. A new vehicle key can then be assigned to the driver profile.

Malfunction

General
A Check Control message is shown.
It may be difficult for the vehicle to detect the vehicle key in some circumstances, including the following:

• The battery of the vehicle key is discharged.
• Disruption of the radio link by transmission masts or other equipment transmitting powerful signals.
• Shielding of the vehicle key by metallic objects.
  Do not transport the vehicle key together with metallic objects.
• Disruption of the radio link by mobile phones or other electronic devices near the vehicle key. Do not transport the vehicle key together with electronic devices.
• Interference with the radio transmission is caused by the charging process of mobile devices, for example, a mobile phone.
• The vehicle key is located near the wireless charging tray. Place the vehicle key somewhere else.

If there is a malfunction, the vehicle can be unlocked and locked from the outside with the integrated key.
For further information:
Integrated key, see page 97.

Switching on the drive-ready state via emergency detection of the vehicle key
The drive-ready state cannot be switched on if the vehicle key has not been detected.
If this happens, proceed as follows:

1. Hold the rear side of the vehicle key against the mark on the steering column. Pay attention to the display in the instrument cluster.
2. If the vehicle key is detected:
   Switch on the drive-ready state within 10 sec-onds.

If the vehicle key is not detected, change the position of the vehicle key slightly and repeat the procedure.

Frequently Asked Questions

What measures can be taken to enable a vehi-cle to be opened if the vehicle key has accidentally been locked inside the vehicle?

• The Remote Services of the BMW app can be used to lock and unlock a vehicle.
  This requires an active BMW Connected-Drive contract and the BMW app must be installed on a smartphone.
• Unlocking of the vehicle can be requested via the BMW ConnectedDrive call centre. This requires an active BMW Connected-Drive contract.

FAQs

Useful Links

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