Comfort Access: Notes

Using Comfort Access, the customer can unlock and open the vehicle without active use of the ID transmitter. Access to the vehicle can be gained from any point. It is important that the D transmitter be located in the vehicle's immediate vicinity (approx. 1.5 m). It is sufficient to have the ID transmitter somewhere on your person.

Comfort Access was first introduced on the E65 (03/2002). The system was then gradually introduced on different BMW models. Comfort Access can be ordered as optional equipment (option 322) as part of ZCV Convenience Package (which also includes 316 Power tailgate 323 Soft-close automatic doors.

The benefits of Comfort Access are:

• High level of convenience when unlocking and locking the vehicle
• Convenient and fast access to the vehicle
• Simple engine start/stop procedure
• Maximum comfort for the driver.

Comfort Access in the F10 is based on predecessor systems and is adapted to the F10. However, the complete function continues to be in the Car Access System, just as in the F01. That is why the F10 also has no separate Comfort Access control unit.

The vehicle is unlocked when your hand touches the handle recess of the outer door handle and is opened when you pull the door handle.

The vehicle can be locked simply by touching sensitive surfaces of the outer door handle.

For vehicles fitted with the Automatic Soft Close system (option 323), the drive for the Automatic Soft Close system fully closes the vehicle door. You can then lock the vehicle again by subsequently pressing on the sensitive surface of the outer door handle.

The ID transmitter must be located in the vehicle interior in order for the engine to be started. The engine can now be started by pressing the START-STOP button when the brake pedal is operated and the vehicle is ready to be driven.