Active seat cooling and heating
Front

1 Seat heating
2 Active seat cooling
Press button 1 or 2 once, according to the required mode. The LED in the button lights up.
The current heating or cooling mode is shown on the Control Display.
To preserve battery charge, the air flow may be automatically reduced, up to and including switching the system off, but the LEDs remain lit.
To switch off: press and hold button 1 or 2 for a while.
Heating level distribution
The heating level of the seat cushion and backrest can be varied.
iDrive operating principles
1. Open the main menu.
2. To switch to the “Climate” menu, move the controller to the left.
3. Select “Seat climate, driver” or “Seat climate, front passenger” and press the controller.
4. Turn the controller to adjust the heating level.
The setting is saved in memory.

Rear seat heating
Operates in the same way as the front seat heating, but without heating level distribution.
Test yourself
A quick BMW X3 quiz: every answer comes with an explanation and a link to the manual page.