Unknown button on center console
 

It looks like there are 7 different buttons possible (depending on which options the X5 has). Here are the ones I could find in the manual...

1: Driver's Heated Seat
2: Hill Descent Control
3: DSC
4: Open lift gate
5: PDC
6: ???
7: Passenger Heated Seat

Does anyone know what #6 is?

It should be tire monitor.....

Yup!
Tire monitor.
One of my first questions on this forum a year ago.
Thought it might be to eject an irate passenger through the Sunroof :)

Now that would be a nice option ;)

"hey honey, just taking your mother for a quick drive" ;) :rofl:

Hmmmm...Is that true for the 2004s (and earlier) as well? I am looking at a 2004 and I don't see a Tire Pressure Monitor button listed in the owner's manual.

It seems that the minimum number of buttons is three: Hill Descent, DSC, and Open Lift Gate. PDC is optional and so are the two heated seats buttons. Wouldn't the Tire Pressure Monitor be a standard feature (or was it an option in 2004)?

I had a TPM on my 2004 from what I can remember

Our 04' X5 doesn't have TPM...

The X3 does however...

I concede....it's the tire pressure monitor. However, I don't think this was a standard feature for the early 04s...I think it was added later in the production year, maybe when the 4.8is was released.


Here's a shot from a 04 4.8is...
http://www.quailhavenhoa.com/misc/x5_buttons.jpg

And one from a 04 3.0i (2004/03 Production Date)...
http://www.quailhavenhoa.com/misc/x5_buttons2.jpg

Kind of unrelated, the X3 doesnt have an interior tailgate release. At the same time, there's one space next to the passenger heated seat button (if equipped) that's blank even if you have all the options. Hmmm hello BMW........maybe try putting the interior trunk release there! (It's annoying that you have to go to the dealer and buy/install the part)

the # 6 button is the tire pressure check button