JDK20_M135i said:
jeffj said:
Hey man i just bought my 235i last sunday
dreading it as its not under warranty. The weirdest thing for me was the the voice command and phone call doesn't take in my voice? Like mic doesn't work along with this SOS thing. As far as connected drive pretty sure its past the 3 year time limit
Hey Chaps, sorry I didn't realise that you'd commented on this post.
I did get mine fixed, it was the speaker in the drivers footwell that had broken/come away and was causing the SOS System Failure and the microphones not to work. So before any new ecu or anything get them to check that...only cost me £50.
Deffinately worth doing what JDK20 recommends, it took me about 15 minutes to locate the lower speaker and all was plugged in working OK on mine and I get a 'bong' noise when the SOS alert comes on, and thats where the noise is coming from, so it appears all that is working fine on mine. On mine however the system works fine making calls from/to my phone, its just the SOS and connected drive services that are not working.
Jeff I feel your pain with regards to the warranty, I purchased the comprehensive BMW insured warranty on mine when I bought the car (as I bought the car second hand not from BMW, the car was 3 years old when I bought it) which you can pay for monthly and as the issue is classed as electrical the dealer said they would look to replace under warranty......don't know how old your 235i is, but may be worth looking into that warranty to cover any other defects that may creep up, if the car is new to you. Can cancel it at anytime, so may be peace of mind for a year or so? I got mine direct from the extended warranty page on the BMW site:
Definitely worth following JDK20's advice first though as could save a load of money if its the same issue JDK20 had.