BMW 225xe (2 Series Active Tourer)

[cento16v]

Thanks, I'll go and have a look at some this weekend, they seem to fit the bill.

[davettf2]

Would agree that the app works OK. On frosty mornings its nice to get into a warm, ice free environment

Cheers
Dave

[wong]

davettf2 said:

Yes, I'm still running one, '68' plate but have only got 13000 miles on the clock. Generally happy with it. The only issue we have is that currently there is an intermittent 'SOS call system failure' warning that pops up. Seems to be temperature and charge status dependant. We suspect that it is the battery within the unit under the shark fin that is the issue. BMW want between £300 and £800 pounds to change it!!!!! Thus if looking to buy it may be worth seeing if the status of the battery is available via the OBD. It's more annoying than anything as it blocks the charge status display and you cannot scroll through the menu using the button on the left hand stalk.

Hope this helps.

Cheers
Dave

I've got a 2018 2.0L diesel Gran Tourer which had the "SOS failure" warning. It's a ~ £40-50 battery but the C and D pillar trim and back of the headling has to be removed to access it.

However... Get Bimmercode app ~£30 and a Veepeak OBD Check BLE+ dongle (or similar) ~ £40 and see this ....
https://www.6post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1690...

"I had an annoying fault whereby at random times on startup an "SOS Call System Failure" message would pop up. Seems this is quite a common problem here in the UK at least. A coder wanted £60 to code it out but after posting a question on the ********* site, I was given the solution.

You need the Bimmercode app (cost about £30) and a bluetooth ODBII port dongle (I use a Vgate iCar Pro which cost about £20). I already had both anyway and had used it to code out stop/start and to turn the radio off when you open the driver door.

Open the Bimmercode app and go to Instrument Cluster/Expert Mode/3301 CC_ID_Sperre/CC_ACTIVIERUNG_5/Custom Value. You should see 'FF' listed in Bytes 0 to 7. Scroll to Byte 5 and change it from FF to F7 and press 'Done'.

Then back out to the 'Instrument Cluster' menu and hit 'Code'. The 'SOS Call System Failure' message is now gone and has stayed gone this last week. The only thing the car asked me to do was reset time. Nothing else was impacted. "

It worked for me - (Apart from 3001 instead of 3301 in Bimmercode)
It does mean disabling the SOS feature.

[davettf2]

Many thanks for the info, that would certainly solve the issue.

Cheers
Dave

[davidc1]

I have this damn code on my 218i. This is an issue that should be a recall imo. V annoying .