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Its free for the first 3 years. Then you have to pay. The BMW website is a little coy about the cost. I looked into it when I got my 330D a little over a year ago. I seem to think its around £50 or £60 per year?
If you google "BMW assist" the first result takes you to the information. I've never used it. I have the 'SOS' button in my car but I've never dared push it! Probably wouldn't work anyway without the account being set-up. As far as I know the car does not have a built-in GPRS/mobile-comms SIMM. So it may use my personal phone via bluetooth to make the 999 call. Hence not daring to try it.
I believe with the system active you can send Sat Nav destinations to your car via Google Maps. When I investigated I thought this was the most useful feature. I concluded that it was not worth it for my requirements - just commuting to one place or work with occasional trips. But, if I were 'on the road' for a living it would be worth having in my view. The ability to phone and speak to a person to get general information is pretty neat too. And they can also send destinations to your sat nav system.
If you google "BMW assist" the first result takes you to the information. I've never used it. I have the 'SOS' button in my car but I've never dared push it! Probably wouldn't work anyway without the account being set-up. As far as I know the car does not have a built-in GPRS/mobile-comms SIMM. So it may use my personal phone via bluetooth to make the 999 call. Hence not daring to try it.
I believe with the system active you can send Sat Nav destinations to your car via Google Maps. When I investigated I thought this was the most useful feature. I concluded that it was not worth it for my requirements - just commuting to one place or work with occasional trips. But, if I were 'on the road' for a living it would be worth having in my view. The ability to phone and speak to a person to get general information is pretty neat too. And they can also send destinations to your sat nav system.
I have mine set up - it cost nothing.
There is a dedicated SIM in the car and you can beam locations into the SatNav from Google maps - it's pretty cool.
You can also just call the BMWAssist agent who can be generally helpful - they can tell where you are and send directions to a location of you are lost, help with breakdowns, etc.
They may be able to access the service data, not sure.
I selected the option to call them by accident once and a very helpful lady told me all about the system and what they can do. She was probably sat in the call centre very bored.
There is a dedicated SIM in the car and you can beam locations into the SatNav from Google maps - it's pretty cool.
You can also just call the BMWAssist agent who can be generally helpful - they can tell where you are and send directions to a location of you are lost, help with breakdowns, etc.
They may be able to access the service data, not sure.
I selected the option to call them by accident once and a very helpful lady told me all about the system and what they can do. She was probably sat in the call centre very bored.
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