In the M3, I really did not want assist and plus, I wanted the M3 standard mirror. The M3 standard mirror is a nice oval mirror. The BMW Assist mirror for the M3 is the same rectangular one they use for the E46 3-series.

Apparently, Tom diagnosed it as "faulty coding in the LSZ Light Switching Center" and they recoded the LSZ. It seem to fixed the problem. If I turn on and off my headlights in the daylight, the BMW Assist does not call. However, once it gets dark, the BMW Assist still calls. Also, tonight, I was just playing with the interior light dimmer switch and when I dim the interior dashboard light to really dim, it also set off the BT/Assist module to call BMW Assist. Hmmmm, back to Crevier again. Maybe I need a new LSZ module.

Also, since you were talking about Voice Recognition on the BT/Assist module in the previous post.....well, I decided to try holding on the "voice button" on the steering wheel and voila....it asked for a voice command!

However, now I am confused. I thought the -993 did not have voice recognition? But, I do have a possible explanation....First of all, my voice recognition only has commands to control the phone. I can't control the Nav system with it (even though I have NAV). So, it is not like the full SES commands that is built into the Visteon ULF module. However, the phone commands are all I need....You can store name and phone numbers in the BT/Assist's own phonebook and it doesn't matter which Bluetooth phone you use, with Voice Recognition, it will refer to the BT/Assist module's internal phone book like the SES. I also did digit dial with no problem. Interestingly enough, the BT/Assist voice activation is with a male voice! In my X5, with the CPT 8000 and SES module, it had a female voice. My M3's nav system is a female voice.

However, why does my -993 have voice recognition? Well, I do remember that a couple months ago, they were still trying to solve my seemingly phantom BMW Assist calls. They thought the BT/Assist -993 module was faulty. So, under warranty, they replaced it with another BT/Assist module (now, I remember that I got a new BT Passkey). Also, at that time the -993 module were being phased out and being replaced with a -114 module. So....maybe my current BT/Assist module is a -114 which explains the voice activation. One of these days, I will check which BT/Assist module I have. Nevertheless, I never tried using voice recognition when I first got the BT/Assist module because I thought I didn't have it.

Well, as side note, the Inspection I for the M3 included: valve adjustments with new valve cover gasket and valve shims for the adjustment, new oil and oil filter, new air filter, new cabin microfilter. (The S54 engine does NOT have self-adjusting valves like the M54 engines). Glad BMW NA is picking up the tab.....