Naw, Barry, volume level is just fine... Voice Recog works fine off freeway, at same level, 98% of th' time... it's obviously road noise/external noise, (and I think in regard to phone commands, sometimes bluetooth signal interruption) that disrupts/screws up the recognition... good to know I'm not th' only one, tho... thinkin' about movin' and possibly replacing the mic with a better one, as mentioned above...

~ it's kinda frustratin', when ya need to call someone back, or redirect Nav, in the middle of freeway traffic at nite, and ya hafta shout for it not to %$# up !....

~ not too mention, doesn't look too cool, if ya have a passenger !!