Push and hold the "sneezing man" button on the steering wheel to activate VR.

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Thanks a lot. I'll give it a try

have fun with it i have it but it dosent really work too well lol i even forgot that i have that function to begin with

I guess i dont have the "voice activated" feature. I only have a button of what looks like a person's head with a speech bubble by its mouth lol... i tried holding the button nothing happened

hunds02, what was your X5's birthday? Mine was built in May 05, and has the VR feature. I think it was added to the 05 model year in May, or shortly before. If yours was built very early in the model year, it probably doesn't have it.

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Yea, I think you're right, mine was 01/2005... sucks.
Is there a way to get the VR module?

Yes, but new price is ~$1000. You can occasionally find a used one for less.

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You can get a brand new TCU with VR and Bluetooth from Tischer BMW for $328. You could either send your old TCU back for the $50 core, or sell it for around $200. Of, course, you would need to get the new one coded in your car for VR, assist, etc.

What is the part number of your TCU module? It is possible that your car has VR, but it has just been disabled by dealer coding. If that is the case, then all you need is coding to re-enable it.

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If you have the Assist module then VR is expensive to retrofit. If you don't have Assist but do have Bluetooth then you can activate VR with NavCoder and a Resler iBus interface.