Why do you want to disable that?"......

When you press the SOS button,, it connects you directly with the BMW help centre, it could save your life.

So if you don't have your mobile phone with you, and you are involved in an accident, press this button for help.
There is an o2 SIM card within your car which is live all the time, with no fees to pay.

You should visit your dealer to get this fault rectified.

 

Good point - it could indeed save my life.

Right now, I must admit that top of the list is preserving my sanity: the bongs are getting to me!

Has anyone successfully fixed (not necessarily disabled) this fault themselves?

 

Have you tried turning the gongs volume down in idrive settings to keep you sane?
OR have you pressed the SOS button to actually test your system to see if it is working,
When I pressed mine somebody spoke to me instantly.

 

I haven't actually had the nerve to test the button. There are a few horror stories online about people's iDrives freezing, etc when they have this fault.

Might be an adventure for tomorrow...

 

Mine has been pressed by my toddler a few times.....nothing happened.

 

I noticed this came on yesterday when I disconnected my CD Changer after it tried to turn itself inside out. All went back to normal when I plugged it back in.
Probably no help, but just thought I'd mention it.

 

Hi all!

A couple weeks ago got this message and can’t get rid of it.
I have iPod interface instead of cd changer, and iPod stopped charging right after this happend. Interesting, that by itself it still playing, and iDrive can recognize it. I have checked battery, it was low (11.4V), so I’ve desided to replace it and I was sure that error was caused by low battery. Well, I’ve replaced battery today, but error still there.
Any ideas how to check ipod interface wiring?
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I have e61, but it shouldn’t make any difference?