Dom cole

Thanks for your patience and advice I really do appreciate it. I think your son is right! This is all new to me so trying to get as much info as possible to be sure. So in terms of the build sheet... how would I compare what it states my vehicle has online, and what is actually in the car? Where abouts/which aspects should I look for within the car and part numbers ect? As for the fsc, rusty seems to believe one of the updates available on his page to suit my idrive should fix the issue. As you say if it has been upgraded in the past.. then I assume When I plug the USB in and install it along with an fsc that is produced from himself, then that could be problem solved? Just seems so crazy that bmw want all this money for the same thing! Thanks again

I'm pretty sure it's the original head unit itself, is the nav unit within that? Although as bmw have told me, someone has tried to do 'something' to it before, and part of the trim near the cup holders you can see has been disturbed as part of it pokes out. Other than this I don't know much else. Sometimes on startup I can click navigation as it hasn't greyed out before I can click it, when doing this it just gives me the message 'this function is currently unavailable'. Upon returning to the main menu it will be greyed out and cannot click Rusty has since been in contact and advised me which update package I would require from his site based of what I have explained. But as you say Im none the wiser if something has been changed. I assume if the head unit is factory then it should be fine? thanks

Right okay I understand. I have contacted rusty thanks for the info... would you know how would I go about updating the maps then? As from what I have been told I can do it via USB into the car, great! but as the navigation button doesn't take me to the menu and options.. how would I update the system?

Hi there To be completely honest I have pretty much 0 knowledge on the idrive system as it's the first bmw I've owned, and would probably be hopeless at doing any work myself! I've been looking at all the forums to try find people with similar issues to see what people have said and get a basic understanding, but with little luck due to the variety of issues. Im Only going off what the dealer has said to me about this 'code' which I did ask them to clarify was it the fsc code which they said yes. Just a bit confused as to what exactly they need and why it seems to be so costly just to 'get further into the idrive' as they put it to get this 1 function back working again. Currently as the Navigation is greyed out and unavailable, I wasn't sure if anyone had any idea what it could potentially be based on the knowledge someone has previously tampered with the idrive, and if it was something a local specialist may be able to fix and get the Navigation back without this hefty price bmw have quoted Thanks

Hi there, just bought a 120i 2016 from an Indy dealer, and noticed the navigation is greyed out in the menu, and physical button doesn't do anything. I've taken it to local bmw dealer for diagnostics and have said it looks like a previous owner has had a fiddle around and tried to code 'something' into the system (carplay ect). Although there's no signs of anything on the system. Essentially they say they want 200£ for the fsc code from BMW to get into the idrive and supposedly sort the system assuming they don't run into any other issues. It's the first beamer I've owned and spent a fair bit on it to own long term, and although not having nav isn't the end of the world, it would be nice to have it considering the car has it (somewhere) in the system. Just wondering if there's any other solutions/alternatives to going down the dealer 200£+ the 125 I've spent on diagnostics to get it back on the idrive? Any help greatly appreciated