
- #IS THE BMW FSC CODE THE LAST 7 OF THE VIN NUMBER INSTALL#
- #IS THE BMW FSC CODE THE LAST 7 OF THE VIN NUMBER FULL#
- #IS THE BMW FSC CODE THE LAST 7 OF THE VIN NUMBER SOFTWARE#
If my iDrive supports CarPlay, why would BMW not enable it for me? Your guess is as good as mine How is CarPlay enabled? For special features like navigation, speech, CarPlay, etc., BMW installs something called FSC codes in the iDrive. Of the above, if your car has NBT Evo ID5 or ID6, it has in built CarPlay that can be enabled.
#IS THE BMW FSC CODE THE LAST 7 OF THE VIN NUMBER INSTALL#
My opinions are based only on the email interactions I had with him and from the way he completed the installation.īefore I write about my experience on the CarPlay installation, I would like to put a small FAQ section for users to understand if they can install CarPlay, what are the things to look for, what are the possible problems to expect, solutions etc. EDIT: Dealers now offering the upgrade) in TBHPĭisclaimer: I do not have any commercial affiliation with Gerry. TBHP member rishi_kapoor who created the first thread about CarPlay activation (Enabled! Apple CarPlay in my BMW 5-Series (G30).Coder Gerry who made the necessary coding updates to enable CarPlay.TBHP member abhi182 who gave me lots of initial information about BMW coding.
#IS THE BMW FSC CODE THE LAST 7 OF THE VIN NUMBER FULL#
#IS THE BMW FSC CODE THE LAST 7 OF THE VIN NUMBER SOFTWARE#
How much ever precautions you take like backing up original state, have a means to revert back to OE state etc., once you make changes to software in the iDrive, there is always that remote chance that BMW may detect this and create issues with warranty.Though this may be boring to read through, if you are planning to install CarPlay I would sincerely urge you to spend time and read through the details to save any hassles in the future. There is lot of technical jargon and information used in this thread.I would like to share all the information I learnt during this project, the mistakes I made, corrective actions taken etc., so that this may be helpful to prospective users who want to enable CarPlay in their BMWs. I recently helped a very close friend to install CarPlay on his BMW 3GT.
