Last January, I bought a 2003 530 CPO from a dealer and they told me that although my car doesn't have the cell phone feature, I could order it any time. A friend of mine has a 2004 which has that feature standard and it works with her current Motorola Verizon phone so well I decided to get the upgrade.
But, I just called a dealer and they say they don't sell it anymore because customers kept getting it installed (control kit, jumper cables, etc.) and then wanting to return it because it wouldn't work with their phone. I need to buy a new cell phone anyway (cost of new phone is cheaper than new battery...), so I thought this would be a good time to get the car upgrade (along with a bike rack).
So:
- Has anyone ordered this upgrade and how reliable is it?
- Can you use any Motorola bluetooth phone? Or only the one that comes with it (which could be really old technology since I think this car model came out in 2001?)?
- Are there any gotchas or things that don't work the way they should?
- And which dealer would you recommend (who gives a discount to BMWCCA members)?
I'm a bit leary about this all because it doesn't seem BMW does a good job supporting "older" models and features -- I was never able to get a manual for my stereo that actually matches the stereo in my car. And that's fine for a stereo, but when I think the number of difficulties I could run into trying to make the phone work, I'd really like to have reliable documentation.
Thanks for your help!
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