These handy contact methods connect you to trained BMW Roadside Agents who are accessible around-the-clock, every day of the year.
- Dial 1-877-332-4BMW (800-332-4269)
- From the ConnectedDrive menu’s BMW Assist section or through the BMW Connected app, choose BMW Roadside Assistance.
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I have a phone already. Is BMW Assist truly necessary?
The BMW Assist system comes with a phone of its own. It has an external antenna connected to it so that it can provide better reception and transmission capabilities. In order to facilitate communication between your BMW and our BMW Assist Response Center, BMW offers cellular service across the USA and Canada. Your system broadcasts your location and other vehicle information at the push of a button. You then communicate hands-free with a qualified response professional who orders the dispatch of the necessary services. After a serious hit, the BMW Assist system is programmed to instantly place a call.
What is BMW Assist’s purpose?
BMW Assist offers a variety of convenience, security, and safety options that provide drivers of BMW vehicles more confidence, comfort, and peace of mind. This safety function links BMW drivers with any necessary assistance using hands-free wireless communication and GPS positioning.
Can BMW Assist find my vehicle?
Does BMW Aid in Following My Car? If necessary, it is able. For instance, the BMW Assist will send emergency services to your location in the event of an accident to provide you with the assistance you require.
How long do you have access to BMW Assist?
For the first three years of ownership, Roadside Assistance is included with every new BMW, giving you peace of mind in case of any unforeseen circumstances.
Roadside Assistance is included for at least 12 months on all eligible secondhand BMW vehicles.
If you need assistance, our knowledgeable, multilingual staff is available to serve you 365 days a year, around the clock. To help you get back on the road as soon as possible, they’ll first try to assist you over the phone.
When a car is immobilized, we’ll set up assistance. “Immobilized” refers to a vehicle that has experienced an electrical or mechanical failure, a vehicle accident, a key loss, a fueling error, fire damage or destruction, theft, or vandalism.
You will have the choice to purchase a BMW Insured Roadside Assistance coverage, giving you continuing peace of mind, when the three year protection expires.
How can I activate auto assist?
Not all Devil May Cry games have the same method for turning on Auto Assist. While Devil May Cry 4 allows players to choose the feature while choosing a character, the prior two games need players to die three times in order to access the mode.
With a click on the right analog stick, players of Devil May Cry 5 can activate Auto Assist. In order to activate Auto Assist, users only need to hold down the right stick on their Xbox One or PlayStation 4 controller for a brief period of time.
The Auto Assist button can be assigned to any key on the PC version thanks to remappable keyboard settings.
In the game, deactivating it is equally straightforward. Once the word “Auto” has vanished, release the right analog stick, and players can resume their regularly scheduled manual combos.
How is auto assist operated?
On split, restricted-access highways, such as Interstates, Highway Driving Assist uses a forward-facing radar unit and camera, GPS technology, and the navigation system’s map database to give Level 2 driving assistance. Highway Driving Assist won’t function unless the car is on an authorized road. Only at speeds under 95 mph is it usable.
The adaptive cruise control system uses the radar unit to maintain a safe following distance from oncoming vehicles. Drivers have the option to adjust the adaptive cruise control to the posted speed limit for automated speed regulation. As an alternative, you can manually change the velocity while setting a lower or higher speed.
Once the speed has been chosen, the adaptive cruise control automatically changes the following distance to narrow or widen the gap between the car and traffic in front of it.
The Genesis, Hyundai, or Kia will automatically slow down to maintain a safe following distance if another vehicle closes the gap. Highway Drive Assist will automatically rev up the engine to the posted speed limit or a different pre-set speed if the car in front switches lanes or pulls off the road.
Highway Drive Assist can also automatically slow the car down to more safely negotiate freeway transition ramps and curves in the road if the posted speed limit changes.
A camera recognizes the road’s lane markings to keep a Genesis, Hyundai, or Kia centered in its designated lane of travel, and the steering automatically makes small modifications to maintain the car as close to the center of the lane as is practical. This technology must be manually turned on by the driver via a button on the dashboard or steering wheel, a menu in the infotainment system, or both.
As long as the driver indicates their desire, Highway Drive Assist II’s steering assistance can also enable a lane change. The technology’s next-generation version also has machine learning capabilities that try to match how adaptive cruise control works with the driver’s usual routines.
When Highway Driving Assist is on, drivers can know by looking at icons in the instrument cluster or the head-up display. The system is in use if the “HDA,” steering wheel, and lane-keeping assistance icons are all green.
Highway Driving Assist is not a Level 2+ hands-free system like Ford Active Drive Assist or General Motors Super Cruise. Keep your hands on the steering wheel at all times. If you don’t, Highway Driving Assist will switch itself off after three requests for you to take over control of the vehicle.
Additionally, certain driving conditions, such as snow or heavy rain, prevent Highway Driving Assist from functioning.
How much is a subscription to BMW Assist?
You may rely on BMW AssistTM to assist you with your busy life by purchasing the optional Convenience Plan for $199 per year of service, which is accessible to all Safety Plan subscribers.
Can I use my phone to start my BMW?
With the BMW Digital Key and BMW Digital Key Plus, go keyless. The key fob for your car can be replaced with an iPhone, Google Pixel, or Samsung Galaxy smartphone that is compatible. To lock and unlock, simply touch it to the driver-side door handle. To start the engine, place your device in the wireless charging tray.
What occurs when the SOS button in a BMW is pressed?
Your vehicle’s position and other crucial information are sent to the BMW Assist Response Center once you push the SOS button. When necessary or requested, a response specialist will chat with you to arrange dispatch, notify your emergency contacts, and connect you to BMW Roadside Assistance*. There may also be emergency directions available.
BMW Assist Emergency Call uses an accident-proof telephone unit permanently placed in your car to immediately contact the BMW Call Centre in the event that an airbag is deployed. Then, someone with specialized training will get in touch with you and alert the emergency services.
The same link simultaneously transmits information important to the rescue services, such as the danger of injury, the number of passengers, the model, and the color of the car, as well as the location of the vehicle to the nearest metre. You can manually activate the emergency call if you need to call for help for another driver, for example.
If you ever lock yourself out of your BMW, you can get inside using this practical function. Simply dial the toll-free number for BMW Assist, enter your name and password, and a response professional will remotely open the driver’s door of your car for you.
Call the BMW Assist Response Centre after filing a police report if your BMW is ever stolen to remotely activate your BMW Assist system, which will help the police find your car and reclaim it. Even so, this procedure can lower your insurance deductible.
The location and vehicle information are automatically communicated to the BMW Assist Response Centre in the case of an impact, collision, or rollover. The occupant of the car or you will be reached by voice by a response professional. If there is no response, the Response Centre will point the right emergency services in the right direction to the position of the car. In the event that contact is made, the response specialist will function as a comforting presence while another professional manages emergency dispatch.
If my BMW has remote start, how do I know?
How can I determine if my BMW has Remote Start, then? To see if “Remote Engine Start” is available, check the settings of your iDrive sub-menu or Premium Package. You will probably find it there if you have the iDrive system 7.0 or Live Cockpit installed.
Any BMW models offer remote starting?
There won’t be a remote start standard on the BMW automobiles produced as part of the 2021 lineup, but you can buy a BMW remote start retrofit kit for your particular model. There are three current models available: the F10, F15, and X5.
Is BMW SOS a paid service?
BMW Assist is a telematic roadside support service comparable to GM’s OnStar or Mercedes-Benz mbrace that is offered by BMW. What’s even better is that most BMWs come with it for free.