Grill under steering wheel
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Anyone know what that is? It looks like a small speaker grill but is it the air vent?
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Originally Posted by EBMCS03' post='328810' date='Aug 30 2006, 09:52 PM
Is it the chime speaker?
That goes "Bring..." for everything...
That goes "Bring..." for everything...
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Originally Posted by Geo' post='329143' date='Aug 31 2006, 03:37 PM
Has anyone found a way to make the bong noise quieter? How about putting some noise absorbing foam under the grill?
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I think the dealer has a bulletin out about turning it down. One of the software upgrades increasedd the volumne up too much. so just take it back they should adjust it for you.
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my 2005 645's chime is really loud and quite displeasing. my 2007 530's chime is about half the volume and not as annoying. i think enough people complained about the noise that BMW turned the volume down on later models.
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I am trying to get mine to say "Oh, Yea!" when I get in the car and start it... 
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Originally Posted by KDENTON' post='329422' date='Aug 31 2006, 06:17 PM
I am trying to get mine to say "Oh, Yea!" when I get in the car and start it...
. I am so happy we have the "bling" sound instead of a monotone ring like my X5 and Mazda3.-e60lover