Bimmercode works with the SE! I have successfully disabled the Acoustic Pedestrian Protection option and fixed the Headunit dimming problem.

To disable the VSG, I used the BMW i3 option and then I saw the Acoustic Pedestrian Protection option. I enabled the storage of the last used acoustic pedestrian protection setting even though I don't have this as an option in the Mini menus. I then enabled expert mode and changed Tuning mode to "Yes". I saved this to the ECU and now the ASG is disabled in Drive.

However, the VSG is still active when in Reverse. It would be nice to disable that too but it isn't as big of a deal as the one in Drive.

I also changed the Headunit to fix the dimming of the Control panel. I used the Mini ECU option and then Headunit. I used Expert Mode and then scrolled down to "3005 Display PIP Info". Next, I found DIM_VARIANT in the list of options. I changed the default "NEW" to "OLD". After completing, I saved this option.

Now, the Display option for the Control Display has a "brightness" option instead of "brightness at night". I have tinted windows and it was very annoying how the display kept on getting darker and then lighter as I drove around.

 

what other fun things have you coded out? I have the app. I'm thinking of removing warnings and turning on rear running lights

 

I just removed the seatbelt initial warning which makes it a little nicer when you first turn on the car but that is it.

 

Set range to 600 miles?

 

I haven't found this one yet.

I just removed the seatbelt warning and the Sat/Nav legalese warning. I coded in the rear lights as running daytime lights. I also coded it so it starts in Green (Eco Pro) mode, as we did in the i3.

 

Funny. That chime bugs the heck out of me in my ICE cars (especially the FIAT which is something like 93dB) but that's just because I like to start the car first, the fiddle with everything else while it's warming up. In an EV, you can reprogram your muscle memory to hit the ignition right before you take off, so you will already be buckled. Just struck me as an interesting detail of EV life.

Either way, I don't think it's the manufacturer's duty to remind you to utilize all available safety systems, I'm all for disabling this chime in any car I own!

 

Its suppose to be a reminder. To me, that means if I get to step 37, place vehicle into drive, and I have not completed step 36 yet, buckle seat belt, THEN remind me with a light and 93dB siren.

 

Haha, but you also have the option as to how much time or speed enacts that trigger. I just turned it off b/c I feel naked without a seatbelt, but if I'm moving the car to the street to free up garage space, the beeping is not necessary.

 

Thanks to my buddy Aaron, digging out the rear fog light on brake application coding, i did that today. Also reduced the angel eye brightness at light

 

Thanks, I applied both of these codings to mine.

Has anyone tried to enable the anti-dazzle headlights feature that is disabled over here in the US? I'd like to try.

 

Are the headlights physically the same and only software controlling? I would think it was possible then.

I'm wondering if we can code out the low speed sound the car emits to Pedestrians.

 

To my knowledge the headlights are the same. The US models are delivered with “variable light decoding” which I believe is the anti-dazzle feature legally allowed everywhere except the US.

OP explained how to remove the pedestrian noise the car emits while in D. The car still makes the noise while in R.

 

Okay I see what he said here.

Step 1:
When using Bimmercode select i3
Step 2:
Goto the VSG module and change it to Active or Enabled
Step 3:
Goto Expert mode and under Tuning choose Yes

Thanks. Worked. Sound off in Drive, but active in Reverse.

 

A) Yes, that is what I did.
B) I changed Tuning mode. It is just like an i3.

 

Thanks for posting this!

​​​​​​I also found you can adjust the hvac to remember your previous settings between uses. Seems like that would have been default. Shrug. (I didn't test it so I'm assuming it worked.)

There's a "sport" display option that does nothing besides show the word sport over the sport mode screen. Don't do that one.

There's an adjustment to remember your most recent drive mode. Assuming it works, that also seems like a good idea.

I love the startup screen animation. I wonder if theres a way to get that to display when you start the car. It shows when you do the bimmercode reboot only, atm.

 

The sport option does work. It changes the throttle map, decreases the steering assist, changes the throttle tip-in, and provides more energy to the motor. I did several 0-60 tests with the normal versus sport modes and I always got about 1 second faster with the sport mode.

I also set to the ecu to default to sport mode with bimmercode. Works perfectly.

I wish I could set the collision warning to default off. It still freaks out from time to time when I am one pedal driving and coming up on another car. It seems calibrated for a car without regenerative braking so it freaks out too easily when I am clearly slowing down and the car is braking.

 

Can Bimmercode activate an AM radio band in the Cooper SE?

 

@Jon Roberts, do you get an audio notice for the collision warning? I get the red car pop up on the display but no audio and I am wondering if thats normal.

Also I assume you've gone into the standard settings menu and changed it to the least aggressive notice distance?

 

I get the red car outline somewhat regularly, but I've only gotten the audio warning once on a tight turn when it thought the car in the other lane was right in front of me.

 

Maybe I'm driving differently now but I haven't seen the warning in a while. When it happens again, I'll pay attention to it more to see if it makes a sound too.

 

Hi everyone !
Can you explain how to code , when you whant to have the green mode, when i start the car ?
thanks a lot

 

Cravenspeed has a page explaining how to do it. You just need to use "slow" rather than "sport" when you code it.

https://www.cravenspeed.com/mini-f56...de-sport-mode/

 

Thanks a lot Jon. For information, I have the same car with the same color !! I'm in France, in Normandy.
See you soon ...

 

I'm trying to disable the pedestrian warning with the instructions to enable tuning mode in expert mode. I can't find tuning mode however. I'm using the BimmerCode app, and select Mini as the vehicle.

 

select BMW i3.