The goal of this project is to allow you to extend a lifetime of your BMW Ambient Air cartridges for cars equipped with option:
4NM Ambient Air Package (air ionization and aromatization)
This option, in addition to ionizing incoming air, also flavors it with the help of replaceable flavor cartridges, which are usually located in the glove box of your car.
The option is doubtful, but you already have it, so why not use it. But with this option two opposite problems are observed:
Some users do not feel the fragrance of factory cartridges or it is too weak.
After about a month (depending on the selected intensity and time spent driving) of using the flavoring cartridge, the car begins to cheerfully report that the cartridge is empty and it’s time to replace it. Although, if you remove it from the compartment, it still smells strongly.
Cartridge refill
And if the first problem is easy to solve - at its core, a flavoring cartridge is just a container with a sponge soaked in a flavoring fluid similar to aromatic oil. Buy your favorite fragrance oil from a local store and drip a few drops through the cartridge deflector on the back.
Cartridge “reload”
All Ambient Air cartridges are equipped with memory chips that store information about the name of the cartridge fragrance, the manufacture date, as well as a counter, which is reduced by the car’s on-board computer as the cartridge is used. To “reload” the cartridge you will need
a smartphone with Android OS (8+ version required),
find in the list of applications on your smartphone and launch the application BMW Ambient Air
connect card reader via OTG adapter
the reader should appear in the list at the top
click the “Connect” button next to the list
the application will ask for permission to use the reader
After that, just align the contacts of the cartridge with the contact pad of the reader in the chosen way and press “Reload” button. If the cartridge reload was successful, the cartridge image should appear and the BMW gong should sound.
