Control unit — a genuine BMW part, number 65 73 9 416 247. The number stamped on the part is 65739416247; BMW's catalog files it under the short number 9416247. You will find it on our Instruments & Electronics shelf, under Intercom system.
It fits every E36 body style (318i, 318ti, 320i, 323i, 325i and 328i, 1992–1999), with the M40, M42, M43, M44, M50 or M52 engines — and the European-market versions.
BMW draws it on 2 diagrams, among them Alarm system (03_1000) and Alarm system (03_1001). It weighs about 206 g (0.5 lb).
We have not had one on the shelf yet. Request it and we will tell you when one comes off a car.