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Post by MrDeathcare » Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:19 pm

Hi all,

Only had my girl a year and in that year I've had.....

Car had been sat around a month or so before I found her. Took it from the dealership (not BMW) for a test drive. Parked it back at the showroom, loved it, but went to activate roof for a second time and the battery was flat. Told dealership. Picked it up couple of days later, no problems. Two days later, leaving work and handbrake fault came up, read the z4 forum, read a post saying they found out that their flat battery caused a software issue and that battery needed to be replaced and firmware upgraded. Told this to dealership as I had a three month warranty. They looked at me like I was stupid. Surprise surprise dealership cannot find fault, they send the car to BMW .... Next door :D. Car comes back from BMW with a new battery and upgraded software. Didn't cost me anything other than time, wife was pleased.

Decided to buy a 5l bottle of carwash and popped it in the boot. Got home, made a mental note to get it out the car, forgot. Too many hoppy beers. A week later open the boot to store shopping to find an empty 5l bottle of carwash and wet boot carpet. Looked under the movable boot cover, all roof motor swimming in carwash, sponge contraption that holds roof motor in place is sodden and disintegrating. Cleaned out all the carwash, learned a valuable lesson. Didn't tell the wife.

A week later....

Left work on a hot sunny day, all day looking forward to dropping the top and enjoying the drive home, but no! Roof motor valve faulty, caused my roof to jam open, wouldn't lock and into position or move at all and the door windows wouldn't close because the roof wouldn't open or close. Thankfully it was summer, so I only had a very nervous night knowing my car was insecure, and not worried about rain, sleet or snow. £200 diagnostics and emergency repair from Summerhayes BMW specialist but still cheaper than BMW, and in the middle of the covid-19 lockdown so nowhere was open, Summerhayes were still working by focusing on helping us frontline staff. Oh, and they secured my roof motor that was rattling around the space under the boot. Wife wasn't best pleased

Two rear tyres, runflats, £200 a corner fitted. Also informed of a crack in an alloy. Z4 forum told me it was a design fault from BMW and the runflat technology. Z4 forum said change to non runflats, I didn't pay attention and Tyre specialist talked me in to runflats stating insurance issues, car handling problems, traction control issues and stability control problems. said watch tyre pressure, crack may get bigger leading in deflation and needing welding. Missus went batshit :D

two weeks later.... MOT failure, 2 Front tyres, switched to nonrunflats on the front, keeping runflats on the back, car handles like its on a skating ring. Wife more than a little annoyed.

Yesterday, driving home, tyre pressure light comes on. Head straight to the nearest air pump at Tesco. Front tyres fine, rear offside need a few psi, nearside rear, cracked alloy wheel, wouldn't inflate, not only that, I couldn't get a tyre pressure reading on the machine, could only be the valve for the tyre that's faulty. Now I need to have a new tyre fitted and valve and have no faith in welding the crack as I have read on here that it will only crack again, the alloy metal and design means it will be inevitable, so now I'm looking at £1000 for new aftermarket rims and tyres.

So this is BMW huh??

Or am I just unlucky? I submit this question to the reader, persuade me that I haven't spent £14000 on a pile of sh*t!

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Post by Danglesberries » Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:43 pm

Very sorry to here of your continuous woes with your car. Some of the issues could have been prevented such as run flat tyres and crap alloys. You also need to find a local COMPETANT mechanic who won't rip you off at every turn.

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Post by ori » Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:52 pm

Bad idea to have run flats on one set but not the other.

The run flats destroy alloys even if they don’t crack they warp.
I stuck with runflats as I always felt that’s what BMW recommended.

I’m glad my m40i doesn’t have runflats.

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Post by Mr Tidy » Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:59 pm

Sorry to hear your Z4 ownership experience hasn't started off too well.

But the battery/roof/handbrake issue is really down to the car just sitting unused.

And the 5L of screenwash - well you know the answer!

Shame you got talked into fitting run-flats though because your rear wheel would probably have lasted longer on "go-flats".

And while I don't think NRFs one end and RFs is illegal, it isn't recommended.

How keen are you to keep 19" wheels? I know these are now Sold:- viewtopic.php?f=7&t=126227
but I'm sure some other options will appear on here if you want to defer a big bill for a while.
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Post by MrDeathcare » Fri Apr 30, 2021 12:49 am

The fun didn’t stop there. Forked out £1000 for tyres and new alloys on all corners. Three days later driving home in the dark I hit a pot hole and puncture my new front non runflat tyre on my non bmw brand new alloy, which just so happened to be on the wall of the tyre so had to pay out for yet another f**king tyre. Apart from that, I love the new look on my car now
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Post by flybobbie » Fri Apr 30, 2021 7:48 pm

My aerial vehicle just had it's fifth new tyre and tube in 18 months.
Quality of stuff these days is shocking.

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Post by mr.tourette » Fri Apr 30, 2021 7:54 pm

Inovits looking good.. got the same wheel on mine in silver :thumbsup:
if its got tits or tyres..its trouble :D

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Post by Nanu » Fri Apr 30, 2021 8:03 pm

Summer is coming and a little top down motoring will hopefully make you realise you have a great car :thumbsup:
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Post by Ole gits rule » Fri Apr 30, 2021 8:57 pm

I had the battery / handbrake issue before I picked mine up - had to wait three weeks and just one of those things but very frustrating and yes mine was also free.

Screenwash - well the less said the better

Cracked alloys - I have RFT and am very careful but will change to NRFT when the time comes and it is not recommended by anyone on here to mix and match the two types of tyres.

Summer is here so enjoy the car and it will make your ownership much more enjoyable.

Also there is Forza GB in Caldicot who are a BMW specialist have some good reviews on here.
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Post by Webless » Mon May 10, 2021 1:45 pm

Hope you get a clear run now, I have owned my 2010 35i from nearly new and until recently not one single problem. Then water appeared in the boot (which might have been my fault) and its been epic journey but just about all sorted, just replacing the final weather strips/air vents to make sure it doesn't happen again!!

Paying for the dealership to try and find the water leak issue (history on here shows they may not find it) was probably going to work out more expensive than just replacing all the seals myself.

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