M40i brakes - design flaw uncovered

[Jim S]

I keep a scissor jack, wheel nut spanner and socket, plus a long screwdriver in the boot and remove the stone myself if and when it happens. Been a while now. Seems like when the tyres wear a bit and lose their “stickiness” the problem occurs less frequently.

[McHaggis69]

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I had my car in at BMW for its MoT within the last two weeks and raised the matter with them.

"Its not something we've heard of and there are no recalls..."

I should have pointed them to this thread.
I've owned dozens of cars and this Z4 is the only one I've ever experienced stones getting trapped and its happened twice!

[ronk]

"Its not something we've heard of and there are no recalls..."

It sounds like they may have been previously employed by Thd Post Office !

[Jim S]

For info

I had my car in at BMW for its MoT within the last two weeks and raised the matter with them.

"Its not something we've heard of and there are no recalls..."

I should have pointed them to this thread.
I've owned dozens of cars and this Z4 is the only one I've ever experienced stones getting trapped and its happened twice!

They know very well about the problem. It happened to me 5 times in the first 1,270 miles of ownership in 2019. I even wrote directly to Mr Grieve, UK MD, and reported each occasion to my dealer who passed on photographs of the problem to their Technical Department in Germany HO.

Poor show from BMW.

[ori]

For info

I had my car in at BMW for its MoT within the last two weeks and raised the matter with them.

"Its not something we've heard of and there are no recalls..."

I should have pointed them to this thread.
I've owned dozens of cars and this Z4 is the only one I've ever experienced stones getting trapped and its happened twice!

They know very well about the problem. It happened to me 5 times in the first 1,270 miles of ownership in 2019. I even wrote directly to Mr Grieve, UK MD, and reported each occasion to my dealer who passed on photographs of the problem to their Technical Department in Germany HO.

Poor show from BMW.

How did you write to me grieve? Can you pm me the email address? I wish to do something similar.

[Jim S]

For info

I had my car in at BMW for its MoT within the last two weeks and raised the matter with them.

"Its not something we've heard of and there are no recalls..."

I should have pointed them to this thread.
I've owned dozens of cars and this Z4 is the only one I've ever experienced stones getting trapped and its happened twice!

They know very well about the problem. It happened to me 5 times in the first 1,270 miles of ownership in 2019. I even wrote directly to Mr Grieve, UK MD, and reported each occasion to my dealer who passed on photographs of the problem to their Technical Department in Germany HO.

Poor show from BMW.

How did you write to me grieve? Can you pm me the email address? I wish to do something similar.

I sent an email to:
[email protected]

[ori]

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I sent an email to:
[email protected]
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Did you get a response? I’m drafting an email now.

[Jim S]

I sent an email to:
[email protected]
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Did you get a response? I’m drafting an email now.
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Yes I did receive a response at the time from his assistant.

[ori]

Thanks Jim, I have just emailed that address along with what I think is the new guys email address.

[Jim S]

Thanks Jim, I have just emailed that address along with what I think is the new guys email address.

Good luck. Hopefully you will receive a positive response. Let us know how you get on.

[hairyfrogowl]

Has any kind of fix been found for this? Considering a Z and I have a shingle drive way!!