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greengretna

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 Barnsley,south yorkshire
2.0i sports 2007, 39000. owned for four years.changed both rear coil springs broken also faulty abs /dsc unit .not bad for low mileage top of the range car.can anyone predict the next repair?
 
greengretna said:
2.0i sports 2007, 39000. owned for four years.changed both rear coil springs broken also faulty abs /dsc unit .not bad for low mileage top of the range car.can anyone predict the next repair?

Springs are only cheap so no big deal for an 8 year old car really, bad luck with the abs unit-had the car been given regular fluid changes?
Regards
 
serviced reguarly, changed springs at 26,000.easy job but should not happen, bmw in denial of any problems.regarding manifold can you tell us more
 
It's a known weak point of the 2.0 - seems prone to cracking.(some are fine though)

Plenty of threads of the forum.
 
aye the manifold or DISA is nailed on :D

happened to me a few months back, £70 for the exhaust guy to weld in a fix says he does a ton of bmws for the same thing, crazy money to get it replaced.
 
thank you, lets hope i am lucky enough to avoid these pitfalls.looking to change my car,cannot decide if its going to be new z4!
 
greengretna said:
thank you, lets hope i am lucky enough to avoid these pitfalls.looking to change my car,cannot decide if its going to be new z4!

Dont let the faults put you off,if you buy a high end car you will always be taking more notice of any niggles or faults.
Go on any car specific forum and there will be a long line of threads about common faults or problems.
At least if you expect some known issues you know what they are when they occur,instead of trouble shooting blindly,
Enjoy your car ,you can be lucky or unlucky with any vehicle,knowing the faults also gives you chance to do preventative medicine. :thumbsup:
 
Have a read through the Problems pages....

http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=3

That should give you lots to worry about! :rofl:
 
andysat said:
Any emission light problems?
Been on once but took it off with code scanner,not on since. car running fine, the weld is cracked very finely (for now).but i noticed diff noise, and thats what i found
 
Air line crack on the exhaust manifold which is attached to the cats, welded up and alls fine. running a dream.
 
Why sell a car that you have managed to put right and you know the history. Another car another headache pocket stretch
 
Thats true," better the devil you know," its a lovely car, a great to drive.may upgrade to a newer z4 but will do a lot more research b4 i buy!
 
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