This is from a German study. Yikes!
http://www.thelocal.de/money/20120710-43659.html
I haven't had any major issue with any of the three bmw autos nor two bikes I have owned. But I do however have the intermitent cylinder head noise on both of my n52 cars. 06 Zed and 08 328i. I drive the Zed with some authority, so it's only been noisey a couple of times in 16,000 miles. The wife's car is quite a bit more noisey. That's $10,000 usd worth of future issues I have to look forward to. :x
Not shocked in the slightest. My experience with BMW has proven to me that they're not all that on the quality front. Had much less hassle with every other make I've owned.
edit: I should add that my experience is based on 2 year e85 ownership and 2 years e89 ownership. Had issues with both.
Not sure if that means that BMW's quality is any worse than any other manufacturer, or simply that they are better at ensuring that all faults are rectified than other manufacturers...
Not sure if that means that BMW's quality is any worse than any other manufacturer, or simply that they are better at ensuring that all faults are rectified than other manufacturers...
US manufactured cars had a recall rate of 66%. BMW had 300%. If a car isn't broke it won't come in. And most US cars are half the cost of BMW's.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to bmw bash. But, All one has to look at are the N52 cylinder head issue. Or the Porsche Intermediate shaft failures. Esp. The Porsche issue. As from what i gather. The fix for the IMS was rather simple and not to expensive. But they (Porsche) denied there was a problem while at the same time were redesigning the IMS. The BMW issue while not fatal like the IMS. BMW Still denies that there was ever an issue and just acted like they redesigned the cylinder head to shut everybody up as opposed to fixing a design fault. Pure arrogance. And what gets me more than anything. Is the poor attitudes displayed by successful upmarket firms such as these two. We sell expensive cars, Therefore nothing can be wrong. It's just a figment of the imagination from the thousands of owners complaining about the same issue. Heck. I was at the local German BMW dealer just last week. Was looking at a nice 2012 335i 65,000 Euro for a freaking 3er. For that kind of money they need to do a far better job of putting them together. And if the car does go wrong. Not tell us as owners that we are full of it and to shut up and go away. It's why even though I love to drive BMW's I will never again give BMW the pleasure of me buying a NEW car off the lot. I always get a one or two year old model.
