Broken Springs - List (add yourself if you've been affected)
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E86drifter
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NSR 30,000 miles
johninbarnack
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Add me to the list folks,
Just took my z4 coupe (si sport), in to a dealer for inspection 1, rear offside coil spring broken. £220 to replace one spring as its out of warranty. Only done 35k in 4 years.
Seriously annoyed! Especially after reading this thread!
cheers,
John
Just took my z4 coupe (si sport), in to a dealer for inspection 1, rear offside coil spring broken. £220 to replace one spring as its out of warranty. Only done 35k in 4 years.
Seriously annoyed! Especially after reading this thread!
cheers,
John
+1 unfortunately.
400 miles from home and a lump of spring sat on the table in front of me. And it was taking me ages to track down what was rattling in the boot...
So,
cj_eds 3.0si coupe, 24000 miles on the clock.
Thank you BMW for the AUC warranty that runs out in little over a month.
400 miles from home and a lump of spring sat on the table in front of me. And it was taking me ages to track down what was rattling in the boot...
So,
cj_eds 3.0si coupe, 24000 miles on the clock.
Thank you BMW for the AUC warranty that runs out in little over a month.
Just to add to the last post, how many have been replaced under warranty and how many have done both? As I've found out, the warranty only covers a broken one so they wouldn't pay for both to be repaired. I reckon if I'd gone in without a warranty they'd have recommended changing both... (or am I cynical?)
cj_eds said:
Had one replaced under warranty (3.0Si Coupe) and had one replaced outside of warranty (M coupe)
you do not need to replace both springs if one has broken. A broken spring can be due to an imperfection in the metal and that doesn't mean the other one will have the same fault, and springs don't sag or anything over time either apparently so you dont need to replace both just because one has gone after 30k miles or whatever.
z3 3.0 roadster 54 plate
NSR went at ~24000 miles if i remember? previous owner had it replaced FOC by BMW
a new creaking noise I've just noticed in the past week sounds like one of them may have gone again :?
NSR went at ~24000 miles if i remember? previous owner had it replaced FOC by BMW
a new creaking noise I've just noticed in the past week sounds like one of them may have gone again :?
Gumpclipper
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Z4 2.0 (Nov 2005) 37K, (Osr) both replaced. 
Not had a spring go yet, in fact haven't picked up the zed yet but interested to know have BMW sorted these spring issues now, and is it more common on early production vehicles ??
Seems horrendous that springs go at such low mileage, never had a spring go ever and I've owned/driven some right old knackers.
Seems horrendous that springs go at such low mileage, never had a spring go ever and I've owned/driven some right old knackers.
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