I started my car after it sat for about 4 hours and the tach was bouncing from 500 to 1000 RPM I tried to take off and I had no power. After trying to restart the car 3 times I pushed the SOS button and figured maybe they would have to tow it to Centrury BMW, the nearest dealer to HC.
While waiting for roadside service to come on the line I tried to start the car one more time, this time it started and the warning lites on the dash went away except the "service engine soon" I hung up with roadside service and drove to Centrury.
They told me they might be able to look at it tomorrow(Sat) and were closed Monday so it would probably be Tuesday. Well I don't have to say how mad I was at missing homecomming in my car. And this the day before my cars one year birthday!!
So after some complaining the manager agreed that they would at least check it out for me that day.
After waiting for another hour the tech came and told me he thought the throttle motor is going out but he didn't have one to replace it. So I could either leave it there and they would get the part Wed. or I could drive the car home and it might not do it again.
They also Remapped the accelerator program, What ever that means, I can say the car is running better than it has in a while, but it's still not 100%.
The tech also told me he had never come across this problem before.
In the first 20 Minutes I was back at the hotel I had 2 other people tell me they had the same problems with their car. But none were M engines one a 2.5 and one a 3.0.
I hope you never have car troubles during homecomming, Centrury is the worst dealership I have ever been to. And they had the nerve to ask me to give them all 5's on the customer survey!!
Has anyone here had similar engine problems??
While waiting for roadside service to come on the line I tried to start the car one more time, this time it started and the warning lites on the dash went away except the "service engine soon" I hung up with roadside service and drove to Centrury.
They told me they might be able to look at it tomorrow(Sat) and were closed Monday so it would probably be Tuesday. Well I don't have to say how mad I was at missing homecomming in my car. And this the day before my cars one year birthday!!
So after some complaining the manager agreed that they would at least check it out for me that day.
After waiting for another hour the tech came and told me he thought the throttle motor is going out but he didn't have one to replace it. So I could either leave it there and they would get the part Wed. or I could drive the car home and it might not do it again.
They also Remapped the accelerator program, What ever that means, I can say the car is running better than it has in a while, but it's still not 100%.
The tech also told me he had never come across this problem before.
In the first 20 Minutes I was back at the hotel I had 2 other people tell me they had the same problems with their car. But none were M engines one a 2.5 and one a 3.0.
I hope you never have car troubles during homecomming, Centrury is the worst dealership I have ever been to. And they had the nerve to ask me to give them all 5's on the customer survey!!
Has anyone here had similar engine problems??
Have you got the problem sorted out yet? Enjoy the rest of your travels!
I am sure that it was a pain driving back with that issue. Have my reservation for next year, look forward to see you both again! 