Snapped strut brace?

LukyBowler said:
So... given that this snapped in my first 3 weeks of ownership and results from cornering load etc... does that make me a driving God? :driving: :P
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No, its the exact opposite-you have an untidy, ragged driving style that's destroying your car :wink:
Rob
 
LukyBowler said:
If I have one I am sure I do you can have it cover postage and make a forum donation :thumbsup:
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Brilliant, thanks so much. Please let me know tomorrow if you have one and I'll arrange payment for postage and the forum donation :)
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Will take a look when i get home.
 
As mentioned above, surely worth a call to BMW HQ and see if one of their engineers can provide a view on why/how this might have happened...? If it was cut, then what's the story behind that...? Did he simply want to replace it with a better strut brace....or was it more sinister than that? I think we need to give Jessica Fletcher a call...
 
Angelus666 said:
As mentioned above, surely worth a call to BMW HQ and see if one of their engineers can provide a view on why/how this might have happened...? If it was cut, then what's the story behind that...? Did he simply want to replace it with a better strut brace....or was it more sinister than that? I think we need to give Jessica Fletcher a call...
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Cant imagine for a moment that BMW will be even slightly interested!!
 
Smartbear said:
LukyBowler said:
So... given that this snapped in my first 3 weeks of ownership and results from cornering load etc... does that make me a driving God? :driving: :P
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No, its the exact opposite-you have an untidy, ragged driving style that's destroying your car :wink:
Rob
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As above
Smooth driving style and more mechanical sympathy goes along way on a car, and it's parts
 
Looks like simple torsional material fatigue to me, possibly as a result of weakness in the fabrication of the tube.

I wouldn't worry, these cars aren't young, just replace it.
 
Other than having bolts instead of nuts, are these later ones maybe thinner material?
Or have they the exact same part nr?
 
I'm not trying to hijack this thread but the exact same thing has just happened to my car. 07 plate with 63k on the clock. Strangest thing ever is that in happened on a perfectly normal straight flat road with no bumps or anything. Went from no noise to a horrible knocking noise, I thought one of the bonnet catches had given up and it was the bonnet bouncing up and down. I've owned the car for 2 years and it's never had an accident in that time, obviously don't know what happened to it before but it's been perfect for 2 years. I have no idea how it's broken with such a clean cut, it's exactly the same as the OP and by the looks of it in an identical place. Oh well, I'll give BMW a call and see if it's covered under the warranty?
 
CovertConvert said:
I'm not trying to hijack this thread but the exact same thing has just happened to my car. 07 plate with 63k on the clock. Strangest thing ever is that in happened on a perfectly normal straight flat road with no bumps or anything. Went from no noise to a horrible knocking noise, I thought one of the bonnet catches had given up and it was the bonnet bouncing up and down. I've owned the car for 2 years and it's never had an accident in that time, obviously don't know what happened to it before but it's been perfect for 2 years. I have no idea how it's broken with such a clean cut, it's exactly the same as the OP and by the looks of it in an identical place. Oh well, I'll give BMW a call and see if it's covered under the warranty?
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If they claim it's a trim part then you can tell them where to shove it :lol:

It's structural, so there should be no issues what so ever with a BMW warranty.
 
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