Things currently broken on my car that BMW won't fix
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I think that it is the way that all prestige marques are going. I sold my old E34 Touring to a mate. The car spent years full of kids, shopping, prams, furniture and building materials. It suffered loads of abuse. But it did 200k miles - everything worked and it still felt solid. My E60 545, which was top of the range when it came out, is nowhere near as well put together. It's got about 100k on it now. Both front seats squeak around corners, there's a rattle somewhere in the dash and I've had to replace various cupholders, vents etc. Everything's built to to a price these days; the newer A6s are less solid than the old ones. And don't even try to compare a 1970s Mercedes with one from around 2000 :thumbsdown:
original guvnor said:
+1 Hate Audi. And they do go wrong and so do VW's.
Sure the Z's finish is not perfect but frankly I'm not fussed.
To me the problem here is not that things have gone wrong (that can happen to any car), but that BMW refuses to fix them.
We have 3 cars covered under BMW's Extended Warranty (my Z4M and M5 and my wife's Mini Cooper S) - all of them have Fully Comprehensive cover with £0 excess. Total cost approaches £3,000 a year (and there's is a VERY high probability that I will not renew them when they fall due).
However, whenever anything goes wrong, I am always being told that it's not included under the warranty. BMW seem to use definitions of "trim" and "glass" that are impossibly wide (the lock on my glove box, for example, or the OP's cupholder, both of which I would regard as functional item rather than "trim"). I've had to fight really hard to get anything covered under the warranties, even when it's patently obvious that they are not excluded by any of the terms of the policy.
We have 3 cars covered under BMW's Extended Warranty (my Z4M and M5 and my wife's Mini Cooper S) - all of them have Fully Comprehensive cover with £0 excess. Total cost approaches £3,000 a year (and there's is a VERY high probability that I will not renew them when they fall due).
However, whenever anything goes wrong, I am always being told that it's not included under the warranty. BMW seem to use definitions of "trim" and "glass" that are impossibly wide (the lock on my glove box, for example, or the OP's cupholder, both of which I would regard as functional item rather than "trim"). I've had to fight really hard to get anything covered under the warranties, even when it's patently obvious that they are not excluded by any of the terms of the policy.
pvr said:You mean with the leaking hydraulic roofs, water in the rear lights and cracking wheels?
Fair point... I was thinking more of interior trim, squeaks etc... They have obviously swapped the design teams and engineers around to give them broader work experience...
gannet said:
:lol: for now, you just wait a couple of years. Sorry, but french cars are just that...
obviously I would be delighted to be wrong.
hopefully Ill be delighted to prove you wrong...ChawenHalo said:gannet said:
:lol: for now, you just wait a couple of years. Sorry, but french cars are just that...
obviously I would be delighted to be wrong.
previous french cars I've had, haven't been that bad either though...
I bought my Zed after a four year lease on an Audi A3 expired. Yes the Audi had a fine interior, well put together and nothing broke or squeaked after the four years. However it was dull as dull can be to drive and never felt as special to drive as the Zed. I like the fact that there are a few challenges along the way and I enjoy the car even more when I achieve a mod or fix something. Something the Audi never managed to do for me.
Besides if the zed was perfect there would be no need for this forum and we all would never had met?
Besides if the zed was perfect there would be no need for this forum and we all would never had met?
andysat said:Bing said:what was wrong with it mate?
IIRC needed a new gear box, something to do with the rear drive shaft, and something else I forget. He bought it AUC with warranty, just as well as it turns out it had been seriously abused by it's first owner. Remember there is a LOT of labour at over £100 an hour in there, but as has been said by many on here replacement parts are very expensive.
Bing said:andysat said:Bing said:
IIRC needed a new gear box, something to do with the rear drive shaft, and something else I forget. He bought it AUC with warranty, just as well as it turns out it had been seriously abused by it's first owner. Remember there is a LOT of labour at over £100 an hour in there, but as has been said by many on here replacement parts are very expensive.
