Not a Happy Camper with a New Rear Diff

[lukej]

Well had the new rear diff put in today at BMW and no more left the lot and on the highway between 60 and 70 miles an hour I get a constant vibration in the steering wheel, can you can feel it in your butt ,,, its about half as much vibration as you get when the Lane keeping assist vibrates ... by the way turned off Lane keeping assist and it's not that doing it ..... going to have to take it back next week anybody's thoughts on this or had that happen to them?

[dmk08]

Originally Posted by lukej

Well had the new rear diff put in today at BMW and no more left the lot and on the highway between 60 and 70 miles an hour I get a constant vibration in the steering wheel, can you can feel it in your butt ,,, its about half as much vibration as you get when the Lane keeping assist vibrates ... by the way turned off Lane keeping assist and it's not that doing it ..... going to have to take it back next week anybody's thoughts on this or had that happen to them?

I'm the exact opposite here. I had vibration before I got my new diff that is now gone. Definitely take it back.

[lukej]

It's just sucks,, now don't know whether to drive it or what,, with the holidays and all.. Can't call my service man till Monday..

[Someone?]

Yah I think my cars got a bad diff, my vins not on the recall tho, what are the symptoms? My car fells like under acceleration I get a weird vibration in my steering wheel and at highway speeds seems like I feel like improper gear mesh?

[lukej]

Originally Posted by ibmike

Yah I think my cars got a bad diff, my vins not on the recall tho, what are the symptoms? My car fells like under acceleration I get a weird vibration in my steering wheel and at highway speeds seems like I feel like improper gear mesh?

Yes BMW, told me that the problem is the clutch slips some of the time ,, mine was a low rumble when it was cold.. but with the new diff,, it's a vibration when 60 and 70 mph...

[SD ///M4]

I have a friend with an Individual Long Beach Blue M4 that was affected by the diff recall. Had it replaced, had problems, and is now on his fourth diff.

[hau_nguyen91]

I had that problem before the replacement

[lukej]

Originally Posted by SD ///M4

I have a friend with an Individual Long Beach Blue M4 that was affected by the diff recall. Had it replaced, had problems, and is now on his fourth diff.

That's great!!!

[M-Pilot]

Originally Posted by dmk08

I'm the exact opposite here. I had vibration before I got my new diff that is now gone. Definitely take it back.

Was your car included in the recall? Also, what was your car's production date? Mine is April 28th but still not included in the recall.

[lukej]

Originally Posted by cntzl

Was your car included in the recall? Also, what was your car's production date? Mine is April 28th but still not included in the recall.

Pretty sure it was Feb 2016 ,,, and it was not on the list...

[M-Pilot]

Originally Posted by lukej

Pretty sure it was Feb 2016 ,,, and it was not on the list...

If it wasn't on the list, how did you have them replace it?

[lukej]

Originally Posted by cntzl

If it wasn't on the list, how did you have them replace it?

It started making a noise when it was cold I took it to them ,,they had a BMW performance guy come and listen to it and they said it was the rear diff so they replaced ,, they also said when they drain the oil there was metal in it..

[edwinm3]

Mine was on the recall list, diff was replaced at the performance center, no vibrations or issues other than having to replace all the subframe bolts now (new recall)

[lukej]

Originally Posted by edwinm3

Mine was on the recall list, diff was replaced at the performance center, no vibrations or issues other than having to replace all the subframe bolts now (new recall)

Yes they told me they had to replace the bolts too.. I have to call them Monday...

[edwinm3]

Originally Posted by lukej

Yes they told me they had to replace the bolts too.. I have to call them Monday...

yeah sucks this thing is not over yet, trying to get it fixed before hitting the track in a couple of weeks.

[lukej]

Originally Posted by edwinm3

yeah sucks this thing is not over yet, trying to get it fixed before hitting the track in a couple of weeks.

Yeah what sucks is the car has 3000 miles,, and they told me when they put the new diff in that I have 1200 mile break in on it and when I start the car up it says 1200 miles to service ,, no launch control no hard starts no over 100 mile an hour ...

[edwinm3]

Originally Posted by lukej

Yeah what sucks is the car has 3000 miles,, and they told me when they put the new diff in that I have 1200 mile break in on it and when I start the car up it says 1200 miles the service ,, no launch control no hard starts no over 100 mile an hour ...

mine was done when new, car sat at the performance center and didn't get delivered until the diff was replaced, just broke her in last week, I don't drive it much.

[lukej]

Originally Posted by edwinm3

mine was done when new, car sat at the performance center and didn't get delivered until the diff was replaced, just broke her in last week, I don't drive it much.

Well I'm having a meeting with them on Monday,, I didn't buy performance car to drive it like a Camry ...

[edwinm3]

Originally Posted by lukej

Well I'm having a meeting with them on Monday,, I didn't buy performance car to drive it like a Camry ...

[shahano]

still haven't had my diff replaced. BMW called me, than told me they were waiting for a newer batch of diffs to replace my car. As of today, im still running on the recalled diff. I have almost 4000 miles on my car.

[NewM3driver]

If the car isn't right bring it back. If you are really unhappy ask for a different (new) car. BMW corporate is great and will bend over backwards to make customers happy.

[M3Ronnie]

Had mine done 2 days ago. I didn't have any vibration before and after the replacement. Has 1400+ miles now. Have to bring it back after 1200 miles to finalize recall. Here's what they did.