Questions about a 2016 M3 I'm interested in purchasing

[K81M3]

Hi All,

Looking for a bit of advice, have seen a 2016 (Registered Jun 16) plate M3 F80 at my local UK dealer and has the BMW Manufacture Approved Used guarantee. It is the perfect spec (other than it doesn't have Privacy glass)and has 20k miles. Has 1.5 years warranty remaining and next 3 years of services included as it had a 5 year service place from new. Few things that I'm not sure of, so looking for help.

- It had a diff/axle error come up at delivery, apparently a bulletin from BMW also that required the axle/diff to be changed due to an original design fault. Is this true? Anyone else had this.

- It had a rear off side wheel bearing replaced at 10,000 miles, dealers said nothing else was evidently wrong with the car and was done under warranty. This seems very odd to me, wheel bearing going on a new car with 10k miles and that too a M3. What are your thoughts?

- Low oil level light error came up when the car had done 11,000 miles, was sorted and never has come up again. Should I be concerned.

-Front light error at 12,000 miles, it has the LED adaptive iconic headlamps, dealer hasn't mentioned what the actual problem and fix was.

- Will I be able to get decent tints done to overcome the no privacy glass option, never done tints before and I want the utmost OEM look where it covers the dot matrix and heating elements on the back screen properly. Any one done this on theirs, does it come out looking decent and not a poor modification

Anything else I should be looking out for when buying a used M3, anything to listen out for on a test drive, any particular tests I should do. Are there any other common problems, I've read something about engine crank hub issues. Is that really an issue for the new M3's

Any advice would be greatly appreciated as the car is only 1.5 years old so not cheap and although it has warranty, don't want to end up with one which will be in and out of garage, them having to take it apart and put together right etc.

Thanks in Advance all

[Time Lord]

How much is it....?

[boss2k]

Looks like too many issues in the 1.5 yrs of ownership, my 2 yr old M had 0 issues which was a 16 with 16500 miles.

[K81M3]

Originally Posted by Time Lord

How much is it....?

£42k

[K81M3]

Originally Posted by boss2k

Looks like too many issues in the 1.5 yrs of ownership, my 2 yr old M had 0 issues which was a 16 with 16500 miles.

They didn't report any issues obviously to begin with, as the car looks and runs fine. Its only when I asked for the warrant work history and all the errors that the key would have logged from day 1. So they were very open to share all.

Did you do the same to know there was no issues up to the running of you buying it if you don't mind me asking?

[boss2k]

Originally Posted by KSC

They didn't report any issues obviously to begin with, as the car looks and runs fine. Its only when I asked for the warrant work history and all the errors that the key would have logged from day 1. So they were very open to share all.

Did you do the same to know there was no issues up to the running of you buying it if you don't mind me asking?

No i had bought it new and recently sold it for 18 M3 ZCP

[RobbyMack]

It's a used car. It won't be perfect. You asked the right questions and the dealer was upfront with you. Nothing to be worried about here. I feel like there was was a delivery stop for diff issues at some point. Wheel bearings will come and go, no big deal. The other two seem software related. It's a bmw get used to that.

[nicknaz]

Are you able to take it to a shop you trust and confirm that it has not been re-sprayed and that there are no signs of having been modified and brought back to stock?