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Ok. I've no idea where my local dealers M technician got his info from with regards not driving the car, but when you have two service staff telling you not to drive the car, you feel like you don't have a lot of choice!
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The salesman that sold me the car checked the vin number for me earlier in the week. They only had the recall notice, so I'm told, on Tuesday. He advised it was a recall for those impacted. Thankfully mine wasn't one of them. Apparently depends on which of their manufacturers produced your car's diff.
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Just rang the dealer, my car is affected. The woman at the servicing department seemed to think it was more of an m3/4 issue than all M cars, but not sure how clued up she was.
She said the bulletin said the car is OK to drive, but the plates in the differential will wear out quicker and they can make a noise when driving. Should get the replacement parts in 2-3 weeks. Frustrating I have to contact the dealer and not vice versa. It seems like quite an extensive problem. The woman was downplaying it saying only 5 cars at the dealer they had were affected. |
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07-30-2016, 05:46 AM | #93 |
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It could affect all M cars. That was what I was told by my dealer also.
http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1285568 Apparently up to 3800 cars affected, by the looks of the update.
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07-30-2016, 04:50 PM | #94 |
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I had my RIS today and asked them to double check about recalls. Apparently I'm not on any list.
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Small update.....
Went in the dealers today to pick up the loan car. They said the complete diff needs to be replaced as it needs to go back to BMW. I had read on m3cutters someone had been told that their car would just have components inside the diff replaced, but this is not the case with my car. So in conclusion, they now know what bits to order, but no idea when they will turn up, and hence complete the job. I have a brand new 530d M Sport that has come straight from Thorne to run around in till its fixed and I must admit, this is a very good car. Not driven an F10 before and very impressed with it. However it does have a list price with options of nearly £50k.
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Having to make do with the 750i which is nice, but no M car. Saying that it has the new idrive, wireless charging etc so it's been interesting to play around with those. Have to say I've been impressed with the new 7, it's come on leaps and bounds from the last generation. But after ALMOST getting my hands on it my F83 this is such an anticlimax! |
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At least some small consolation is that you are being given decent cars to run about in whilst the issue is resolved.
Imagine them handing you a 116i!!! No disrespect to 116i owners
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Just been out for a good blast and I'm amazed how good the handling is, there is hardly any body roll and I'd go as far as saying there is less body roll than my 335d with ACS springs (which probably shows how crap the standard dampers are!). Its so flat on cornering, god knows how they've done it but for a heavier car it actually feels more agile than my 335d and certainly does not feel like a bigger car. Its on non adaptive M Sport suspension and its also very comfortable. The seats are brilliant and actually smell of leather! I think what helps it that it doesn't have the god awful Bridgestones but surprisingly Dunlop SP Sport's which is very good for a run flat tyre. Miles better than the Bridgestones. Power delivery from the 30d engine is quite abrupt but soon runs out of steam, whereas the 335d lasts a bit longer - and the M3 much longer!!! You feel that although this seems a "fast" car to drive around town due to the torque, as soon as you give it welly for say overtaking it runs out of steam. Main issue for me is the lack of VSS - too much arm twirling is needed!!! After having it on the M3 and 335d its a pain on this car, but apart from that I really cant fault it, its a really good car. I might do a write-up/pics on f30post about it as those guys may be more interested than M3 owners.
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Yes its very good. Not as tied down as the M3 obviously and gets a little floaty if you drive like a loon (this is where the M3 comes in ), but for fairly rapid progress, its quite a machine and really surprised me.
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I always thought a car with effectively 1 wheel drive with a 6.2 V8 was a bit crazy.
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just spoke to my dealer and my car is also affected...! thought this was only cars built between May and July? mine was a March build.
he said there's a huge back log of orders for the diff and it could be months before they get round to replacing mine but said driving it is fine until it's replaced. BMW are supposed to writing to all in due course... gtsussex rjwojcik are either of your cars affected by this?
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This must be a much bigger problem than they thought or they are playing safe and changing more than they need to
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It's great that BMW are admitting to it and replacing parts without issue. So many manufacturers bury their heads in the sand when it comes to some problems.
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BTW, for those on a service pack that didn't get any paperwork, I got one. It was an invoice, just with a zero balance.
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