BMW and M Power Owners

fullspizz · 25 Jan 2018 at 13:52

So my 320D has had issues with the Idrive screen/system re-booting.
Took it to a friend today and he read the codes.
It's throwing up a hell of a lot of overvoltage faults, checked the alternator and it's not regulating correctly.
New alternator fitted £420 in vat from a bmw specialist.
He also said that the vibration I can feel through the clutch may be down to a failing bearing in the clutch mechanism.
Car has only completed 54k.
I have the Comprehensive BMW Insured warranty, so it looks like I will be going down the route of claiming.
All but 1 of the services have been carried out by BMW, the last service was carried out by the car supermarket I bought the vehicle from.
I have all the paperwork from that service and all the other information is on the key fob.
Can anyone see any grounds for them possibly rejecting any claim I may submit?
Cheers

xs2man · 25 Jan 2018 at 14:01

If you had the comprehensive warranty, why did you use a specialist for the alternator?

fullspizz · 25 Jan 2018 at 14:05

I haven't had the alternator fitted, that was the quote.
Sorry, my bad there.

[TW]Fox · 25 Jan 2018 at 14:18

Why are you messing about getting quotes from specialists if you have th the comp warranty : confused:

Jez · 25 Jan 2018 at 14:27

Further than that, why are you even bothering to get it diagnosed and faults read if the car is under BMW warranty? Isnt this the entire point of the expense of keeping your car under their warranty, that you just throw it at them when it goes bad?

Akagi · 25 Jan 2018 at 15:33

If only my 200K E30 was eligible for BMW warranty... I think it would make BMW go under.

fullspizz · 25 Jan 2018 at 16:07

I took the warranty out at the end of December (prior to me having the I-Drive issues) as I had a 6 month warranty with the company I got the car from and that was when it expired.
I wanted the peace of mind of a warranty and the BMW comprehensive suited my needs.
I am still in the 30 day period before being allowed to submit a claim and I wanted to know if the car was going to be ok to drive.
I work just outside London and the car is required for my commute every 4 days, so that was why he offered to look at the codes for me.
He then told me how much it would cost to replace the alternator if he was to do it.

[TW]Fox · 25 Jan 2018 at 16:14

Surely the warranty won't cover it then as the policy hasn't actually started yet?

FlakGunna · 25 Jan 2018 at 16:18

My sister has a E46 M3 and had some clunking from the rear end, sub frame issue/crack maybe? I told her to go get it checked.

Akagi · 25 Jan 2018 at 16:30

Under what conditions is it clunking? Could be various suspension components.

FlakGunna · 25 Jan 2018 at 16:35

She said mainly when pulling away, I've not gone to see her yet when I will I'll have a listen.

LiE · 25 Jan 2018 at 17:04

Is that an issue with the diff?

Steedie · 25 Jan 2018 at 20:56

Driving to Disneyland Paris next week, apparently F series cars (I have an F10) have a flat beam pattern so need no adjusting, can anyone confirm this? All I see is a few forum posts and then being contradicted in other forum posts

Fox, I know you’ve done some road trips in yours

Havana_UK · 25 Jan 2018 at 21:05

You don’t need to adjust your lights, certainly not if they are HID/LED.

Just don’t use them in auto mode (if they are adaptive) as this stops them steering and potentially dazzling oncoming cars

Steedie · 25 Jan 2018 at 22:26

Thanks!

Dis86 · 26 Jan 2018 at 09:51

Why can't I stop looking at z4 35is's?!

panthro · 26 Jan 2018 at 09:53

Dis86 said:
Why can't I stop looking at z4 35is's?!

because they're frickin' awesome. One of the best cars I've owned and mine was only an i.

Basher · 26 Jan 2018 at 10:14

panthro said:
because they're frickin' awesome. One of the best cars I've owned and mine was only an i.

Agreed. The best BMW I've owned by far (mine was a 35i, too).

Dis86 · 26 Jan 2018 at 10:59

panthro said:
because they're frickin' awesome. One of the best cars I've owned and mine was only an i.

Lol. Good summary of ownership! I've booked myself a test drive in one. Would be a big change from my 640 though.

Django x2 · 26 Jan 2018 at 12:57

Steedie said:
Driving to Disneyland Paris next week, apparently F series cars (I have an F10) have a flat beam pattern so need no adjusting, can anyone confirm this? All I see is a few forum posts and then being contradicted in other forum posts

Fox, I know you’ve done some road trips in yours

I have to adjust my lights (F10 LCI M5) from driving on the left to driving on the right. I seem to be the only F10 car with this option in iDrive.... :confused: