BMW and M Power Owners

iMacMart · 1 Jul 2017 at 18:41

Had some issues when I got me 5 series from Stevenage Cars this week so sent a strong email to their general manager and as a way of an apology they
have offered me the use of an i8 for a long weekend Fri/Mon which I thought was nice gesture .....

Might go away with the wife for a night, no children....

mrkambo · 2 Jul 2017 at 07:54

Ahh i can hear my DISA valve flapping around insanely in the bay, rebuild kit or genuine part from stealers?

chroniclard · 2 Jul 2017 at 14:26

Coolant warning came on, no idea which to order.....any ideas? (340i if that matters)

[TW]Fox · 2 Jul 2017 at 14:27

chroniclard said:
Coolant warning came on, no idea which to order.....any ideas? (340i if that matters)

Isn't this car virtually new? It does not use coolant, I'd be looking at why it's low.

chroniclard · 2 Jul 2017 at 14:29

Year old, had a look its on the minimum level.

Had a bit of a google, seems quite a few people have had to top it up with these cars.

Rilot · 2 Jul 2017 at 16:13

You should not have to top up the coolant on a 1-year-old car. Take to BMW and have them tell you why it's losing it.

Uncle_Gravy · 3 Jul 2017 at 11:02

Family friend has a 56 335i SE saloon, He's had an issue with the iDrive for a few years where the screen would intermittently work, when it doesn't work (90% of the time) it'll be stuck in a boot cycle so nothing works, no radio or anything, and the dreaded £1k replacement cost.

As with most things that break, you usually find someone on a car forum who are able to fix it at a more reasonable cost, is this the case with the iDrive or is it pretty much bend over and pay up?

mrkambo said:
Ahh i can hear my DISA valve flapping around insanely in the bay, rebuild kit or genuine part from stealers?

If it's a working unit, as in the mechanism still opens and close then the rebuild, What scares me with a replacement part is the pin can still be a potential issue to grenading your engine, My M54B30 DISA needs the rebuild which hopefully should be doing next payday as mine is rattling like mad.

MORE SPEED · 3 Jul 2017 at 11:19

chroniclard said:
Coolant warning came on, no idea which to order.....any ideas? (340i if that matters)

My friend has an 8 month old M140i that had a coolant leak. Needed a new water pump and about 2 weeks at BMW.

Steedie · 3 Jul 2017 at 11:22

BMW Oxford are an absolute joke of a dealership when it comes to customer service

Avoid at all costs. An hour and a half from arriving to being seen about my service I booked 3 months ago. I don't think I've ever waited less than 45 minutes to be seen.

Gaygle · 3 Jul 2017 at 11:49

Uncle_Gravy said:
Family friend has a 56 335i SE saloon, He's had an issue with the iDrive for a few years where the screen would intermittently work, when it doesn't work (90% of the time) it'll be stuck in a boot cycle so nothing works, no radio or anything, and the dreaded £1k replacement cost.

As with most things that break, you usually find someone on a car forum who are able to fix it at a more reasonable cost, is this the case with the iDrive or is it pretty much bend over and pay up

You can replace the CCC iDrive with the CIC one for about £1000, so repairing the old CCC should be much, much cheaper than that. I'd get him to Google the symptoms and see what people recommend.

I'm guessing he's already tried disconnecting the battery, checked connections etc?

EDIT: A quick look around suggests that there are people who will do this for £300-400 (removal, coding of a used unit and replacement)

Uncle_Gravy · 3 Jul 2017 at 15:16

Gaygle said:
You can replace the CCC iDrive with the CIC one for about £1000, so repairing the old CCC should be much, much cheaper than that. I'd get him to Google the symptoms and see what people recommend.

I'm guessing he's already tried disconnecting the battery, checked connections etc?

EDIT: A quick look around suggests that there are people who will do this for £300-400 (removal, coding of a used unit and replacement)

Yeah been done, Battery, Hard reset the lot, its just keeps on doing the continuous reboot cycle, and very rarely it'll come alive and you have radio for that journey until you turn the car off and that's your lot.

3-400 sound a lot better than £1000, thing is the car has not been used much, Last time I used it which was 2 years ago it had 99k on the clock, asked yesterday and he said car is on 102k mileage, so that's why he's been reluctant to repair it.......I should take the car off his hands ;D

wingman · 4 Jul 2017 at 11:00

My local BMW dealership have text - yeah, text - saying that my current vehicle is eligible for a value service.

Before I waste my time ringing them up and going through the usual spiel, does anyone have any idea what this is?

[TW]Fox · 4 Jul 2017 at 11:58

Don't you have an M135 now? They probably think you still have an E46. Generally current model cars don't get value service.

wingman · 4 Jul 2017 at 12:39

Cheers Fox, that makes sense - yeah, M135i now which had a major service late last year. Was only really asking as my girlfriend's Mini is in for a brake fluid change and small service on Saturday and figured I could get the two done as they're on the same forecourt.

Liquidfox · 4 Jul 2017 at 12:44

Dis86 said:
Stratstone North Tyneside.

Doesn't surprise me, their salesman couldn't be bothered to sell me a car. He told me to give him a ring once I'd had a look online (which I'd already done), only issue was he hadn't taken any of my details or even told me his name... Ended up buying from Lloyd BMW instead who were far more attentive.

Dis86 · 4 Jul 2017 at 12:50

Liquidfox said:
Doesn't surprise me, their salesman couldn't be bothered to sell me a car. He told me to give him a ring once I'd had a look online (which I'd already done), only issue was he hadn't taken any of my details or even told me his name... Ended up buying from Lloyd BMW instead who were far more attentive.

See, I had your experience of stratstone with Lloyds! Showed them the car I wanted, pointed out a small amount of interior damage I wanted fixing before I would pick it up. Offered a deposit. Never heard back from them.

Liquidfox · 4 Jul 2017 at 13:29

Dis86 said:
See, I had your experience of stratstone with Lloyds! Showed them the car I wanted, pointed out a small amount of interior damage I wanted fixing before I would pick it up. Offered a deposit. Never heard back from them.

Odd, I was directed to a guy called Mark who was brilliant. Constantly updating me with potential cars and then when we did finally find one he was updating me with it's progress along the way. Nice little after touches too when I picked the car up, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them. Seems we both just got a guy on a bad day at the time!

almoststew1990 · 4 Jul 2017 at 18:49

Has anyone bought a replacement BMW roundel? They seem suspiciously cheap on ebay- I assume they're 'fake'?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-Front...ke:BMW&hash=item33b96ed907:g:59AAAOSwMgdXzBZj

grudas · 4 Jul 2017 at 19:40

almoststew1990 said:
Has anyone bought a replacement BMW roundel? They seem suspiciously cheap on ebay- I assume they're 'fake'?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-Front-Emblem-Bonnet-Badge-Boot-Hood-Trunk-82mm-E30-E36-E46-3-5-7-X-Series-/222154381575?fits=Car+Make:BMW&hash=item33b96ed907:g:59AAAOSwMgdXzBZj

They're fake, fine and do the job but start going bad sooner than OEM.

Scania · 4 Jul 2017 at 19:46

grudas said:
They're fake, fine and do the job but start going bad sooner than OEM.

Christ on a bike they must be bad - the bonnet badge on my Sisters X5 50M thingy is already flaking, it's about 6months old!