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Question for any F10 specialists.

My F10 LCI 530D has started to feel unstable at high speed. On the motorway if you hit a bump or a catseye it randomly feels like it pulls to one side. Almost feels like you are aquaplaning. If road surface is smooth it drives straight.

I have replaced the Front axle lower control arms and the front track control arms (ball joints on these were shot and rubber bushings cracked). I have had front wheels rebalanced and tracking/wheel alignment checked. During this they said track rods were fine.

I don't really want to take it to BMW and the local specialist I have used in the past I have no confidence in. Thought I would ask here incase anyone has any XP with something similar.
 
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Diagro said:
That audi one... was nothing to do with the Ghost. Was the steering rack.

The ghost was the scapegoat that Audi tried to use.
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you're not wrong, it was indeed nothing to do with the ghost.
however, the point is that you'd invalidate the warranty as soon as you install something non-oem, as you rightly said, they'll use it as a scapegoat for anything else that happens
would i personally want to risk a brand new x5 50e? not a hell's chance lol
 
tamzzy said:
you're not wrong, it was indeed nothing to do with the ghost.
however, the point is that you'd invalidate the warranty as soon as you install something non-oem, as you rightly said, they'll use it as a scapegoat for anything else that happens
would i personally want to risk a brand new x5 50e? not a hell's chance lol
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Have you had a direct experience of your warranty being invalidated by fitting a ghost immobiliser? I would think that maybe if an electrical fault occurred after it was installed then a dealership might chance their luck. However thousands of dashcams have been fitted without any warranty issues.
I can understand that a ghost immobiliser install is more 'intrusive' than a dashcam is however the ghost is hardly a band aid setup and has been around, with insurance approval, for quite sometime.
 
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My 420i (21 plate) has suddenly started making a double gong sound when starting the car or when it comes out of the start/stop.

I am sure it has something to do with the auto hold/handbrake, the sound is coming from the centre console/armrest area.
Anyone else have this?

Thanks
 
cuke2u said:
Have you had a direct experience of your warranty being invalidated by fitting a ghost immobiliser? I would think that maybe if an electrical fault occurred after it was installed then a dealership might chance their luck. However thousands of dashcams have been fitted without any warranty issues.
I can understand that a ghost immobiliser install is more 'intrusive' than a dashcam is however the ghost is hardly a band aid setup and has been around, with insurance approval, for quite sometime.
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i haven't and wouldn't want to take the chance
it will be fine for that 99.9% of installs, but i really don't want to be that 0.1% where something electric goes wrong after and the ghost gets blamed (rightly or wrongly) and the warranty gets invalidated
 
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