11-06-2017, 12:07 PM | #23 |
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I've been waiting well over a year and a half to get my airbag replaced (and still waiting). It will probably be 2020 before they can fix this issue.
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The mental gymnastics that some people will go through to defend a brand is... Mind boggling
I'm not suggesting we get out our torches and pitchforks, but this is bad. The failure mode for any electronics equipment should not be "fire". Specifically, electrical engineers go to great lengths to prevent fires. So yeah, it's good to keep a sense of perspective. BMW is doing the right thing here, but this was a mistake. There's no need to jump in and defend this as some kind of expected result of owning an aging car. It's not.
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So it looks like ABC News got BMW to smash their heads to figure out these random fires they reported back in May. Its great news they figured it out. Recalls always suck though.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/bmw-recalls...ry?id=50922136
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I wrote to BMW NA about this when I first read about the recall. They finally got back to me this morning with absolutely no information regarding why they chose not to include 12's. All they had to say was that I have an open recall for the airbag
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11-06-2017, 01:41 PM | #29 |
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My blower motor final stage resistor wiring melted together I have pics but can not post, what a pain in the ass that was. I had to cut the wires to drop the motor as I could not disconnect the melted coupling. could have started a fire for sure.
Wait till they look at the shim job I did there, LOL
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Ah yes, the Ferrari Exclusion Principle rears its ugly head yet again
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Plus, my personal belief is that cars, especially "Luxury" brands, are basically made as disposable items nowadays. They're not being designed or built to be used past 10 years because the original buyers usually switch out for newer models frequently. If you want a 10 year old car that's super reliable go buy a Camry or Accord. I would be more pissed if BMW tried to pretend that they've done nothing wrong while people died. They're addressing the defect, so kudos are deserved for this, IMO.
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Yeah 2009 m3 is included , mine is now .
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Nah, this isn't a real problem! I new this would eventually come up. Someone here said "is it a surprise a 7 year old car has electrical problems"......uh yeah that's a problem. My 1984 Toyota Sr5 has less fucking problems and I beat the shit out of it in the desert constantly. There is no excuse for this shit period. Cheap parts yield cheap operation. What an embarrassment for BMW lately.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...tland-41885513 Not sure if it's a 3 Series GT? Been a few F30s catch fire in the UK over the last 6 months. Most seem to start behind the headlight and an X series ( X5 I think) started around the glove box last week.
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PCV heaters are pretty common. Some Volkswagens even have heaters in the breather tubes and no fires have been reported. The folks in Munich have some 'splainin to do.
This affects my 07 Z4 coupe, I hope Beemer owners don't have Kidde fire extinguishers in their trunks. As I do have Kidde extinguisher in all of my cars..... Will be spending one this weekend just to see if they work Yikes and scary shit
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My 2006 E90 330i caught fire out of the trunk caused by a short in the headlight wiring hardness I think?
2K+ later and the car was fixed. Happened while driving on the highway. Dash went out and there was smoke in the rear view mirror out of the trunk. Opened the trunk and it flamed up quickly. Curious if this problem could have been related to the recall at all. Last edited by gotgemini2000; 11-06-2017 at 09:22 PM.. |
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