BMW Service question

d6lc · 05-17-2015, 08:16 PM

So my car has 48k on, and the service indicator says the service is due in 2,600 miles. How's does the free service up to 50k work when the cars says it needs a service at 50,600?

Do BMW still cover that or will they attemp to charge me?

OP3NAIR · 05-17-2015, 08:19 PM

Theres a "buffer zone" on the service. You should be able to bring it in with 49,900 and get them to do it. I dont know what the outer limit of the service window is though.

Douche · 05-17-2015, 08:20 PM

Another thing you can do is drive the car very hard all the time. That will make your service counter decrease the mileage in which service must be done. If you drive it too nicely, it's just going to extend it.

jgoens · 05-17-2015, 10:40 PM

on some things such as oil change there is a mileage when due as well as time..ie once a year. Check that too because sometimes the time is before the mileage.

Efthreeoh · 05-18-2015, 06:42 AM

My dealer told me they'd do the pre-paid service within 1,000 of it's due mileage.

d6lc · 05-18-2015, 08:33 AM

Thanks for the info, good point on the date, I hadnt checked that.

05-17-2015, 08:16 PM	#1
d6lc Private 9 Rep 53 Posts Drives: 2011 328xi Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: MN iTrader: (0)	BMW Service question So my car has 48k on, and the service indicator says the service is due in 2,600 miles. How's does the free service up to 50k work when the cars says it needs a service at 50,600? Do BMW still cover that or will they attemp to charge me?
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05-17-2015, 08:19 PM	#2
OP3NAIR Second Lieutenant 68 Rep 211 Posts Drives: '11 335i e93, '03 325xiT Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: NoVA iTrader: (0)	Theres a "buffer zone" on the service. You should be able to bring it in with 49,900 and get them to do it. I dont know what the outer limit of the service window is though.
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Douche Banned 466 Rep 1,980 Posts Drives: Car Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Location iTrader: (0)	Another thing you can do is drive the car very hard all the time. That will make your service counter decrease the mileage in which service must be done. If you drive it too nicely, it's just going to extend it.
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05-17-2015, 10:40 PM	#4
jgoens Major General 3788 Rep 5,776 Posts Drives: 2013 335i msport Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: San Mateo, CA iTrader: (0)	on some things such as oil change there is a mileage when due as well as time..ie once a year. Check that too because sometimes the time is before the mileage. __________________ 2013 335i Msport Black sapphire/Coral red. MHD. stage 2--e30 VRSF DP, ER CP, Dinan Shockware. VRSF 12mm/15mm spacers. Cobra dashcam. Various codings. Last car: 2011 335i Msport. JB4. Vrsf CP
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05-18-2015, 06:42 AM	#5
Efthreeoh General 17474 Rep 18,823 Posts Drives: The E90 + Z4 Coupe & Z3 R'ster Join Date: May 2012 Location: Virginia iTrader: (0)	My dealer told me they'd do the pre-paid service within 1,000 of it's due mileage. __________________ A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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05-18-2015, 08:33 AM	#6
d6lc Private 9 Rep 53 Posts Drives: 2011 328xi Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: MN iTrader: (0)	Thanks for the info, good point on the date, I hadnt checked that.
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