I'm sorry to hear about the problems you are having with your X5. Unfortunately it's been my experience that once your factory warranty expires with any vehicle, the dealerships give you a hard time no matter what make it is. I had a similar problem with my last Toyota, the dealer acted like I was bothering them with defects that weren't covered anymore since my warranty had just expired........
I do agree that there are things on every car that should last longer than the life of the vehicle. Unfortunately it seems that's not the case for BMW. I guess there is a reason most people lease them.
I'll be looking into the extended warranty for my BMW once the factory warranty starts to near it's end if I decide to keep it past the warranty.
Good luck with your next purchase, hope you have better luck.
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Originally Posted by evilFBW
I have a 2001 X5 4.4 (plus a 545 ‘04, R1100RT motorcycle, 325 ‘95) and love to drive the car. It performs nicely and rides like on tracks.
However the quality of some the components (window regulators, battery, electrical components, coolant leaks) used in this car are lacking the BMW luxury standard. Since the warranty expired I have been to the BMW service more than 6 times (in within 3week timeframe). It literally seems that the car (price tag $55k) is designed to fall apart at the end of the warranty period (mileage 56k).
What is worse is that BMW North America does not care.
The latter actually made me decide to get rid of my BMWs and switch to another Brand which cares about their customers.  |