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Originally Posted by BG624
You have oil, the light means the oil level is low.
New engines use oil as they break in and needing oil after the first 3500 miles is not a surprise or a problem. You should periodically check the oil level and not wait for a light.
If this is the only issue you've had you have a good car.
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Is the assertion that this is unique to BMW vehicles? I have had 16 vehicles over the last 9 years. Two of them were BMWs. I've never had the oil get so low that it doesn't register on the dipstick. One the cars (a Honda S2000) was a very high-reving car, which would likely burn more oil. (And it did.) But during the course of the first five thousand miles, there was never a point where the total oil replaced was equal to all of the oil the engine could hold.
I've seen that rationale here a few times, and I have to say that it doesn't wash with me...unless it is unique to BMWs.
Joel