Well I would definately say that it is highly probable that i wouldn't have gotten jack if I didn't reference your case. It also helps to know what you are talking about when it comes to the technical stuff.
I agree they should have paid for it all, but some is much better than none.
As for the seal, you are right it should not be an issue. Exactly why it is I don't really know. It sounds like the bolts are the culprit to me, funny that this is not seen on the later year vehicles. Obviously they found out about the problem, kept it hush-hush and fixed it on the later year vehicles. I think BMW is really good about doing this secrecy shit.
I have heard things about the original magic wheels being totally messed up and BMW very quietly giving customers completely brand new vehicles while they fixed all the defective units and then re-sold the vehicles. Countless stories about tranmissions time after time having major malfunctions on BRAND new high $ vehicles. Everyone knows the window parts suck total ass. This is the result of cutting corners, sacrificing quality for quantity. Maybe it is hit or miss, or is it model/year specific?
I have even heard of a lawyer who won a huge class act law suit against BMW becuase a certain year 7 series split in half like warm bread when it got t-boned, killing two children in the rear seat. The lawyer bought a brand new 7-series and had it cut in half as evidence in which the cross-section very clearly exposed the spotty welds that were at the time being made by drunken factory workers in one of the german plants.
I must say though, that I love BMW's and I love my car, and that I am happy that i got somewhat taken care of but i shouldn't have to piss and moan for that, definately not for BMW price tags. Things have changed big time for BMW. The german built enthusiast "Ultimate Driving Machine" is not built the way it used to be. The engineering and the words on sitckers on the vehicle might still be german, but they are being built right here in our backyard and perhaps the ones still being built in germany are not being built with the same care and precision as they once were.
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Originally Posted by withidl
Ah.......patience and persistence.........that's how I got through college! Ya did good even though BMWNA should have done ya better.
Problems like the premature failure of a torque converter radial seal, which in absolutely no way can be related to "normal wear and tear", should be 100% warrantied by BMWNA as their failure to do so negatively impacts Customer perception that their high $$$$$ vehicle is high quality. Customers pay high $$$$$ with the assumption of high quality. It's a shame that many at BMWNA and many of their dealers just don't get it.
I'm glad I could be of some help in your coercing BMWNA to partially do the right thing.
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