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Originally Posted by paqs
4-5 with this issue, half a dozen with the whiring, vanos issue with mine and this is only what we know about, how many Ms do they make a year, 200? This is a terrible percentage of cars with problems, if the Chevy Impala had a similar percentage you'd have 8000 cars with faults pro rata.
That said I am having a replacement but I doubt they would have given me the money back anyway, I am having to wait until March for my replacement so I'm roughing it in a 2010 X6 3.0D
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There are well more than 200 a year made. Not sure of the numbers but my guess is maybe 5% of total annual production? Maybe 5K to 10K a year? Again this is just a guess. Remember people typically with perfect cars don't complain so if you were to add up all the unique people here that have had a serious issue. Myself included, though I do not consider the whining a serious issue as it never had any impact on the performance or usability of the car.. then I think you would be suprised to see how few the numbers are. Take that number multiply it by 20 for people having issues that don't subscribe or post to any thread and you would likley see the overall percentage is very small... Owning one I would never discourgae someone who was interested in one to look elsewhere. Bottom line it is a fabulous vehicle.
I feel for the people here that have had or are having issues as I was one of those at one time with another vehicle. I do know first hand how frustrating it is to not have your car. But at the same time we should not automatically conclude that they are all bad and not recommend them. Remember we need to sell these things someday....