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Originally Posted by AzNMpower32
My 2004 X3 has almost every electronic option except sat nav. It's parked outside most of the time. It's seen scorching summer heat and severe cold (-18°C overnight). I've left the radar detector plugged in overnight. I've left my aftermarket parking lights on for 7 hours by accident. The car is almost 7 years old with 100k miles. The battery has never failed (knock on wood) and still runs strong.
My mom's 2006 325i has every option except sat nav, but including the notorious battery-drain Comfort Access. Still starts fine too.
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That's they way it should be.
BMW messed-up and they are stonewalling it and shooting themselves in the foot.
Maybe you should write to the local Problem Solver column in the Phoenix newspaper or TV station. I visit there once or twice a year and recall they have a similar column. Companies seem to take a more personal interest in your problems when they realize what they did, or didn't, do to fix it might be in the Sunday newspaper. You might try this:
Online Complaint Form - 12 News - azcentral.com
And provide a link to the Chicago Tribune article in your complaint so they can see what another newspaper did.
I wonder what is it worth in BMW advertising dollars to have an article in the Chicago Tribune start-out like this:
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"John Bergee paid almost $45,000 last fall for his used 2008
BMW 535i sedan.
At the time, the Champaign resident thought he was buying a well-made luxury machine.
What he got, he says, is a very expensive driveway ornament.
Repeatedly the car's battery has drained while sitting in his garage, leaving him unable to start the vehicle."
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I wonder how many thousand of dollars of "Joy of Driving" advertising it takes in the Chicago area to offset that article?
I hope someone at BMW is computing that number...