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Originally Posted by NVGoldendog
My car was fine till I took it to the dealer. The first time I took it, I went ot pick it up and it didn't start at the dealer. If I did something to it, then I would agree maybe I screwed it up. But that is not the case, as it sat in the garage most of the time. After they had it 8 weeks and I got it back it failed a second time within a month. Then they had it for another 8 weeks. They put on the paperwork that the brake switch was not from my vehicle and from a mini cooper. Well what I find stange is that the dealer was the one that told me it had something to do with the brake switch and they had changed it on the first incident, as well as they service mini coopers. Why the heck would I go and put a mini cooper brake switch in my car, when I don't even know where it is actually at or how to change it. When I got it back the second time the interior was dmaaged and it went back several more times to get fixed cosmetically because it was not correct.
This third time of the same issue as it was from the first time. I didn't do anything to my vehicle, I actually really like the X5, but the dealer and BMWNA are not my firends.
As you guys suggested I researched the lemon law and it is 60 days past the first year, so the law doesn't apply in my state (Las Vegas, NV). I guess I will need to start looking for a lawyer and see what I come up with. There has to be some recourse or some law I hope on my side, otherwise I am going to keep making payments on a dead vehicle which doesn't sound very fair to me.
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Based on this, it sounds like Desert BMW may have hacked the car, and is now circling the wagons. They've 'co-opted' the BMW regional rep, by showing him "look at what this owner has done".
Unfortunately, you are not a car mechanic and don't have the expertise to investigate.
"60 days past the first year" would seem to apply to you, no? 8 weeks?
If I was your atty, in prep for the case I'd want to subpoena everyone involved with the first repair- parts, service, mechanic..and determine the local stock AT THE DEALERSHIP for the part that was replaced, AND the part that they SAID was replaced (ie if the paperwork showed they put in a BMW switch, their parts stock documents had better show that in stock....) Sadly, to get to this point will costs tens of thousands.
The real trick is to quickly come up with a legal argument that you can support, AND get this in front of someone at Desert that can make a decision. This is not sounding like a BMWNA issue, more like a Desert BMW issue. Have you googled their name? I seem to recall significant negatives. Maybe find a new set of local eyes....
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