Originally Posted by TerminatorX5

being on this forum for a few years, and being on the other forums even longer (since the E34 days), I always knew that the BMW has issues with things, like Alusil/Nikasil issues, if anyone remembers, like skewed seatbacks on the older beemers, missing pixels, CCV issues with the blue smoke, the valve guides... however, some issues were addressed by the BMW NA/BMW AG, some were addressed by the enthusiast base, and most things were repairable... even the chain guide nightmare...
so, those things did not phase off me off the marque, things happen, some brands are better, some are worse than the others...


however, a sudden death of an engine, without any warning - that is very upsetting... at least, what i would hope to hear, that the BMW NA would send out a COMPETENT factory engineer to come out and INVESTIGATE the reason for such an epic, catastrophic failure - such a sudden death can deter many potential buyer, both new to the marque, and old veterans...
a failure of something that was neglected, abused or otherwise leading to the failure - it is understandable.

a failure of a pampered car - it is so damn serious that we all should worry about this, and the reason for the failure should be investigated.

Lex, try to escalate the issue, and even seek some media attention - there is another thread here with Bnagy, where a dealer killed his engine... that case is very bad, but we all know what happened there.

in your case - it is the UNKNOWN factor that scares the ownership base...

If the COMPETENT engineer from BMW NA or BMW AG determines the cause of the failure, we all need to know what it was, so it can be mitigated.

if we all start "dumping" our cars on the market, it will drop their value, it will drop the resale value of the new cars, and the word of mouth will damage the reputation of the brand.

I do not know if we can start a petition to the BMW NA, but i know for a fact, that the membership base of the xOutpost is in tens of thousands registered members, and thousands upon thousands of people who troll, this forum is visited by people from other series and even other marques... I sure hope that the BMW corporate is reading these threads, these posts and somebody high enough on the ladder can make an executive decision in reference to your problem...

we can't just let an unknown cancer kill an engine, and just walk away from it...

what do other members think?