romeokc10:

I don't know about that. I certainly understood he was venting.

BMW doesn't owe him anything. He bought a six year old used car. Take it up with the previous owner.

If people suffer from broken clips on their window regulators they can complain all they like. But once they know why the clips break, and continue to slam doors with the glass lowered and not supported, some of us just have less sympathy for them. Sure it would be nice if the clips didn't break. But the purpose of communities like this is to share info and solutions. Being part of this community but ignoring the info seems counterproductive.

Another thing that many of us in this community know is that reliability is not at the top of BMW's priority list. This isn't a surprise. It is what it is. I wouldn't vote for BMW spending more development money on reliability issues, since that would make the vehicle more expensive. If I wanted more reliability and was willing to trade off things that BMW does well, I would just buy something else. I wouldn't ask them to change their development priorities.

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