It was interesting to hear that the service manager where I had my oil change / xDrive fluid change done today literally knew nothing about the recall. I provided him a copy of the January Email to dealers, January letter I received and emails to customer service with their response. He said he would get into it and if possible just order the part and goodwill it after I gave him my sad story that began in Oct 13. That response shows me he really didn't know anything about it. I bet if he tries to order the part he won't be able to since the new and improved part is simply not available and they aren't distributing the old part anymore.

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Current BMW's:
2013 E70 X5 xDrive35i Premium (mine)
2014 F25 X3 xDrive28i (hers)
Past BMW's:
2001 E46 325i
2001 E46 330ci
2003 E39 525i
2006 E53 X5 3.0i
2008 E70 X5 3.0i
2014 E84 X1