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View Poll Results: so? what fruit have i got?!
lemonade: 100% no doubt, lemon law applies 2 15.38%
lime: lemon law should prob apply 7 53.85%
pineapple: no idea 1 7.69%
pear: probably not 1 7.69%
apple: definitely not 2 15.38%
Voters: 13. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 03-10-2008, 09:33 PM
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Exclamation UPDATE (please read) my e46 m3 is a lemon?! what do you think?!

So the car has about 65K miles, still under extended BMW warranty (and so therefore still protected by lemon law).

So what do you guys think?

In the past 12 months:

* 33+ days in shop

* 5x for faulty trunk lid

* 4x for front alignment issues

* 3x for (a) faulty right catalytic converter; (b) faulty o2 sensor; (c) faulty replaced o2 sensor; (d) swaped (replaced?) injectors

* 2x alternator problems and filure

* 2x stereo/nav unit

* and bunches of other things

ohyeah: and today, a horrible shuddering/low frequency rumble/grinding noise from the rear of the car while engaging 1st or 2nd gear from a stop. i thought i blew the diff or the drive shaft was about to punch through teh floor lol! But i was able to still drive it to BMW San Diego so ...... who knows?! And the problem had greatly reduced by the time i got it there.

shall i keep going? =)
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Old 03-10-2008, 09:44 PM
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That's a lot of problems, but the unfortunate truth is that no lawyer is going to take on a car with 65k miles. Try to get all the issues sorted out while under warranty, or just sell it and look for another one.
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OK. You win. And boy, am I glad my '03 X5 doesn't have any of those problems. Yet... LOL!

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Btw, is this the only service dept it's been to since you've owned it. If so, might be a crappy dealer.
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but lemon law applies to used vehicles AS LONG as under some manufactuer's warranty, including extended warranty.

and yes, pretty much only bmw of san diego
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Quote:
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but lemon law applies to used vehicles AS LONG as under some manufactuer's warranty, including extended warranty.

and yes, pretty much only bmw of san diego
Lemon lawyers don't charge for consult. See what they say.
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agreed. and i have. they're asking for my paperwork which i'm in the process of getting to them.
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ah dude! I remember when you got this car, so excited and all. Now it's giving you problems? Oh well.....
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lol hey what's up man. dude. been nothing BUT problems i'm afraid
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ok so here's an update: lawyer now has all paperwork, he sounds fairly confident, but he'll get back to me soon. he says they rarely have issues with BMW, but the few times that they have, bmw usually cooperates right away.

but check this out: i talked to bmw san diego re: the most recent problem -- the shuddering in the drivetrain -- and they say it's caused because the diff fluid was either (a) incorrectly changed (wrong fluid) or (b) never changed during the Inspection 2 Service which i had done last summer at BMW Mountain View. So I call BMW MV and they're like -- Inspection 2 Service? We don't do dff fluid changes for that! I'm like, um, yeah you do. Try again.

Can you BELIEVE this?! The point is, BECAUSE the fluid should have been changed then, BMW of SD (understandably) say that they will not pay for it again, but they also agree that *I* certainly should not pay for it either.

So we're pressing BMW MV now.

how crazy is this crap.

in all seriousness, everyone, between the drama towards the end of my x5's life last year, and the hell of this m3, coupled with all this service drama, bmw have really manged to alienate me. Seeing the bmw badge literally puts a sour taste in my mouth.

assuming i get enough cash from this lemon law thing, i'm all over a benz of some kind. preferably 2006 E55 or something. man i'm disappointed.
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