DIY Insp11 and warrenty

[JMFTOR]

I am approaching 55K on my 2005 4.4 with CPO and plan on doing the insp11 at my indy Mech. However i am unclear how this effect my CPO warranty and what prove do I need to show the dealer that the Insp11 complied with their standards.
Does anybody have the Insp 11 list the stealer uses?

[JCL]

It is on the X5World home page, under BMW Service Schedule. All the checks are listed.

http://www.xoutpost.com/articles/x5/e...-schedule.html

[JMFTOR]

Thanks JCL for the link, will doing the Insp11 at an Indy shop effect my warranty down the road?

[JCL]

Not if the independent mechanic uses warranty-approved fluids, and filters that are built to BMW specs (easiest just to use OEM for these). Save your receipts.

[X5 Meister]

It has nothing to do with your CPO warranty. When did your 4 yr/50,000 mile warranty expire? Did you get Inspection I done under it...if so at what mileage/date?

If you have extended maintenance plan then Inspection II will be covered as well. If you don't have it then you can still get it, it's not too late; you have until 5 years/60,000 miles.

[JCL]

Originally Posted by mgruber

It has nothing to do with your CPO warranty. When did your 4 yr/50,000 mile warranty expire? Did you get Inspection I done under it...if so at what mileage/date?

If you have extended maintenance plan then Inspection II will be covered as well. If you don't have it then you can still get it, it's not too late; you have until 5 years/60,000 miles.

I don't understand your response. It is a good question. The poster is in Canada. Unless the poster bought a separate maintenance plan, maintenance work is not covered, which is why he is asking about independent mechanics doing the work.

Any warranty, standard or extended, CPO or not, does require that the vehicle be maintained in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. They won't require that they do the work, but they will require that it is done, with approved fluids and filters, if you make a claim and they feel that the claim is due to lack of maintenance.

[X5 Meister]

What's not to understand about my response? He asked if doing an Inspection II by an indy shop would affect his CPO. His CPO will cover some repairs and has nothing to do with whether or not he changed his oil on time.

The rest of my reply was purely informative and asking questions for more information. I'm curious when his Inspection I was done and at what mileage, etc. I also noted that rather than have an indy shop do all his maintenance work, it might be more cost effective for him to get the extended maintenance plan. That's all.

[JCL]

Originally Posted by mgruber

What's not to understand about my response? He asked if doing an Inspection II by an indy shop would affect his CPO. His CPO will cover some repairs and has nothing to do with whether or not he changed his oil on time.

That is simply not true. The validity of his CPO coverage has everything to do with whether the vehicle was maintained according to BMW recommendations. Try not changing your oil, and when your engine fails tell BMW you want warranty for it under your CPO. Good luck with that.

[X5 Meister]

Based on that premise, you are saying that all maintenance work needs to be done by BMW, because otherwise the dealer really has no proof it was done. Oil change aside, Inspection II is a check of the car. Nothing gets 'changed.' Transmission fluid 100,000 miles, spark plugs 100,000 miles, Oxygen sensors now 120,000 miles. Everything falls JUST out of CPO. So again, outside of oil changes, which the owner can do anytime, or not at all, what is so critical in an Inspection that would result in a dealer NOT warranting a CPO car?

[JCL]

I am not saying that at all. I am saying that if you don't maintain your vehicle according to BMW recommendations (wherever you get it done, at a dealer, independent mechanic, or at home) then if you have a failure of that component you are likely to have to prove that you did the called-for maintenance on the impacted component. Read your owner's manual and warranty certificate. Receipts for warranty-approved oil would be an example of that proof.

Using warranty-approved fluids, and filters, are exactly what I said above in post #2. Keeping the receipts was the rest of the answer in post #4.

If you read the Inspection II list, you will see that it is a series of checks. Based on any particular fluid level being low (brake fluid, PS fluid, coolant, diffs, transfer case) they should be topped up. How are you going to do that without adding fluid? When you do your own Inspection I or II, would you check the fluids and not top them up if they were low? Additionally, some owners decide to change fluids at Inspection II, whether it is called for or not. Again, make sure you use warranty-approved fluids.

Yes, the owner can do oil changes anytime, but it would be a good idea to not exceed BMW recommendations for those change intervals if you plan to keep your warranty coverage valid.

It really isn't that complicated. I answered the OP's question in posts 2 and 4. Since then, we have been off on a tangent, and I'm not sure why. You seem to be implying that doing maintenance is optional, while warranty coverage is an inalienable right, regardless of whether that maintenance was carried out.