Man I thought the E53's had problems

[JCL]

Originally Posted by Rockit

I was thinking of buying a X6 M this year.

I was searching the other models and found this...seems BMW is going to have lots of problems with this campaign and their V-8's for a long time to come.

X5 N63 engine recall (Service Bulletin B001314)

You probably shouldn't worry about the X6M with respect to this service bulletin since it isn't included. No S63 engines. May have to do with the additional oil cooler the S63 has.

There was always the potential of residual heat harming the oil with the way the turbos are positioned. What is good to see is that BMW is dealing with it, with a no-cost program for out-of-warranty vehicles.

I had a similar experience with an early HPFP in a 535i. I waited a year for them to get the bugs out after it debuted, but mine still had a problem. They replaced the high pressure fuel pump under warranty when I had a failure, no issues. Didn't have another problem, but they wrote to me and said that they were giving me a 10 year warranty on the fuel injection system. Later, they wrote again and said they now had a new supplier, and wanted to replace the HPFP again at my convenience. They did that, and it was fine again.

I'll buy another new BMW. That said, I will always buy a six cylinder (or possibly another four cylinder) over a V8. Just a more elegant engine.

They do appear to have addressed the root cause, since the latest version of the N63 isn't included in the bulletin, and the F15 which uses the latest version isn't in scope.

[kgbboris]

Every and that's all manufacturers recall most of their cars at some point, fact, its not that that makes them a bad or unreliable car its the way that they deal with the problem, some say you get one chance to bring it in for repairs and if you don't and the recall expires its tuff shit others will track down the owner keep on until its fixed and sometimes even offer the recall years down the line. I work for fiat and kia and kia will replace crankshafts on kia picantos that aren't worth the expense because they realise its their mistake and fix it for free, fiat how ether is a different story. bmw seem to be very good when it comes to fixing their mistakes or unforeseen failures.

[upallnight]

Originally Posted by Rockit

On December 29th, 2014, BMW released Bulletin "B001314" or the "N63 Customer Care Package " affecting any vehicle that saw use of the 4.4-liter V-8 (N63B44O0) within the 5 Series, 6 Series, 7 Series, X5, and X6 model lines manufactured between 2008 and 2013.

Dealership instructions include checking the timing chain for stretching and replacing it if necessary, replacing the fuel injectors, mass air flow sensors, crankcase vent lines, battery, engine vacuum pump and low pressure fuel sensor.

All those repairs alone will be more then what the car is worth if you were to have all those repair done at the dealer without assistance.

[petebmwm]

it's not a recall so much as good it good will from bmw, I see these cars everyday, the ones that get driven and get up to temp never have an issue, the v8's that put around town and never get up to temp have carbon issues, same as every other direct injection engine, vw, audi, mercedes, caddy, are no different. You don't have fuel washing over the valves to keep them clean any more so carbon builds up. bmw stepped up where other manufacterers told people to pound sand and the cars out of warranty...