What is happening to BMW

[FourPointEight-is]

Originally Posted by 14thbmw

I've owned several high mileage BMWs going back to a 2002, Bavaria, 7-series and others. Currently I have a 2005 X5 4.8is with almost 160k miles and a 2008 X5 4.8i about to turn 100k miles. For 40 years I've heard that the high series BMWs (7 series, 6 series, X5, M) are super expensive to maintain, and are crap as they approach 100k miles.

In my experience that is just rubbish.

This has been my experience as well and I've owned various french & italian cars that are not exactly known for their reliability.

But unfortunately my luck ran out when I ended up with my X5 - I thought it is a good buy since it had service history along with previous owner already spending several thousand on it (with receipts) for new radiator/hoses, reconditioned transmission, replaced valve stem seals etc. Now, the valley pan is leaking coolant, one of the windows won't go down (probably the regulator) and the engine is leaking a oil from various places. Also automatic kerb monitoring mirror tilt doesn't work properly but the mirror definitely moves!

I mean, that pisses me off. My feeling is that it is a vocal minority that have had bad experiences that spread these myths. Then these types of myths are (allegedly) perpetuated further by independent repair shops so they can charge you a lot of money.

https://www.consumerreports.org/car-...they-stack-up/

I think in this day and age if your product is SUBSTANTIALLY more unreliable than the competition it will be very difficult to keep the company running... it's not like BMW is the ONLY option for luxury/performance vehicles.