Class Action Law Firm takes on BMW

[JCL]

Originally Posted by FSETH

You are probably right about the declining long-term reliability of any modern BMW.....

I wouldn't limit it to BMW. I don't think many other brands with similar performance are much different. BMW is just a little worse IMO because of their love of technological complexity, which accelerates the obsolescence process. It is frustrating, because the engines themselves are brilliant, and could go much longer.

[bigx5er]

That is a crazy lawsuit. Something tells me the only people that will benefit are the lawyers.

BMW had fuel pump issues across many cars in 2008. My X5 had three of them and my SA talked about all kinds of issues. But -- they did fix them and appear to have caught up with the problem.

I agree with other posters, BMW is making it difficult to want to own a car out of warranty.

[FSETH]

Originally Posted by JCL

I wouldn't limit it to BMW. I don't think many other brands with similar performance are much different. BMW is just a little worse IMO because of their love of technological complexity, which accelerates the obsolescence process. It is frustrating, because the engines themselves are brilliant, and could go much longer.

Probably right once again, but it seems that the N/A six would be cheaper to maintain and more reliable for long term ownership. I mean, BMW has the N/A straight six thing down to a science by now, but turbos, overheating issues, hpfp failures, etc. How can it be as reliable as the N/A version?

[JCL]

I think that the NA version may be slightly more reliable, partly because of the lower stress and partly because of fewer components, but I think it is not as big an impact as the difference between the direct injected version and not.

I also think an E46 would be more reliable and cheaper to get to high mileage than the E90, since the platform is simpler. Some of the electronics that cost $$$ have nothing to do with the engine.