Getting service records not allowed?

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Originally Posted by ncal

Still no luck. Can't even seem to get any info on whether or not various recall work was done. I can understand not disclosing any information about the previous owner, but the history of the car is something that should be disclosed I think

This trips many people up.

It isn't the "cars history"... you are asking for the commercial history of business transactions between the prior owner and the independent BMW dealership.

How I treated the car, maintained it or didn't maintain it- damaged it, repaired it- all of this is my business, between me and the company doing the work. Years later that is still my business, not the current owners'.

I've heard talk of asking a prior owner to sign a document agreeing to allow you access to these records- as part of a purchase agreement. This highlights the fact that you buy a car, and the records are a separate 'item'.

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