Recent Recall on 2008 - 2013 BMW M3's?

[MysticBlue]

Originally Posted by Flying Ace

The NHTSA site says this...

Currently BMW has:
6,716 (1.8%) Driver-side Air Bags Repaired

BMW has delayed completion:


Proposed New Priority Group Timelines (paragraph 39)
Priority Group 1 August 31, 2016
Priority Group 2 February 28, 2017
Priority Group 3 May 31, 2017
Proposed new Remedy Completion Target Deadlines (paragraph 40)
Priority Group 1 May 31, 2018
Priority Group 2 May 31, 2018
Priority Group 3 May 31, 2018
Priority Group 4 May31, 2020

BMWNA must have a map or some guidelines or policy cooked up on what priority group each car falls in. I would love to see it. I know it has something to do with humidity. Is it where the car was sold? Where it has spent most of it's life? (How would they know?) Where does Portland, for instance, fall into the humidity ranking?

[uisim]

Damn... That's a long waiting period so this means you can not buy some of these cars for years to come?!?!? Also, is this ban on selling only for BMW dealers? Or every legitimate dealer. Say the used car lot down the street or from A Honda dealer?

[3Pedals_6Speeds]

Originally Posted by MysticBlue

BMWNA must have a map or some guidelines or policy cooked up on what priority group each car falls in. I would love to see it. I know it has something to do with humidity. Is it where the car was sold? Where it has spent most of it's life? (How would they know?) Where does Portland, for instance, fall into the humidity ranking?

The NHTSA link earlier has a limited listing, but it stops at Priority 3, and LOTS of cars are not included (barely anything >2006), so I imagine there is a list somewhere of every model/year combination's priority, but I can't find it.

[5.4 Shelby]

Originally Posted by uisim

Damn... That's a long waiting period so this means you can not buy some of these cars for years to come?!?!? Also, is this ban on selling only for BMW dealers? Or every legitimate dealer. Say the used car lot down the street or from A Honda dealer?

My understanding is only BMW is required not to sell their cars and Honda is required to not sell their Honda/Acura cars, etc. But, I was looking at an M3 at an Audi dealership and they are voluntarily withholding the sale of affected cars.

The market is likely going to get dry. The good news is, it should saturate once the cars are being fixed.

[RaezerSharp]

If they can't sell while in recall why are there 39 Used BMW M3s 2008-2012 for sale in a 500 mile radius of my home on CARS.COM?
373 available in all miles radius.

[hpapad01]

Originally Posted by raezer_gl

If they can't sell while in recall why are there 39 Used BMW M3s 2008-2012 for sale in a 500 mile radius of my home on CARS.COM?
373 available in all miles radius.

ONLY the BMW dealers are not able to sell these cars. An Independent Dealer or an Individual can sell without any issues.

[GRUESOM3]

This might command a higher price for one right now. Supply and demand.

I will take 60k for my low milage e90 6mt lol

[5.4 Shelby]

Originally Posted by GRUESOM3

This might command a higher price for one right now. Supply and demand.

I will take 60k for my low milage e90 6mt lol

Yes. My hope is that they will flood the market when the repairs start and prices dive. Long enough for me to get a great deal. Then go back up.

[m3virgin]

Hey friends,

Was at my local BMW dealership yesterday and caught word that they are beginning to get in some of the vehicles effected by the recall.

They'll be for sale again, more than likely in small waves of vehicles at a time floating into the dealerships...

Again, as I'm a skeptic - no idea if this is bullshit or not, but they're pretty informed over there, so I'd imagine that it's truthful info.

In the meantime, I'm still looking for the perfect E92 2013 M3, or considering the newer M4...

[Genericuser1]

Just ordered a Mini for my wife and I'll be trading in my M3 or at least I thought I was. They won't even give me an evaluation on my car because of the airbag. I'm going to end up losing out on almost $2k of tax savings because of this shit.

[Candide13]

I received the recall letter weeks ago etc. and out of boredom today I typed my VIN into the BMW website about safety recall. To my surprise it now tells me that there is no recall for my car...I could swear that I checked this some weeks ago and the recall was there.

Anyone else experiencing the same?



Edit: also just checked the NHTSA tool, same negative answer..

[pduffy]

Originally Posted by Candide13

I received the recall letter weeks ago etc. and out of boredom today I typed my VIN into the BMW website about safety recall. To my surprise it now tells me that there is no recall for my car...I could swear that I checked this some weeks ago and the recall was there.

Anyone else experiencing the same?



Edit: also just checked the NHTSA tool, same negative answer..

Yes, I had the exact same thing happen to me. I got two recall notices in the mail at the end of March - one for my 2011 X5 35i (M Sport Package) and one for my e92 2013 335xi (M Sport package). Today I plugged in both VINs to the BMW recall site and to safecar.gov. Both sites said there are 0 recalls affecting both vehicles. I wonder if true M and M sport vehicles are not affected due to a different steering wheel?

[BimmerRookie]

Originally Posted by Candide13

I received the recall letter weeks ago etc. and out of boredom today I typed my VIN into the BMW website about safety recall. To my surprise it now tells me that there is no recall for my car...I could swear that I checked this some weeks ago and the recall was there.

Anyone else experiencing the same?



Edit: also just checked the NHTSA tool, same negative answer..

Out of curiosity, I just checked as well and I'm off the list...somethings awfully fishy

[hpapad01]

Originally Posted by Genericuser1

Just ordered a Mini for my wife and I'll be trading in my M3 or at least I thought I was. They won't even give me an evaluation on my car because of the airbag. I'm going to end up losing out on almost $2k of tax savings because of this shit.

Take it to a CarMax, if one available.

[car_fan]

Originally Posted by Genericuser1

Just ordered a Mini for my wife and I'll be trading in my M3 or at least I thought I was. They won't even give me an evaluation on my car because of the airbag. I'm going to end up losing out on almost $2k of tax savings because of this shit.

There are incentives for affected vehicles from BMWFS for trade credit against BMW vehicles. Although MINI falls under the BMW corporate umbrella, MINI and MINIFS is a separate entity. Seemingly they should be xtend the trade credit to MINI as well.

[nobodyhere]

Originally Posted by BimmerRookie

Out of curiosity, I just checked as well and I'm off the list...somethings awfully fishy

I checked as well. My VIN which had the airbag letter, now has 0 open recalls.

... what's going on... ... will await more information...

[3Pedals_6Speeds]

Originally Posted by nobodyhere

I checked as well. My VIN which had the airbag letter, now has 0 open recalls.

... what's going on... ... will await more information...

Same here, suddenly no open recall (2013 E93). Very interesting.

[UPSROD]

My 2013 also now has 0 recalls....it had 1 the last time I ran it and before I got the letter.

[O2ShootTheJ]

my 2008 also no longer has a recall and did have one a few weeks ago when I checked. VERY suspicious

[AdonM3]

Same here, got a letter from BMW saying my 2011 is on the list for the airbag recall. Checked today on BMW's website and my vin shows 0 recalls.

[bimmerfrk]

same here no recall. Yay my car is fixed.!!!

[3Pedals_6Speeds]

I just checked with a trusted source within BMW. Apparently there is a database issue that is causing customer-facing websites like the ones we're all using to report no recalls. BMW's internal system still shows the recall on my car.