Anybody familiar with this recall ?

[WingZeroX5]

FINALLY they admitted that this problem is present and exactly the same across the E9X platform. Time to get my money back

[Exclusivs]

I haven't even gotten notification of blower recall? OR gone and done the Airbag yet. Now another?

[sibhusz06]

Had this recall performed on my prior 328xi, as it suffered from the intermittent power cutoff, it was very dangerous, as id be driving on the highway and suddenly the revs would immediately drop and id lose steering, the car would jerk and then power came on back on again. Electronic contacts get hotter with current flowing as well as higher ambient temps, the cables connector to the terminal is the issue. The fuse box design and cabling are similar across the E series cars so its something to be mindful of and worth doing.

[msan]

Originally Posted by WingZeroX5

FINALLY they admitted that this problem is present and exactly the same across the E9X platform. Time to get my money back

Did you get reimbursed? I've been waiting for this to be a recall and not a TSB so that I could get reimbursed for a very expensive repair 5 years ago...Finally got my notice in the mail yesterday

[AkoSiJoey]

Dealer replaced mine when they did the airbag and blower motor recall 2 months ago.

[Exclusivs]

Originally Posted by AkoSiJoey

Dealer replaced mine when they did the airbag and blower motor recall 2 months ago.

Approximately how long did this take?

I've got all 3 to do now - and would prefer to wait while the work is done.

[WingZeroX5]

Originally Posted by msan

Did you get reimbursed? I've been waiting for this to be a recall and not a TSB so that I could get reimbursed for a very expensive repair 5 years ago...Finally got my notice in the mail yesterday

So the only thing that was out of pocket for me was the $20 cable, which I purchased at my local dealer. I'm not going to ask for $20 back. The time and effort required isn't worth it.

[bmwm3s65]

Has anyone put a valet tune on their car when bringing it to the dealer? I dont trust them. Would they refuse to work on my car because i put a valet tune on it?

[AkoSiJoey]

Originally Posted by Exclusivs

Approximately how long did this take?

I've got all 3 to do now - and would prefer to wait while the work is done.

Took about 4 hrs.

[msan]

Originally Posted by WingZeroX5

So the only thing that was out of pocket for me was the $20 cable, which I purchased at my local dealer. I'm not going to ask for $20 back. The time and effort required isn't worth it.

I see. My Indy didn’t know about this problem 5 years ago since m3s were not part of the original recall. They replaced the whole cable from truck to glovebox so it was quite expensive for me

[deaz4m]

getting mine done friday.

[romero1990]

anyone got told by SA at BMW that this recall is internally described as "repair/replace"? The SA told me it could be just a repair. But our letters from BMW/NHTSA calls for replace. sounds like some discrepancy here.

[E92M3GA]

Does anyone else think this is a half-ass fix by splicing in a new cable end? (Seems that way to me—but I’m no engineer)

[krisjs1767]

I took the M3 to Seattle BMW for power supply system and heater wire recall. Upon leaving their store, ABS failure warning came on.

I went back to the store and left the car there over the weekend. The next week, they said they were going to replace the fuse box at no charge as part of the recall repair.

After the fuse box was replaced, the service manager took the car home overnight on Thursday and the warning came on again. I left the car for more testing.

Today, I got this message from them:

"We have concluded diagnosis and all signs point to a failing DCS module and hydraulic pump assembly. We are reaching out to BMW next week to go over our findings and your situation. This may take a few days, either management or I will reach out once we have more information. May be going into end of next week at this time."

Does this sound plausible? I had absolutely no problem with the car (or ABS) until leaving their parking lot after the recall work.

[Bpark1977]

Originally Posted by krisjs1767

I took the M3 to Seattle BMW for power supply system and heater wire recall. Upon leaving their store, ABS failure warning came on.

I went back to the store and left the car there over the weekend. The next week, they said they were going to replace the fuse box at no charge as part of the recall repair.

After the fuse box was replaced, the service manager took the car home overnight on Thursday and the warning came on again. I left the car for more testing.

Today, I got this message from them:

"We have concluded diagnosis and all signs point to a failing DCS module and hydraulic pump assembly. We are reaching out to BMW next week to go over our findings and your situation. This may take a few days, either management or I will reach out once we have more information. May be going into end of next week at this time."

Does this sound plausible? I had absolutely no problem with the car (or ABS) until leaving their parking lot after the recall work.

The service manager took it home? Why? I would not be ok with that.
From my personal experience, the service team at Bellevue is easier to deal with.
The heater and battery cable recalls have no impact on DSC or ABS, although those two systems work in tandem as part of the overall stability programming.
Not sure what to say about it all but if you wanna pm me, I can refer you to my advisor and tech at Bellevue.
GL and sorry to hear she's acting up on ya.

[ItsGary]

Originally Posted by Bpark1977

The service manager took it home? Why? I would not be ok with that.
From my personal experience, the service team at Bellevue is easier to deal with.
The heater and battery cable recalls have no impact on DSC or ABS, although those two systems work in tandem as part of the overall stability programming.
Not sure what to say about it all but if you wanna pm me, I can refer you to my advisor and tech at Bellevue.
GL and sorry to hear she's acting up on ya.

Techs often take vehicles home to see if they can replicate an issue the customer complained about. Fairly common, almost all of the time they ask before they do so.

[georgebmwM3]

Had mine done 4 days ago with an oil change. Got a call at 1600 and told car is ready. I went out to start my car and the battery was dead. I got a jump from the dealer. Service manager stated that the door could have been left open and caused the battery to die... Seriously???? The dealer had the car the entire day from 0900-1630. While driving, I noticed that the voice commands were not working properly. Drove home, put the car on a battery CTEK charging system. Recharged over 2 days and battery checked out well when I ran a systems check on the battery. Started the M3 and all electronics work in vehicle to include voice commands, nav, iPhone, iPod plug-in, XM radio etc... Original 12 year old battery still in car. I don't know how much longer it will last, but it's holding a charge now.

[ItsGary]

Originally Posted by georgebmwM3

Had mine done 4 days ago with an oil change. Got a call at 1600 and told car is ready. I went out to start my car and the battery was dead. I got a jump from the dealer. Service manager stated that the door could have been left open and caused the battery to die... Seriously???? The dealer had the car the entire day from 0900-1630. While driving, I noticed that the voice commands were not working properly. Drove home, put the car on a battery CTEK charging system. Recharged over 2 days and battery checked out well when I ran a systems check on the battery. Started the M3 and all electronics work in vehicle to include voice commands, nav, iPhone, iPod plug-in, XM radio etc... Original 12 year old battery still in car. I don't know how much longer it will last, but it's holding a charge now.

Did you really try to blame the dealer that your 12 year old car battery was dead? How often is it off the CTEK and not being driven? Your battery is well overdue for replacement.

Check the negative terminal to see your battery build date. Should be two numbers

XX
ZZ

XX = Week
ZZ = Year

[georgebmwM3]

It's been off the tender since Friday. Still fine. My concern is why the door stayed open over the day while servicing the vehicle.

[ItsGary]

Originally Posted by georgebmwM3

It's been off the tender since Friday. Still fine. My concern is why the door stayed open over the day while servicing the vehicle.

I believe the part of the cable that gets spliced is under the glovebox/behind. Hence why the door was left open.

[6ixSpd]

Originally Posted by georgebmwM3

It's been off the tender since Friday. Still fine. My concern is why the door stayed open over the day while servicing the vehicle.

Lol.