What unexpected problems BMW owners face after purchase
- December 28, 2022
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Usually, after acquiring a purebred “Bavarian” – both new and used – lucky owners are faced with some difficult charades. And since many clues are not so easy
Usually, after acquiring a purebred “Bavarian” – both new and used – lucky owners are faced with some difficult charades. And since many clues are not so easy to find for those who have recently replenished the army of BMW fans, these puzzles are very disturbing and sometimes even depressing. What kind of problems run those who firmly decided to buy a car with a blue-white propeller on the hood, says the AvtoVzglyad portal.
German cars are the dream of many. Therefore, citizens strive to own them no matter what. Now the demand for specimens imported from Europe is increasing. However, the cars in which “grandfather went to church” can present very unpleasant surprises.
Let’s start with the fact that BMW X3 crossovers with a glass roof cannot withstand Russian winters. A few years ago, the author of these lines had a case when, at 30 degrees of frost, the glass suddenly cracked and crumbled in the salon. At the dealer, after I reported the incident, they were not surprised. The masters said they were aware of such cases. The defect is not huge and “floating”, which is why there were no recalls. Still, one should be prepared for this: it is better to choose an instance without a “panorama”.
The next serious “akhtung” is chip tuning. Even in Germany it can be made crooked. Here you need to look closely at the history of a particular car and what chip is installed. The main difficulty is that if the drive unit settings are returned to their original state before the time of sale, no one can guarantee that other components will work. But unlucky masters can simply drill holes in the particulate filter and erase the errors with a scanner. Or remove the exhaust gas temperature sensor. Such a machine will “blame all the money”, but not for long. Why does this apply specifically to BMW? Yes, because they like to “light up” on it. Drivers of the same “Mercedes” are less aggressive, since the “Mercedes” are primarily “sharpened” for comfort.
And by no means buy an insanely beautiful BMW M2 that has suspension upgrades. Even if the price is “sweet”! It could be raced, and this is always the risk of accidents. By the way, Mercedes and Audi still have no analogues of the Bavarian model, which is why the “hot” Germans buy the “deuce”.
Continue. Those who buy a used Boomer for the first time and switch to a “premium” of an inexpensive passenger car are often disappointed with its reliability. The network is full of stories that the “beh” with low mileage burns out bulbs en masse, some little things constantly break down, and errors appear due to a partial discharge of the battery on the “neat”. Oddly enough, competitors are not so fickle. So think carefully: is it a BMW?
Finally, we also warn against buying hybrids from Europe based on the X1, X2, X3 and X5 crossovers. Recently, 29,600 “green” cars were recalled: it turned out that their batteries may contain dirt that causes a short circuit. The problem is that a car purchased under the “gray” scheme must be “treated” at its own expense, and in Russia there is not even a diagnostic “software” for such cars.
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German cars are the dream of many. Therefore, citizens strive to own them no matter what. Now the demand for specimens imported from Europe is increasing. However, the cars in which “grandfather went to church” can present very unpleasant surprises.
Let’s start with the fact that BMW X3 crossovers with a glass roof cannot withstand Russian winters. A few years ago, the author of these lines had a case when, at 30 degrees of frost, the glass suddenly cracked and crumbled in the salon. At the dealer, after I reported the incident, they were not surprised. The masters said they were aware of such cases. The defect is not huge and “floating”, which is why there were no recalls. Still, one should be prepared for this: it is better to choose an instance without a “panorama”.
The next serious “akhtung” is chip tuning. Even in Germany it can be made crooked. Here you need to look closely at the history of a particular car and what chip is installed. The main difficulty is that if the drive unit settings are returned to their original state before the time of sale, no one can guarantee that other components will work. But unlucky masters can simply drill holes in the particulate filter and erase the errors with a scanner. Or remove the exhaust gas temperature sensor. Such a machine will “blame all the money”, but not for long. Why does this apply specifically to BMW? Yes, because they like to “light up” on it. Drivers of the same “Mercedes” are less aggressive, since the “Mercedes” are primarily “sharpened” for comfort.
And by no means buy an insanely beautiful BMW M2 that has suspension upgrades. Even if the price is “sweet”! It could be raced, and this is always the risk of accidents. By the way, Mercedes and Audi still have no analogues of the Bavarian model, which is why the “hot” Germans buy the “deuce”.
Continue. Those who buy a used Boomer for the first time and switch to a “premium” of an inexpensive passenger car are often disappointed with its reliability. The network is full of stories that the “beh” with low mileage burns out bulbs en masse, some little things constantly break down, and errors appear due to a partial discharge of the battery on the “neat”. Oddly enough, competitors are not so fickle. So think carefully: is it a BMW?
Finally, we also warn against buying hybrids from Europe based on the X1, X2, X3 and X5 crossovers. Recently, 29,600 “green” cars were recalled: it turned out that their batteries may contain dirt that causes a short circuit. The problem is that a car purchased under the “gray” scheme must be “treated” at its own expense, and in Russia there is not even a diagnostic “software” for such cars.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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