Heard on the grapevine that BMW are issuing a recall on the timing chains for late 07 and 08 E60's. Letters going out to dealers today apparently
That's all I know for the moment
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Heard on the grapevine that BMW are issuing a recall on the timing chains for late 07 and 08 E60's. Letters going out to dealers today apparently
That's all I know for the moment
took them long enough, wonder why they've decided to do it now, i'd imagine they'll be alot of relieved owners..
Only E6x? Not E9x?
I heard everything with the N47 engine. 2008 and 2009 models.Quote:
Originally Posted by soc
I was in Murphy and Gunn BMW today collecting our E60 and one of the lads was saying that it's not a recall, a Quality Assurance program ;)
Parts and labour covered seemly.
That's BMW's way of saying they're doing nothing for those who have had it repaired already.Quote:
Originally Posted by kceire
Be nice if the BMW overlords gave something back to people that had to pay out for this already wouldn't it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave
As a fella that works in test and has done for 16 years, I can only laugh at the terminology being used by BMW here. If it was a QA program, we wouldn't be in this position in the first place with 2L DIEsels - this should've not only been caught at factory, but rectified in subsequent deliveries of models using this engine/timing chain combination. There are zero excuses that this is going on 8 years without formal intervention.
Recall it definitely is, if the above is going ahead.
One thing that just struck me, the issue is still present in 2009, 2010, 2011 & 2012 cars right now. There are plenty of stories floating about on line about failures on even F10 & F30 cars. When does the QA program start for those models?
I wonder if they'll now address the timing chain issue on N42, N43 and N46 petrol engines?