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BMW EGR cooler recall

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    #242
    Old diesel
    Registered Users Posts: 5,788 ✭✭✭Old diesel


    red petal wrote: »
    I just had a 2017 5 series dropped to my workplace. We had to change rental companies as europcar are absoultely dire.

    I've no idea when I will get my car back but at least a car closer to my own will shut me up moaning for a little while.

    1) are BMW covering the cost????.

    2) what happened with Europcar - was it a switch your own insurance to the hire car issue or something else


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    #243
    brickysession
    Registered Users Posts: 120 ✭✭brickysession


    ltdslipdiff wrote: »
    My auld lads 518 is in waiting in Bolands too, they've been very good in fairness, its not like this issue can be resolved any quicker if the parts simply can't be made quick enough. We also got a brand spanking new Tucson, can't see how its Irelands best selling SUV to be honest. I just find it so cheap in places and completely gutless.

    No way I would pay 35K for one.


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    #244
    brickysession
    Registered Users Posts: 120 ✭✭brickysession


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Did you all get courtesy cars for the inspection day? If so, were they like-for-like models?

    No I was sent away on shanks mare, only got a hire car after they held onto my car


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    #245
    red petal
    Registered Users Posts: 132 ✭✭red petal


    Old diesel wrote: »
    1) are BMW covering the cost????.

    2) what happened with Europcar - was it a switch your own insurance to the hire car issue or something else

    Yes they are covering the cost. BMW use both europcar and enterprise for their rentals. BMW had authorised an F group car for me after all the hassle and Europcar were pretending they had no BMW's available in any of their branches when they had. They were tripping over their own lies and were not very helpful to say the very least.


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    #246
    Immortal Starlight
    Registered Users Posts: 2,074 ✭✭✭Immortal Starlight


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Did you all get courtesy cars for the inspection day? If so, were they like-for-like models?

    I got a loan of a 151 520d which was 1 year older than mine. I was charged €12 for the 24 hours.


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    #247
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    They charged you for the courtesy car!? God I hope they try that with me tomorrow - they will be told where to shove their charge :D:D


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    #248
    Hardtochoose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 328 ✭✭Hardtochoose


    Sounds like it’s the cost of putting you on their insurance you were charged for.


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    #249
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    Even still, they should have covered this given the reason he was there in the first place.


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    #250
    Hardtochoose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 328 ✭✭Hardtochoose


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Even still, they should have covered this given the reason he was there in the first place.

    Agreed


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    #251
    brickysession
    Registered Users Posts: 120 ✭✭brickysession


    While this recall is a right pain in the H*le and being handled very badly by BMW judging by the posts on here, I for one am glad to be getting the valve replaced in my car. At least when its done, then its done......I hope!!!!:rolleyes:


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    #252
    doran2436
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭doran2436


    Hi i just get my car back 5 weeks with BMW


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    #253
    fifth
    Registered Users Posts: 3,135 ✭✭✭fifth


    In BMW at the mo getting my 131 520D checked out. Getting them to look at another issue for me as a courtesy for taking the day off work to come in :)


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    #254
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    Just dropped mine and got a 191 218i SkyActive for the day. Not the worst. Its a manual though and very "clunky" to drive coming from an auto 5er.

    Edit - confirmed they are grounding 10% of cars with a 4 week lead time for return.


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    #255
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    A 218i SkyActive? Is that the new unheard-of venture between BMW and Mazda? :pac:


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    #256
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    Bah - my mistake sorry - its a 218i Active Tourer!



    The grief of losing my 5-series after only having it 4 weeks is gone to my head :D:D:D:D


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    #257
    duskyjoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 643 ✭✭✭duskyjoe


    did the the on line request to book an x5 in with Keane Blackrock over a month ago as per the BMW letter guidance - not a word from them. If it goes up in flames i’m covered


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    #258
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Bah - my mistake sorry - its a 218i Active Tourer!



    The grief of losing my 5-series after only having it 4 weeks is gone to my head :D:D:D:D

    Understandable :D


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    #259
    Old diesel
    Registered Users Posts: 5,788 ✭✭✭Old diesel


    If the customer has to book time off work to get recall work done then the manufacturer is getting it wrong.


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    #260
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    Just got the call - come and collect. All is well with the world again.


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    #261
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 38,944 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Hard to see the pic on my phone but is this a BMW?

    https://www.kildarenow.com/news/traffic-car-fire-m4-inbound-kilcock-maynooth/271362


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    #262
    Silent Running
    Registered Users Posts: 2,818 ✭✭✭Silent Running


    There are a crap load of BMWs in a compound at Rosslare port. Chatting to one of the workers there, they come and go on trucks regularly.

    Can't be good for a car to sit being battered by the Irish Sea day in and day out for weeks.


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    #263
    Hardtochoose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 328 ✭✭Hardtochoose


    Seth Brundle wrote: »
    Hard to see the pic on my phone but is this a BMW?

    https://www.kildarenow.com/news/traffic-car-fire-m4-inbound-kilcock-maynooth/271362

    Certainly looks like one yes.


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    #264
    ofcork
    Registered Users Posts: 5,358 ✭✭✭ofcork


    Looks like a 5 series.


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    #265
    Hardtochoose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 328 ✭✭Hardtochoose


    ofcork wrote: »
    Looks like a 5 series.

    If this is a bmw then surely we are all taking a risk driving these cars every day until they have been examined. It’s too serious of an issue to take chances with.


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    #266
    rex-x
    Registered Users Posts: 1,893 ✭✭✭rex-x


    Is the new part modified or updated in some way or are hey just 'resetting the clock' as with the initial timing chains?


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    #267
    tigercelt
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭tigercelt


    My 2016 5 series collected on the 14th feb after power loss and dash warning lights , as soon as I rang bmw with problem , they collected and told me not to drive , got my car back on Wednesday of this week with egr replaced , Colons of Naas did repair , there was some amount of cars lined up to go into work shop and also to be collected , major issue for bmw and now after seeing that car up on fire last week very dangerous obviously , bmw struggling to manage whole affair , replacement car process a disaster


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    #268
    mickey15ie
    Registered Users Posts: 320 ✭✭mickey15ie


    I live in the UK and have a 520d msport and was in for its first MOT in October 2018. While in for the MOT in the bmw garage they advise of the issue to me for the first time. I had the repair done some 8 weeks later, left in to garage at 9am and picked it back up at 4.30pm.

    They did say sometimes they dont have the parts and may have to wait for them but no mention of impounding the car till they come in.


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    #269
    clevtrev
    Registered Users Posts: 629 ✭✭✭clevtrev


    152 5 series UK import with a 5-year service pack. I left the car in for service with Murphy and Gunn just before they closed their garage in Milltown in Sept 2018. The car had gone into limp mode once or twice and was getting the odd stutter in the engine first thing in the mornings. Anyway, they serviced it and didn't report any faults to me and then promptly closed down. The problem persisted after the service but they closed before I returned to complain.

    I then got the car checked by a friend who told me the EGR valve fault was showing up. Called Frank Keane who immediately scheduled the repair. I had to wait for about a month and the fix was done overnight. They gave me a spare 3 series for the day

    Car running fine since the repair touch wood.


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    #270
    Stallingrad
    Registered Users Posts: 4,138 ✭✭✭Stallingrad


    This may be what an EGR failure and subsequent fire looks like.

    https://youtu.be/8FaUpPHsALo


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    #271
    Wailin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,407 ✭✭✭Wailin


    No egr in that, or is there? That's an M5 isn't it?


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