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Leicesterdave
Original Poster
1,449 posts
49 months
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Are they ok by and large? How happy would you be running it without a warranty? I will be buying a 335d from a BMW main dealer so will be covered for a year but wondering what to do after that?
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nottyash
3,699 posts
64 months
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Mines had a crankshaft oil seal, some solinoids and boost pipes, the last 2 being common in earlier cars I believe. All done before I bought it, Ive only had it a month. 
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14-7
5,711 posts
60 months
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Very reliable engines in my opinion.
The only downside of the 335 is that there are two turbos to go wrong.
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cerb4.5lee
1,877 posts
49 months
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We only had a 330d E90, but it was a fantastic motor completely reliable had it in 2006 3 months old & 3k miles & have just sold it with 154k miles on it, awesome car it really was the complete allrounder imho, i recommend them very highly & i am sure the 335d is in another league, great engines.
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DallaraV8
33 posts
15 months
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My E91 330d (2005) has had the crankcase breather and inlet manifold replaced (at only 59,000 miles) -according to BMW the former was blocked and caused the inlet manifold to split. It is apparently a known problem - not sure if it is connected with the well known swirl flap issues. Other than that no other engine problems.
Have had a few other electrical component failures fixed under warranty - but overall a good combination of speed and reasonable economy.
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Fox-
9,956 posts
115 months
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Leicesterdave said: Are they ok by and large? How happy would you be running it without a warranty? I will be buying a 335d from a BMW main dealer so will be covered for a year but wondering what to do after that? The warranty is so cheap its a no brainer. Just renew it and enjoy total peace of mind. It comes down to about 40 quid a month if you bin the emergency service.
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rosscobmw
192 posts
27 months
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I have an E34 525 TDS (a lot older i know), its done 175,000 and is still going strong, never had any major problems at all. 6 cylinder diesels are fantastic
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Fox-
9,956 posts
115 months
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rosscobmw said: I have an E34 525 TDS (a lot older i know), its done 175,000 and is still going strong, never had any major problems at all. 6 cylinder diesels are fantastic Totally different engine.
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nottyash
3,699 posts
64 months
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14-7 said: Very reliable engines in my opinion.
The only downside of the 335 is that there are two turbos to go wrong. But the upside is 2 turbo's to go faster 
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philmots
2,502 posts
129 months
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DallaraV8 said: Have had a few other electrical component failures fixed under warranty - but overall a good combination of speed and reasonable economy. Could you expand on these please... My options at the moment are a 330d and remap with no warranty or 335d with BMW warranty. Decisions.
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DallaraV8
33 posts
15 months
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From memory a 'yaw' sensor under one of the front seats (affects stability control), the remote locking amplifier which lives in the rear tailgate spoiler (poor design means it gets corroded with rain water) and a duff glow plug. Also not electrical but had the complete rear luggage cover assembly replaced as it failed to retract correctly. Pretty disappointing for a premier German brand - in comparison my wife's A4 Avant TDI has done nearly 100,000 and other than a few bulbs had had no failures at all............ Maybe the more recent versions have had these apparently common problems sorted!
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Urban Sports
7,455 posts
72 months
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Fox- said: Leicesterdave said: Are they ok by and large? How happy would you be running it without a warranty? I will be buying a 335d from a BMW main dealer so will be covered for a year but wondering what to do after that? The warranty is so cheap its a no brainer. Just renew it and enjoy total peace of mind. It comes down to about 40 quid a month if you bin the emergency service. Yes, just extend the warranty, mileage has an effect on price but for the piece of mind it really is invaluable and personally I wouldn't buy one without the BMW warranty.
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dave_s13
8,372 posts
138 months
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Fox- said: The warranty is so cheap its a no brainer. Just renew it and enjoy total peace of mind. It comes down to about 40 quid a month if you bin the emergency service. I dunno. I just did a quote and it's £70/month + £250 excess for the Named Component Warranty and £84.50 for the fully comp version. I'm willing to take a chance and pocket that for any future repairs that might be needed while I have the car. Mines a 2008 E61 525d manual btw, 82k miles.
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Fox-
9,956 posts
115 months
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dave_s13 said: I dunno.
I just did a quote and it's £70/month + £250 excess for the Named Component Warranty and £84.50 for the fully comp version.
I'm willing to take a chance and pocket that for any future repairs that might be needed while I have the car. Mines a 2008 E61 525d manual btw, 82k miles. I'm talking about the 3 Series product. The 5 Series one is noticeably more expensive and represents a more difficult decision.
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dave_s13
8,372 posts
138 months
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Fox-
9,956 posts
115 months
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The pricing is a bit bizarre really - it's done by Series not model. So a 335d M Sport Auto with Pro nav, Xenons and adaptive cruise costs less to warranty than a base 520d manual with cloth...
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hephillips
96 posts
12 months
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On the topic of warranty's the comprehensive cover exludes anything that's 'worn out' and 'service items which require periodic replacement'. Surely this gives them the opportunity to wriggle out of anything? All they would have to say is that the reason something has gone wrong is that it's worn out. Interestingly the lower driveline cover, which only coers specific things, doesn't have this clause actually covers service consumables such as oil etc.
does anyone have experience of this and which cover is best?
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dave_s13
8,372 posts
138 months
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hephillips said: On the topic of warranty's the comprehensive cover exludes anything that's 'worn out' and 'service items which require periodic replacement'. Surely this gives them the opportunity to wriggle out of anything? All they would have to say is that the reason something has gone wrong is that it's worn out. Interestingly the lower driveline cover, which only coers specific things, doesn't have this clause actually covers service consumables such as oil etc.
does anyone have experience of this and which cover is best? I'm also of the opinion (rightly or wrongly) that a lot of these anecdotes you hear about people have £x thousand amount of work done under the warranty could well have been resolved for much less than the total cost of the warranty over time. There are likely many problems fixed under warranty that could have been repaired for a fraction of the dealer cost, DIY fixed with a bit of googling or remedied cheaply by an independent mechanic.
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texasjohn
2,663 posts
100 months
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hephillips said: On the topic of warranty's the comprehensive cover exludes anything that's 'worn out' and 'service items which require periodic replacement'. Surely this gives them the opportunity to wriggle out of anything? Yes it does but they are pretty reasonable, swapped a wheel bearing on a 48,000 mile car for me. I expect they would have taken a different position if the car had done 148,000 miles though.
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bennyboydurham
1,207 posts
43 months
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dave_s13 said: I'm also of the opinion (rightly or wrongly) that a lot of these anecdotes you hear about people have £x thousand amount of work done under the warranty could well have been resolved for much less than the total cost of the warranty over time.
There are likely many problems fixed under warranty that could have been repaired for a fraction of the dealer cost, DIY fixed with a bit of googling or remedied cheaply by an independent mechanic. +1. With the warranty you just sling the car at the dealer and leave them to throw parts at it until it works again and BMW pick up the bill. A good indie will often find a way to achieve the same result at a fraction of the cost. My E65 recently needed a new parking bulb, which thanks to a fine piece of German engineering means taking the bumper off. The stealer charges around £200 for this. My indie - £40 plus the bulb, which I'd bought myself for £18.
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