A year in the life of an E90 335i owner

A year in the life of an E90 335i owner

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FTBBCVoodoo

Original Poster:

64 posts

113 months

Thursday 11th February 2016
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So far in 12 months...

2 new turbos
6 new injectors
2 new turbo actuators
1 High Pressure Fuel Pump Failure (due to be replaced on 15/02)

And to top it off.... my rear windows were stuck open this morning. Who needs Air Con anyway....

Best thing I ever bought was the BMW approved warranty. Worst thing I ever bought was my BMW 335i :-(

On a brighter note.... the indicators work.

May be time to move the BMW on. I don't think it's meant to be. She's only done 52k miles :-(


cerb4.5lee

33,176 posts

186 months

Thursday 11th February 2016
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Sorry to hear of the woes and I bet you wish now that you had stuck with the Jap stuff, the 335i is sadly renowned for being troublesome and I can empathise with what you have gone through because I have owned a TVR so I know how painful having an unreliable car can be.

Swap it for a 370Z cool

hornetrider

63,161 posts

211 months

Thursday 11th February 2016
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As you say, thank fk for a warranty yikes


Monty Python

4,813 posts

203 months

Thursday 11th February 2016
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Funny - a lot of people go on about the complexity of modern diesels, but in 7 years of 335d ownership I'v had no problems at all.

philmots

4,647 posts

266 months

Thursday 11th February 2016
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That's all the common N54 335i problems sorted now isn't it? (and probably the reason you bought the warranty anyway!)

Should be ok now, I'd keep it.

Dannbodge

2,198 posts

127 months

Thursday 11th February 2016
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So far in 11 months and 2 weeks (bought mine 27th feb last year)

6 new injectors
6 new plugs
New valve cover and gasket

It's an 09 and only done 57k. In the last year I did 2.5k of that......

None of which has been under warranty...until now.

Fortunately I did my research and none of the above scared or annoyed me. I knew it could come at some point.


Edited by Dannbodge on Thursday 11th February 12:47

FTBBCVoodoo

Original Poster:

64 posts

113 months

Thursday 11th February 2016
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philmots said:
That's all the common N54 335i problems sorted now isn't it? (and probably the reason you bought the warranty anyway!)

Should be ok now, I'd keep it.
Yep. In two minds now whether to renew warranty and....

A) Keep it
B) Sell it privately with a new warranty so no one gets stitched up with it

Or... not renew warranty and chop it in.

FTBBCVoodoo

Original Poster:

64 posts

113 months

Thursday 11th February 2016
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cerb4.5lee said:
Sorry to hear of the woes and I bet you wish now that you had stuck with the Jap stuff, the 335i is sadly renowned for being troublesome and I can empathise with what you have gone through because I have owned a TVR so I know how painful having an unreliable car can be.

Swap it for a 370Z cool
Trust me. The 350Z wasn't sold out of choice. It was sold due to a new arrival to the family. I loved that car.

Would love a 370Z but again.... need 4 seats.

The GTR has ISOFIX doesn't it? ;-)

So shopping list is looking like an E90 M3 saloon (again with a warranty)

w1ntermut3

99 posts

105 months

Thursday 11th February 2016
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FTBBCVoodoo said:
Yep. In two minds now whether to renew warranty and....

A) Keep it
B) Sell it privately with a new warranty so no one gets stitched up with it

Or... not renew warranty and chop it in.
If it's a manual m sport touring I'll have it!

fking hens teeth.

Dannbodge

2,198 posts

127 months

Thursday 11th February 2016
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w1ntermut3 said:
If it's a manual m sport touring I'll have it!

fking hens teeth.
E90 is saloon.
Which is just as rare especially as LCI spec

Patrick Bateman

12,314 posts

180 months

Thursday 11th February 2016
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Monty Python said:
Funny - a lot of people go on about the complexity of modern diesels, but in 7 years of 335d ownership I'v had no problems at all.
Is the engine in the 335d not meant to be pretty reliable?

cerb4.5lee

33,176 posts

186 months

Thursday 11th February 2016
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FTBBCVoodoo said:
cerb4.5lee said:
Sorry to hear of the woes and I bet you wish now that you had stuck with the Jap stuff, the 335i is sadly renowned for being troublesome and I can empathise with what you have gone through because I have owned a TVR so I know how painful having an unreliable car can be.

Swap it for a 370Z cool
Trust me. The 350Z wasn't sold out of choice. It was sold due to a new arrival to the family. I loved that car.

Would love a 370Z but again.... need 4 seats.

The GTR has ISOFIX doesn't it? ;-)

So shopping list is looking like an E90 M3 saloon (again with a warranty)
I did wonder if it was for practical reasons and I have always loved the 350Z and really like the 370Z too, I like the GTR idea! thumbup

All the best whichever way you go and hope if you do change the next one treats you well.smile

megenzo

260 posts

142 months

Thursday 11th February 2016
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in the last 12 months my e91 manual touring has required a parking bulb and ABS block, ABS block covered under extended warranty. Currently on 120k miles and running sweet as.
Great motors but really need the warranty to go with it.

megenzo

260 posts

142 months

Thursday 11th February 2016
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w1ntermut3 said:
If it's a manual m sport touring I'll have it!

fking hens teeth.
PM me if you are after one, I keep toying with selling mine, I can send you details to see if you'd be interested in the car and I'd be interested in the price

Sir_Dave

1,501 posts

216 months

Friday 12th February 2016
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philmots said:
That's all the common N54 335i problems sorted now isn't it? (and probably the reason you bought the warranty anyway!)

Should be ok now, I'd keep it.
I was thinking exactly the same, the 335i is well known for having all those issues, with BMW warranty being essential. Is probably a great car now !!!

w1ntermut3

99 posts

105 months

Friday 12th February 2016
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megenzo said:
PM me if you are after one, I keep toying with selling mine, I can send you details to see if you'd be interested in the car and I'd be interested in the price
Hi Megenzo - cheers for the message but I think yours is a little long in the legs for what I was after (I saw another post by you saying 120k and that was a good while back!).

There is a lovely version on eBay at the moment with a quaife LSD that I think is a PHers car.

MattOz

3,932 posts

270 months

Friday 12th February 2016
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My 335i ( E91 LCI manual wink ) went in for a service at Christmas and had a new rocker cover gasket, 6 coil packs and 6 plugs due to them being contaminated by an oil leak. All sorted under warranty. I guess I have the BMW warranty for this very reason, but it doesn't put me off 335i ownership. They're a cracking car.

megenzo

260 posts

142 months

Friday 12th February 2016
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Yeah no dramas, not everyone's thing buying with bigger miles. Its on 121k now, had it since 60k. I've never had a car for so long but i cant think of many things I'd like to change for so always end up keeping it. I wouldnt be surprised if i keep it for a few more years yet!

Good luck with your search, they are ace cars with a fab motor, just a shame they can have a few issues every so often.

FTBBCVoodoo

Original Poster:

64 posts

113 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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Well my High Pressure Fuel Pump was fixed today..... For £707.

Not covered under my warranty due to a spurious entry on an invoice received during my ownership in my service history which said "cat delete" when the car was having an oil and spark plug change a month ago.

The line of the invoice read "cat delete" @ a cost of £0.

BMW argued that I may have had the cat's "deleted for free". Yep.... as if any garages do work for no cost. The cats have never been deleted and I confirmed with them that the cats were physically on the car and showed no evidence of ever being removed.

I called the specialist who I have used for a while and who I have a good relationship with them. They have no idea why that line is on there and think it's a mistake on the invoice. They was confirmed this with BMW but not good enough.

So.... now they have invalidated my warranty (which was due to run out on 02/03 so not long to run).

Needless to say, will be complaining to BMW customer services and not returning to that particular main dealer again.

Will keep you posted on the fun and games that BMW customer services provide.

On a brighter note.... the i3 courtesy car was a blast.




Edited by FTBBCVoodoo on Monday 15th February 20:06

Patrick Bateman

12,314 posts

180 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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How much would that cost outside the dealers? I couldn't stomach those costs for a non-M unless you're talking 7 series.