535d SE Warranty renewal
Discussion
Whhen my 120d passed 3ys I renewed on the top level of cover but with a 100 quid excess.
My reasoning was 100 quid buys you 1 hour of labour at the dealer - so anything simple I fix myself - anything of value I'd pay the excess and get them to fix it - 6 months in I've yet to claim.
Remember though the price includes pan-european breakdown cover as well, which in itself is worth 200 quid.
My reasoning was 100 quid buys you 1 hour of labour at the dealer - so anything simple I fix myself - anything of value I'd pay the excess and get them to fix it - 6 months in I've yet to claim.
Remember though the price includes pan-european breakdown cover as well, which in itself is worth 200 quid.
I chose to renew the warranty after buying a 3 year old AUC 535d and having the following done within a year:
iDrive recode due to continuously crashing iDrive when SatNav DVD was in place
replacement of upper steering column to cure clunk in steering (didn't work)
replacement of upper and lower column to cure clunk in steering (mostly worked)
replacement of DVD drive for nav system (sounded like a woodpecker was left loose inside)
replacement of oil/water heat exchanger (leak)
The driving experience is very good - the ownership experience to date less so. The car has been back to the dealer more times in one year/15K miles than my E46 328i in 9 years/130K miles.
iDrive recode due to continuously crashing iDrive when SatNav DVD was in place
replacement of upper steering column to cure clunk in steering (didn't work)
replacement of upper and lower column to cure clunk in steering (mostly worked)
replacement of DVD drive for nav system (sounded like a woodpecker was left loose inside)
replacement of oil/water heat exchanger (leak)
The driving experience is very good - the ownership experience to date less so. The car has been back to the dealer more times in one year/15K miles than my E46 328i in 9 years/130K miles.
juliann said:
My 535d is 3 1/2 and has covered 140k and only non-service work done since 3 yr warranty expired is a £35 re-code. Whilst covered, the only significant warranty work was a new intake manifold at just under 100k
140K in 3.5 years! ImpressiveEdited by juliann on Friday 19th December 11:02
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