Really need some help trying to track some service history..

[mg1pa1]

Hi everyone,

Does anyone have the ability to find out the service history of a 530 Sport that i am looking to buy?

I have looked at previous postings and there have been a couple of really great responses but unfortunately, as a newbie, i am not allowed to email them for the first 48 hours or something.

The car details are as follows:

BMW 530 Sport
Topaz Blue
Original Registration : Y901XAN
Current Private Plate A20 CYP
LAST 7 DIGITS vin no. CE64586

I am led to believe that it was originally serviced at BMW Williams in Bolton (this i can verify) but then after this one service, the trail goes cold!

Any help would be greatly appreciated (and if you can send beer in the post, there is a pint in it for you!)

Many thanks

Paul

[mmm-five]

There are some on here who may have access to the system to do the check for you for free, at their discrection.

Otherwise you can call the BMW information line on 0906 209 0001 (at £1/minute).

BMW Website said:

Should you wish to obtain details of a vehicle's specification, or information on the visits to a dealership of a particular vehicle, this is only available by calling our dedicated team on: 0906 209 0001 (Calls are charged at £1 per minute). Lines are open 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday. Calls may be recorded for training purposes.

[mg1pa1]

mmm-five said:

There are some on here who may have access to the system to do the check for you for free, at their discrection.

Otherwise you can call the BMW information line on 0906 209 0001 (at £1/minute).

BMW Website said:

Should you wish to obtain details of a vehicle's specification, or information on the visits to a dealership of a particular vehicle, this is only available by calling our dedicated team on: 0906 209 0001 (Calls are charged at £1 per minute). Lines are open 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday. Calls may be recorded for training purposes.

thanks mmm-five - i don't know if you have noticed but im from Yorkshire... tight as a ducks backside in water! Bu thank you, i wasn't aware of the hotline, if i get no more responses on here then i will give them a call.

[dooosuk]

Search back a couple of days worth of posts. Someone offered to do the search for you if you emailed him.

[christer]

mg1pa1 said:

thanks mmm-five - i don't know if you have noticed but im from Yorkshire... tight as a ducks backside in water! Bu thank you, i wasn't aware of the hotline, if i get no more responses on here then i will give them a call.

sure, but you are dropping a few k on a car - it would be stupid not to spend a couple of quid checking with BMW directly. With all due respect to other posters, I wouldn't trust some anonymous poster on here posting the correct details anyway.....imho

[mg1pa1]

thanks Christer - absolutely agree.

ive just checked back through previous forum postings (should have done so before starting this one off as i see it is a common request).

Apologies if i have irritated anyone, i can see this request from newbies becoming very annoying.

The current owner told me that he called BMW and they confirmed it had been to BMW SC Tring 11 times under a previous owner yet when i called SC Tring, they said they hadn't seen the car at all. I called the BMW hotline and they also told me that it had been to SC Tring 11 times.

I called SC Tring back and they said that it might not be showing on the systems because they were taken over by Pendragon and that the servicing would have taken place prior to this. They said that Pendragon are likely to have the records still though so its now a case of chasing them up.

I feel quite happy that BMW have confirmed this, my only real worry is this 'auto box going bang' issue. The car i am looking at has done 130k and whilst i think im getting a good price, it wouldnt be if i had to factor in £2k - £3.5k for a new one!

Any ideas how you sport an auto box on the way out???

Paul
318, Z4 and soon to be 530 Sport!

[mmm-five]

mg1pa1 said:

The current owner told me that he called BMW and they confirmed it had been to BMW SC Tring 11 times under a previous owner yet when i called SC Tring, they said they hadn't seen the car at all. I called the BMW hotline and they also told me that it had been to SC Tring 11 times.

That's where I got my Z4MC from - although it's not actually in Tring, it's in a village called Cow Roast, where I had to drive on 18-December (in all that snow) to get my service book stamped as they'd 'forgotten'.