RE: BMW: don't drive your M5, M6
Discussion
Highly unlikely they'll have a NAS spec oil pump.
I would imagine they have a NAS spec engine however, for emissions reasons, so it's likely that a faulty batch of oil pumps were made for american engines, hence the recall only in the US.
Either that or the threat of class action lawsuits as mentioned above
:edit: bugger, beaten to it.
I would imagine they have a NAS spec engine however, for emissions reasons, so it's likely that a faulty batch of oil pumps were made for american engines, hence the recall only in the US.
Either that or the threat of class action lawsuits as mentioned above
:edit: bugger, beaten to it.
I`ve a feeling that recalls are more common in the US as they have more a "sueing" culture over there.
It does`nt take much for them to get a class-action lawsuit going.
It`s a bit like that issue with a certain brand of pushchair chopping of little `uns fingers where a recall was done immediately in the US, Europe and the UK didn`t get the recall till much later if at all.
Cynical, me? Never...
It does`nt take much for them to get a class-action lawsuit going.
It`s a bit like that issue with a certain brand of pushchair chopping of little `uns fingers where a recall was done immediately in the US, Europe and the UK didn`t get the recall till much later if at all.
Cynical, me? Never...
Ozzie Osmond said:
"There have been no reported cases of engine failure as a result of the fault."
Hmmmm, sounds REALLY serious. Not.
I think suddenly losing oil pressure is a pretty serious flaw for an engine. All they are saying is that they have identified the possible problem early, but the consequence of not sorting out certainly would be serious, what does one of those engines cost?Hmmmm, sounds REALLY serious. Not.
I would imagine BMW were building a batch of Federal spec cars when the defect was brought to light.
I like the way the article says that BMW found it through routine quality inspections; their inspections obviously failed if these vehicles got out of the Plant!! More likely the Supplier realised there was an issue, flagged it to BMW, who then went into 'delivery stop' mode and started working out where all the affected vehicles were. Unfortunately some got out of the Plant, this would have then been raised up to the higher powers that be in conjunction with cost analysis of recall vs effect (and warranty cost) of multiple failures. And there we go: recall.
I imagine there's been a lot of overtime going on in Deutschland regarding this. Would have liked a piece of that action
I like the way the article says that BMW found it through routine quality inspections; their inspections obviously failed if these vehicles got out of the Plant!! More likely the Supplier realised there was an issue, flagged it to BMW, who then went into 'delivery stop' mode and started working out where all the affected vehicles were. Unfortunately some got out of the Plant, this would have then been raised up to the higher powers that be in conjunction with cost analysis of recall vs effect (and warranty cost) of multiple failures. And there we go: recall.
I imagine there's been a lot of overtime going on in Deutschland regarding this. Would have liked a piece of that action
leon9191 said:
I wonder what engine noises are pumped into the cabin during a catastrophic engine failure on one of these?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMpXAknykegYep, put a rotary in there! Much more reliable and interesting
Time for some cheeky payback on the Mazda RX8 thread recently where there was such outrage at unreliability in mass produced saloons - I seemed to recall the unfortunate owner was told by the PH Massive how much better life would be in a rusty old BMW?
So with the BMW's tearing out their boot floors cos they are not strong enough (recalled in US but not Europe from memory?), very slow action on the terrible car security issues in the press currently, auto boxes that are over-stressed from new, and those with longer memories still thinking "Nikasil"...
I have a BMW (worse car I have owned but have to keep it cos of the cash it has eaten), this is my silly way of taking away the pain for a bit
Time for some cheeky payback on the Mazda RX8 thread recently where there was such outrage at unreliability in mass produced saloons - I seemed to recall the unfortunate owner was told by the PH Massive how much better life would be in a rusty old BMW?
So with the BMW's tearing out their boot floors cos they are not strong enough (recalled in US but not Europe from memory?), very slow action on the terrible car security issues in the press currently, auto boxes that are over-stressed from new, and those with longer memories still thinking "Nikasil"...
I have a BMW (worse car I have owned but have to keep it cos of the cash it has eaten), this is my silly way of taking away the pain for a bit
Ian974 said:
russkyh said:
A BMW GB spokesman said the problem does not affect UK cars. ‘We have had no notice of such,’ they said.
Watch this space!
In much the same way there was apparently no issue with the security systems on them either until a week or so agoWatch this space!
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