640D Coupe buying tips?
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Headlights can fail and be pricey - not the illumination part but the levelling thing from memory and an MOT fail. I think it was the LED lights which were an upgrade.
My comfort access on the drivers door went at 80k miles but not the worst problem
Keep an eye on tracking, mine munched a set of tyres by wearing the edge badly very quickly but i'd suggest thats more a thing to do after purchase rather than a fault
I ran mine (albeit gran coupe version) from 3k miles to 90k over 4 years and was one of the best cars I've owned and was otherwise trouble free.
Look for the VDC or adaptive suspension if you can find one, the ride is said to be much better
The sat nav/media thing was also upgraded half way through its life, the better one has a larger control knob which you can write letters on.
I guess older cars may have been mapped which may be a good or bad thing depending on your view point.
My comfort access on the drivers door went at 80k miles but not the worst problem
Keep an eye on tracking, mine munched a set of tyres by wearing the edge badly very quickly but i'd suggest thats more a thing to do after purchase rather than a fault
I ran mine (albeit gran coupe version) from 3k miles to 90k over 4 years and was one of the best cars I've owned and was otherwise trouble free.
Look for the VDC or adaptive suspension if you can find one, the ride is said to be much better
The sat nav/media thing was also upgraded half way through its life, the better one has a larger control knob which you can write letters on.
I guess older cars may have been mapped which may be a good or bad thing depending on your view point.
The single biggest thing I'd check is the mileage between oil changes.
The 40d engine has an alarming amount of crank bearing failures that I believe are mostly caused by the oil pump and worryingly can let go at any mileage.
I don't believe anyone has managed to pin down a single root cause for it other than numerous failures have followed BMW service schedules - which reinforces my personal belief that, like with other manufacturers/engines, longlife oil schedules = short life engine.
The 40d engine has an alarming amount of crank bearing failures that I believe are mostly caused by the oil pump and worryingly can let go at any mileage.
I don't believe anyone has managed to pin down a single root cause for it other than numerous failures have followed BMW service schedules - which reinforces my personal belief that, like with other manufacturers/engines, longlife oil schedules = short life engine.
Heres Johnny said:
Headlights can fail and be pricey - not the illumination part but the levelling thing from memory and an MOT fail. I think it was the LED lights which were an upgrade.
My comfort access on the drivers door went at 80k miles but not the worst problem
Keep an eye on tracking, mine munched a set of tyres by wearing the edge badly very quickly but i'd suggest thats more a thing to do after purchase rather than a fault
I ran mine (albeit gran coupe version) from 3k miles to 90k over 4 years and was one of the best cars I've owned and was otherwise trouble free.
Look for the VDC or adaptive suspension if you can find one, the ride is said to be much better
The sat nav/media thing was also upgraded half way through its life, the better one has a larger control knob which you can write letters on.
I guess older cars may have been mapped which may be a good or bad thing depending on your view point.
Thanks for the info guys!My comfort access on the drivers door went at 80k miles but not the worst problem
Keep an eye on tracking, mine munched a set of tyres by wearing the edge badly very quickly but i'd suggest thats more a thing to do after purchase rather than a fault
I ran mine (albeit gran coupe version) from 3k miles to 90k over 4 years and was one of the best cars I've owned and was otherwise trouble free.
Look for the VDC or adaptive suspension if you can find one, the ride is said to be much better
The sat nav/media thing was also upgraded half way through its life, the better one has a larger control knob which you can write letters on.
I guess older cars may have been mapped which may be a good or bad thing depending on your view point.
How can you tell if the car has VDC or Adaptive suspension?
VeeTenM said:
Thanks for the info guys!
How can you tell if the car has VDC or Adaptive suspension?
It’s been a few years, from memory the comfort/sport button when you change setting it tells you whether it’s gearbox and/or suspension that change and are configurable as part of sport /comfort mode, but I’m sure there will a YouTube video somewhere that tells you How can you tell if the car has VDC or Adaptive suspension?
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