bmw 118i shadow sport 2019

[kevburner]

Hi all

My son has just bought a 118i shadowsport 2019 from an indie dealer , saved up himself 12,5k putting the graft in , which i'm really proud of him after a crappy few years , 2 acl injuries from motocross 2 years recovery 2 major knee ops , had it 3 weeks noticed last night the brakes were squealing when he pulled on drive , i had a quick look and it looks like it needs new discs and pads as all 4 have lips on them and when running your fingers o er the discs they feel lumpy not flat !

Now this has annoyed me as when checking history before we went and looked at it noticed that last mot discs were an advisory 7 months ago , when we done the deal to purchase they put a new mot on it and it came back with no advisorys so i asumed discs and pads had been done , happy days i thought

Clearly they haven't, it seems to me the mot they put on it the garage they use probably every car goes through clean as a whistle!

My lad picked the car up on hes own as i went with him to look over it afew days before and everything was in order , and as they said they would put a new mot and it would go through a 150 point check i just assumed the brakes would have been changed !

we had looked at 4 previously and this was the best 1 now as it has the msport brakes on it and ive had bmws previously with this brake setup i know getting front and rear discs and pads done wont be cheap for a 21 year old !

I thought an mot station would chec advisorys from previous year to see if they were worse or been fixed

Do you think i stand a chance with the indie dealer changing them , or is this 1 i need t take on the chin as i was the responsible adult in charge of making sure he didnt buy a dog !

Also i will be in the dog house with the misses !

[paradigital]

Could easily be the difference between two different MOT testers opinions.

A friends ancient shed of a Skoda Fabia has magically lost about half of its shopping list of advisories since last year and he s not addressed any of them.

[66HFM]

Have a look at what their 150 point check covers, I'd also pick up the phone to them and explain your concerns to them, if you don't ask you don't get.

[jonwm]

I had this with a 630 I bought, its wasn't approved used but it was from a dealer, front discs advisory from 1 year ago, disappeared then when I went for an MOT they were really past the level they needed to be, unfortunately for me they were £850!!!!!

[ZX10R NIN]

It could be as simple as different MOT testers having different opinions.

You probably know that YOU should check everything & if there's not a receipt for it, then it's not been done.

This is why you're probably annoyed, put it down to lesson learned.

[Belle427]

You probably have little chance with brakes as they are a normal wear and tear component that can be ok one day and totally knackered the next.
Parts should not be that expensive really, no need to go oem as there are plenty of decent parts available for sensible money.

[bodhi]

Suspect you might have to take it on the chin, as mentioned brakes are a wear and tear item so even cast iron manufacturer's warranties won't cover them unfortunately.

Also if you do get them replaced don't be surprised if they still squeak - we've got the same model with the M Sport brakes with brand new disks and pads, and they still squeak a lot, especially in this weather.

Great little cars tho!