e46 rear subframe

[mol121p]

hi i recently sold my car and the new owner has contacted me saying that the rear sub frame is torn from its mounting points but i am finding this very hard to believe as i have driven lots of e46's and this one was by far the best no knocking or other funny noises from the rear

so my question is would it be possible for it to be as bad as he is saying with the car still driving as new

[blondini]

AFIK BMW will repair this foc on cars up to ten years old.

[mol121p]

the car was 11 in janurary

[MarkwG]

I'm no expert, but, if it failed suddenly after he'd bought it, a) it would feel fine up to that point, & b) there's no way you could predict it would happen. His risk buying an eleven year old car, tbh, anything could happen.

[Ti22]

On a private sale it's buyer beware... especially if you and he though it drove fine when he parted with his cash.

[E30M3SE]

mol121p said:

the car was 11 in janurary

Still worth the new owner taking it up with BMW.

[mol121p]

thanks for the help on the test drive we went over some massive speed bumps and we couldn't hear any thing That shouldn't have been there

[paoloh]

Tell the buyer to fk right off.

[msh]

I think you can get more info on E46fanatic.com for more info. This is quite a common problem on the more powerful E46 cars.

There is even a video showing what happens when the sub-frame fails.

Some people can fix this with welding etc and metal plates. Main dealer is about £7000 . OUCH!!!

[sniff diesel]

They get put through the most strain when doing a full bore standing start.