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10-26-2010, 11:05 AM | #1 | |
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BMW Announces Voluntary N54 Engine (HPFP) and X5 Recall
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ABC aired a story segment on this morning's Good Morning America (video) on the BMW high pressure fuel pump (HPFP) issue as well as a full-length piece on tonight's Nightline. This has helped prompt BMW to take the following action. Also see the main discussion thread for this topic - http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=447262 Quote:
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10-26-2010, 11:23 AM | #2 |
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10-26-2010, 11:30 AM | #6 |
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Did everyone miss this from page 2?
------------------------------------------------ "BMW admitted to ABC News that it wasn't until March of this year, four years after these cars were introduced, that it finally found a fix: a properly working fuel pump. "We were making changes but we also had to see and make sure that they were actually reliable in the field," said Baloga. Still, even after March, BMW did not tell customers to come in and replace the potentially defective fuel pumps. Instead, they allowed drivers to get a new part if and only after the old one failed. " ------------------------------------------------ What they are saying is the new pump is the fix... so were still screwed. |
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10-26-2010, 11:32 AM | #7 | |
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10-26-2010, 11:37 AM | #8 |
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that's what I assume. Need that lead time and books filled with issues in order to justify it.....despite using the same pump
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10-26-2010, 11:38 AM | #9 |
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10-26-2010, 11:39 AM | #10 |
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From what I gather through google is that the 943 pump has been in the works from late last year. First post about the new pump being installed I found as far back as January 19th, 2010 so it's not that very new in terms of hardware since it was probably built in 2009. The 943 pump had failed on the guy who had it installed after just 1 month.......so unless we have a newer pump than the 943 it might minimize the failures but it's probably not the "end all" fix we're all waiting for.
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10-26-2010, 11:42 AM | #11 |
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"Based on the individual service history of the vehicle, the action will entail replacement of the high-pressure fuel pump and/or a software update."
Isn't this exactly what they're doing now???
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10-26-2010, 11:42 AM | #12 |
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the 933 is a remanufactured version of the same exact pump. i hope bmw doesn't think throwing re-built pumps at the issue will make it go away
wrong again. you should probably just stop posting in this thread. teh NEWEST pump is the 933, it came out in march. |
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10-26-2010, 11:47 AM | #13 | |
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Sorry 933 is the new remand pump Software updates if you already have the NEWEST 933 |
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10-26-2010, 11:48 AM | #14 | |
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A LETTER! Clearly we can see how that makes the repair better than just the ol' repair they've been doing for a while now. |
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10-26-2010, 11:48 AM | #15 |
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My buddy that works at BMW confirmed that the 933 is the latest and greatest. He said you can tell on the part number stamped on the actual fuel pump whether its a re-manufactured pump or a brand new one. He told me how to tell but i forgot It was some number that was lazer printed on the actual hpfp, not the part number on the box.
I got a new 933 pump according to him and he said the version i just got came out in august/sept. Not sure how accurate this is but he changes hpfp all day so i would think he knows what he's talking about. Here are some pics of the pump that i got (this one was going into a 535)
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10-26-2010, 11:49 AM | #16 | |
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Does this mean we can request a HPFP replacement now with or without the sympotoms of it going out??? Right now it just sounds like they are doing the same song and dance. |
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10-26-2010, 11:52 AM | #17 | |
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Plus a true recall should alleviate some fears on the reseller market. |
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10-26-2010, 11:59 AM | #18 |
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So it's going to be just like the seatbelt tensioner recall. I'm all for this because I've been bitching for months about the power loss due to the "software fix" so maybe with a new pump and the newest SW revision, I can get my old car back!!!
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10-26-2010, 12:03 PM | #19 |
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I suspect if there are no signs of failure they will just update the software. The "and/or" leaves them that opportunity.
When the Mazda RX-8 didn't hit its advertised HP figures upon launch Mazda sent out $500 gift cards to all purchasers. Maybe even after the software fix the engine will still put out 300HP since it was originally understated, but would be interested in seeing a stock 135 or 335 on the dyno after the software fix. Starting to have secon thoughts about putting a deposit on a 1M. Still knid of pissed that I bought a car with no turbo lag and then they programmed some lag in after I bought it. |
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10-26-2010, 12:04 PM | #20 |
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You can request a HPFP replacement OR softwared update. Guess which one they'll be doing, if your HPFP hasn't failed.
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10-26-2010, 12:06 PM | #21 |
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Unless BMW actually has a fix then this is a waste of time. The fact that they were prompted by "bad press" tells me it is more of a marketing fix than an engineering fix.
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10-26-2010, 12:07 PM | #22 |
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Well this is good news indeed. Let's hope they find (or have found) an actual solution to the root problem, instead of addressing the symptoms with software band-aids and refurbished fuel pumps.
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