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Originally Posted by dkat
I recently purchased a 1M with about 7,500 mi. Added about 500 miles since purchase. Seller performed a dealer oil service @7,400 miles. I am not usually a fan of BMW dealer service, but the airbag recall has not been done. So if I bring it to BMW, what other service/PM items do you recommend to be performed? Seller did not keep service records. Fluid changes? Software updates? Key fob OBD fix?
Any advice would be appreciated.
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Like he said, see if they can scan the maintenance history. This is a 7 year old car despite the miles. I would change the brake fluid, transmission, diff and even the coolant. The fluids that sit, collect condensation etc that is never really burned. When I bought LT5 gearbox fluid in 2011 for my first of 2 1Ms, it had an use-by date on the bottle of July 2016 or 5 years after manufacture. The brake fluid should be changed every two years. Coolant is 7 years old now. I would also buy a bottle of fuel system cleaner as fuel that sits in the tank a long time can also break down into gum and varnish. Fresh fuel helps break this stuff down too but can't hurt to throw a $12 bottle of BMW Techron fuel system cleaner.
Congrats on the new car.