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Next nearest dealer is two hours away, and the information is carried on the vehicle data the dealerships pull up when they get ready to do service. It's not really the dealer that refused this claim, it's BMW. |
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12-16-2008, 02:18 PM | #90 |
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well this sucks. maybe i will just sell all my unused car parts and wait for dinan to come out with more stuff. i don't really want my warranty voided.
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12-16-2008, 02:30 PM | #91 |
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You can delete the warranty codes (2D2F, etc) BEFORE going to the dealer using a BMW GT1 diagnostic tool. They are available on eBay for around $1000 and any reputable independent BMW shop will have them. If you have been getting codes in your car due to modifications or otherwise you need to REMOVE the modifications, clear the codes using a GT1, and wait for them to come back up before taking the car in. Follow this advice and you will never have a warranty problem.
If you panic and rush your car to the dealer without checking/clearing codes and without removing all modifications you are foolishly rolling the dice. |
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12-16-2008, 02:35 PM | #93 |
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Never had reason to post before. You don't think it is good information? To remove modifications and eliminate them as the cause of the code before wasting the dealers time? Also deleting detection codes ahead of time so the dealer doesn't screw you? :iono:
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Must be a case of screw or be screwed?
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what about if you remove all the mods and pay to fix the problem and also do a full check up to the car at the dealer, will that help give you back your warranty?
I mean, the car will have nothing wrong then and would be in stock form!
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12-16-2008, 08:51 PM | #100 | |
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BMW is looking for an "out" on the warranty, and I gave them one. They're not going to give it back. Once they know the car has hada tuner on it, they're not going to honor the warranty, even if it is their problem. |
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12-16-2008, 09:47 PM | #101 |
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If people just stick with the basic boltons (intake, catted downpipes, catless midpipes, exhaust)I don't think there would be much problem at all. If they find out you touched the ecu, its game over though. They don't know you wasn't running 18+psi or something ridiculous, lol.
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Because the issue at hand with the OPs car has nothing to do with the mods he has on them. Just because you do something to a car does not mean the whole warranty should be voided. If the mod caused the issues then I think it is wrong to warranty it, but if you put a chip on a car and your fuel pump goes bad I dont think there should be a problem
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12-17-2008, 12:03 AM | #103 | |
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The pump is a faulty design, they are going out on stock cars. Thats why they fixed it. It doesn't matter if the service departmnet was pulling for him. You think if BMW can weasel out of warranty work they would. The fact is they replaced it because they know the pump is defective in the first place, and anybody paying out of their pocket for a hpfp failure is crazy. |
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There has been a couple of guys on e90post that has put their cars back to stock and had a bmw rep inspect the car and had their warrantee reinstated. |
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12-17-2008, 02:37 AM | #105 |
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that's what I had in mind in fact:wink:
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You should celebrate. Your 135i is now a free agent and it can go where ever it wants (or you want). Down with the empire!
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Sorry to hear about your warranty. You are correct posters mention MMA all the time and really don't understand it. The purpose is to protect the consumer who instead of buying OEM parts gets them from a different source. These parts in question do not modify or change the vehicle. Now does the company (BMW) have to prove aftermarket parts caused a failure yes, but we how that actually works. People will say fight it but in the end how much will it eventually cost you and you'll probably not win. Bottom line if you want to mod by all means do it but be willing to pay! By the way, who has the time or would want to take all aftermarket parts off every time you go to the dealer not me?
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Fighting them will cost more than the fuel pump, and at the end of the day that's still not going to restore the warranty. It's not like I can just go in there and demand they replace the pump at no charge. There's going to be a lawyer and arbitrator involved, and a ton of my time. I don't think a lot of you guys realize that BMW and the service department at the dealership are two seperate things. The service department doesn't make the call on things like this. BMW does, and the service department doesn't get paid if BMW denies the claim, even if they've already done the work. In the other thread the guy's service department went to bat for him and convinced BMW it was their problem. Mine didn't do that. Besides that, in my case it doesn't seem to be the HPFP that's bad. The symptoms point more toward the low pressure fuel pump, which isn't a high failure item. They're refusing to diagnose the problem and further than they already have (and wanted to charge me shop time for that) because of the modifications to the ECU wiring and the code that's been set. The next step is to get a lawyer, and it's just not worth the time and money. |
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