I have never seen a press release this strong BMW RECALL

I guess you drive straight to the dealer and get a loaner.

Crazy situation. That supplier is going to have some heads rolling that's for sure...

 

Maybe something with the fuel delivery systems... wouldn't be brakes (cause of the specific recall). Maybe a defective piston rod?

 

The rest of that press release: (writerguy, why didn't you just post the whole thing?)


"The cause of the potential engine stalling is defective hardware in the engine control unit. Should a vehicle stall, the driver will lose power steering assistance and power braking assistance as well. The vehicle may still be steered and braked but it will require much more effort.

In the United States approximately 2,000 vehicles with the affected control units have been delivered to customers. Every owner with an affected vehicle will receive a phone call from BMW of North America Customer Relations with instructions. "

 

Thanks Bubbles! Jim, you didn't catch that and post it? Come one, Mr. Journalist... that's being caught with your pen down

 

No power steering or power breaks! Doesn't that lead to instant death?

 

I believe I saw on Discovery Channel that's the formula for spontaneous combustion.

 

another reason why new BMW's will be worthless in a couple of years. Who's gonna pay to fix one of those things when it's out of warrenty?

 

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As the driver of an E38, which is not effected by the recall, I find the image offensive and distasteful.

 

It's also pretty damn funny...

 

yea, yea it is. As Ryan already knows. (inside joke)

 

Must be that Microsoft OS that runs on the engine control unit.
Probably needs a service patch or a driver update.

 

The ultimate dying machine...! LMAO, Ryan, you're a riot...!

 

Me myself being a BMW driver would probably not buy one again. The experience i had buying my car was just short of hell.

 

Ryalex, that's hillarious

 

And here I thought the reason that people weren't driving their current 7 or 5 series is that they are so FUGLY!

God, I followed a sort of off-white 7 series the other day. It is just hideous to look at.

 

What happened?

 

Let me guess, you bought that crappy M3 that I got rid of after 5 months of being in the shop more than I was driving it?

 

Turns out right now the BMW dealers are so busy fixing v8 & 12 cars they can't find time to do the fixes on their own inventory. And the cars are being held at the docks and not getting released to the dealers.

Engine control unit failure is what my sales guy told me. They have NO NEW V8 cars to sell. None, nada, zilch, until the problem is resolved.

What a friggin nightmare.

 

Must be a down under kind of problem. At least for me, I've never enjoyed driving a car more.

I'm on BMW #4, coming in Tuesday. New M3 after a succession of 5 series cars.

All of the dealers in my area, four to choose from within 30 minutes drive, are very helpful and competitive on price and service. Some of that may be the luck of the draw, one dealer sets a very high standard for service, and the rest have to keep up to compete.