[Sp123]

Originally Posted by martin mustang

I looked into this couple of years as my one is 2011 with the Performance pack from BMW, I believe a date exist, i.e. the N47 engines produced before mid 2011, my one was June 2011 so assumed good but you never know.

I also will love to know how to identify the issue, I am at 120k km.
If you serach this forum arround 2011 few posting with details, but if you in doubt take it to your main dealer and ask for the check to be doucmented for future records.

I have a build date of March 2011. So I don't know where that lies in terms of the revised n47.

Some say that the f10 altogether does not have the timing chain problems as did the e60 n47 and some say that the problems are there as it's the same engine carried over.

Evidently it is as owners have experienced the same e60 issues on the f10.

Disappointing that a big marque such high as bmw did this and not rectify on a new model launch.

One of the reasons I have keep my extended warranty and main dealer service for when this problem arises I have a leg to stand on.

I will most definitely ask the dealer to log my visit and mark in the the future to carry out further check.

I have just had the major oil service and the health check reported everything well. Don't know how thorough these are but will use this as well as leverage to the case should it arise.

Sp