[badblack550xi]

Told BMW last week please check my transfer case car making no power and making loud sound.. guess what it was the Transfer case. i am a happy camper now.
Open Road Delivered

[Pimpsy]

Originally Posted by badblack550xi

Told BMW last week please check my transfer case car making no power and making loud sound.. guess what it was the Transfer case. i am a happy camper now.
Open Road Delivered

Great news man! I think I'll contact Open Road as well when I'm ready. Thanks for the update.

[badblack550xi]

Originally Posted by AlanM

Great news man! I think I'll contact Open Road as well when I'm ready. Thanks for the update.

Np a few of us used them already i was not the 1st... they can handle 5 cars per week.

[FeckinSpaceman]

Originally Posted by badblack550xi

Told BMW last week please check my transfer case car making no power and making loud sound.. guess what it was the Transfer case. i am a happy camper now.
Open Road Delivered

Really?

What kind of sound was it making? Any other symptoms that you could describe?

[badblack550xi]

Originally Posted by FeckinSpaceman

Really?

What kind of sound was it making? Any other symptoms that you could describe?

yes when you in 1st the car seems to make more sound than power but when it jumps to 2nd it pulls hard!
here is my video you can hear that exhaust note is different than usual there something else creating extra sound.

this is how my car usually sounds

[Zer0Cool92]

Originally Posted by badblack550xi

yes when you in 1st the car seems to make more sound than power but when it jumps to 2nd it pulls hard!
here is my video you can hear that exhaust note is different than usual there something else creating extra sound.

this is how my car usually sounds

What size wheels are those?

[FeckinSpaceman]

Originally Posted by badblack550xi

yes when you in 1st the car seems to make more sound than power but when it jumps to 2nd it pulls hard!
here is my video you can hear that exhaust note is different than usual there something else creating extra sound.

this is how my car usually sounds

Car looks pretty quick to me but I hear what you are taking about.

They wiped out my dinan stage 2 tune when updating last week and now my car feels slow af


Cautious to have it flashed back until they get my issues worked out cause I'm running like shit right now.

[badblack550xi]

Originally Posted by Zer0Cool92

What size wheels are those?

Both stock size one set winter stock wheels and one set summer light weight wheels with Hankook Rs-3 Tires.

[Charlie@McKennaBMWService]

Originally Posted by soopaman15

Charlie,

My 2011 X5 recently fell out of warranty (11/2014). It has less than 30,000 miles. I had the battery replaced last winter under warranty. I've had the increased battery discharge come on recently. Will BMW provide another battery or do I pay out of pocket? I plan on contacting my local dealership in the next day or so to schedule an appointment. But I would like to know your thoughts first.

More than likely they may be able to parts warranty your battery for you... The advisor may argue with you on it but keep pressing the issue and you should be able to get a new battery if it is deemed defective...

[badblack550xi]

this is what i got back... how can tech not hear this when i hard it as my car was pulled in by my house....

[Joe550]

Originally Posted by Str8m3

So I had my 2011 X5 5.0's injectors replace 3 weeks ago because the car had gone into limp mode. I subsequently found out about this campaign and was told to bring the car back in a few weeks to have service done. In the meantime, car went into limp home mode again. I brought the car in and they said there was a misfire due to a bad coil? They say it has nothing to do with the campaign and want me to pay to have it repaired. Im 4 weeks out of warranty. Any thoughts? Im not sure what they mean by a bad coil...

got my 2013 550ix back today...replaced everything under the campaign except timing chain & fuel line

I have had no problems except a one time extremely rough start about a month ago-got Drivetrain Malfunction message - cut it off restarted and seemed ok. My service info from the Customer Care Program states "after test driving found codes for cyl 1 and cyl 2 misfire/ replaced coils on cyl 1 and cyl 2

comments from those who are engine guys appreciated on this.

[SteelersF10]

Just dropped my 2011 550 off for the "Customer Care Package" 2/2/2015. Got a 2015 528 with 1600 miles. Hope this goes smooth. I got the "DT" malfunction 1 Dec at 43000 miles...Bad fuel pump...SA called and told me about the "Customer Care Package" 5 January, even though I already knew about it, and said that he would get to me as soon as he could. True to his word, he call me last Thursday to bring it in. He's a cool guy and keeps me informed about whats going on with my ride, so I trust him and the "stealership"... ... Yeah, I'm worried about depreciation and long term effects just like everyone else as I am buying my 550, but hey, what are you gonna do. Oh yeah, I'm buying the extended warranty as soon as the service is done. I'll definitely let everyone know how this turns out.

[badblack550xi]

my car is so slow that a 740li loaner that i just got pulls harder than my car.. .this is fucking sad the Care package made my car as fast a s V6 camry.

[Mbbrewer]

Originally Posted by badblack550xi

my car is so slow that a 740li loaner that i just got pulls harder than my car.. .this is fucking sad the Care package made my car as fast a s V6 camry.

Why would this be? Did you take off your tune?

[badblack550xi]

Originally Posted by Mbbrewer

Why would this be? Did you take off your tune?

yes but because there is some crazy ass sound coming from my engine i think its reducing the power... but no codes are coming up.

[gofigure]

As someone who has been looking into buying a 550i or an M5 for the last few months, i am amazed to hear about this kind of an issue...

I've never owned a car of this stature/price point but would not have expected something like this to happen for a car that sells for 70k+ brand new

Maybe i just don't love driving enough but I'm not sure I can justify spending that kind of money on a 550i/M5...or any other similarly priced brand (Audi, MB etc) as they have somewhat similar issues

I just always assumed when you're paying that kind of money, you're getting reliability/longevity in addition to performance.

The reason I'm posting this is to get some perspective from you folks who have clearly owned multiple BMWs or multiple similar luxury cars...

Thanks in advance

[badblack550xi]

My brand new Vacuum pump had failed that's what the crazy sound was.

[493263]

Originally Posted by gofigure

As someone who has been looking into buying a 550i or an M5 for the last few months, i am amazed to hear about this kind of an issue...

I've never owned a car of this stature/price point but would not have expected something like this to happen for a car that sells for 70k+ brand new

Maybe i just don't love driving enough but I'm not sure I can justify spending that kind of money on a 550i/M5...or any other similarly priced brand (Audi, MB etc) as they have somewhat similar issues

I just always assumed when you're paying that kind of money, you're getting reliability/longevity in addition to performance.

The reason I'm posting this is to get some perspective from you folks who have clearly owned multiple BMWs or multiple similar luxury cars...

Thanks in advance

Umm...Usually, the most expensive cars are the least reliable cars. You're paying for luxury and prestige. Like any of us really need 400+ HP.

[RSBro]

Originally Posted by gofigure

As someone who has been looking into buying a 550i or an M5 for the last few months, i am amazed to hear about this kind of an issue...

I've never owned a car of this stature/price point but would not have expected something like this to happen for a car that sells for 70k+ brand new

Maybe i just don't love driving enough but I'm not sure I can justify spending that kind of money on a 550i/M5...or any other similarly priced brand (Audi, MB etc) as they have somewhat similar issues

I just always assumed when you're paying that kind of money, you're getting reliability/longevity in addition to performance.

The reason I'm posting this is to get some perspective from you folks who have clearly owned multiple BMWs or multiple similar luxury cars...

Thanks in advance

Not really the case. B Ms are highly tuned and fast, fun cars to drive, which obviously is going to put more wear and tear on the components and engine. The reason Kias and other POS' last so long is they're built cheaply with cheap parts but are made to go slow and not be thrashed around. F1 engines costs millions of dollars but only last a few races before they have to be replaced because they rev so high. Obviously a B M isn't an F1 car, but it's a sliding down scale form that IMO.

Recalls/service bulletins are quite common and any brand can be affected. Again, this isn't a true "recall" and it's mostly all preventative maintenance on BMW's part which is nice. They sorted out whatever was the issue in the N63-TU update and the 4.4L TTV8 is going in the new M6 GT3 racer, so it obviously can perform. I'm quite confident it'll be fine after this service. I plan on keeping mine now.

[Zer0Cool92]

Just got my car back. Dropped it off yesterday and got it today. Is it possible for them to replace all the parts so quickly? It says on the invoice everything was replaced but the timing chain. Car drives smoothly as before .. Just curious if anyone knows how long it would take.

[SteelersF10]

Originally Posted by Zer0Cool92

Just got my car back. Dropped it off yesterday and got it today. Is it possible for them to replace all the parts so quickly? It says on the invoice everything was replaced but the timing chain. Car drives smoothly as before .. Just curious if anyone knows how long it would take.

Mine has been with the Dealer since Monday.....SA called today....Says I got everything in the CCP......and guess what.....2 new turbos......I'll pick it up tomorrow afternoon.....I'll let you all know everything that was done.....was running fine when I dropped it off Monday......I can wait....

[badblack550xi]

Originally Posted by SteelersF10

Mine has been with the Dealer since Monday.....SA called today....Says I got everything in the CCP......and guess what.....2 new turbos......I'll pick it up tomorrow afternoon.....I'll let you all know everything that was done.....was running fine when I dropped it off Monday......I can wait....

wow how did they give you new tiurbos ? ive been asking they said my turbos passed all the tests... which i think is a bunch of BS the amount of rape my turbos saw no way they are in top shape.