[puma1552]

I find it odd that BMW says, "Yeah, you're brakes are likely enough to fail where we need to do a recall, but go ahead and keep driving the car for the next 3+ months until we can get around to fixing yours, good luck!"

[claykin]

Originally Posted by bcl0328

why is it may 2012? what changed in those few months? did they know about it then and fix it? i got my car in march 2012.

For one, they changed the vacuum pump starting 5/2012. http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...85&hg=11&fg=45

[ft1339]

Originally Posted by Infamouz627

So they issue a recall for the N20/26 but not for the N55 limp mode problem? I know of several members, including myself, who have gotten into close calls because we couldn't accelerate into or out of traffic quick enough...i.e. merging from an on ramp.

Maybe I'm not understanding this right but... Can't you just move over to the shoulder if you get into a limp mode while getting onto the highway? You have enough momentum to move to the right without disturbing following cars. I've never experienced limp more so I'm just trying to understand how limp mode can be dangerous.

[puma1552]

Originally Posted by ft1339

Maybe I'm not understanding this right but... Can't you just move over to the shoulder if you get into a limp mode while getting onto the highway? You have enough momentum to move to the right without disturbing following cars. I've never experienced limp more so I'm just trying to understand how limp mode can be dangerous.

Not all onramps and highways are long drawn out ramps with shoulders where you can just putz off to the side. Plenty of the ones around here are short and shoot you right onto the highway with a tight guardrail on the right and really no shoulder, not to mention a lot of onramps are also part of an offramp as well. Losing power could be downright deadly in one of those situations.

[ft1339]

Originally Posted by puma1552

Not all onramps and highways are long drawn out ramps with shoulders where you can just putz off to the side. Plenty of the ones around here are short and shoot you right onto the highway with a tight guardrail on the right and really no shoulder, not to mention a lot of onramps are also part of an offramp as well. Losing power could be downright deadly in one of those situations.

Ok that's fair, around here onramps are loooooong and with a huge shoulder the size of a lane. I can see this being dangerous in some cases, especially if you're being tailgated during the acceleration phase (but that's the fault of the driver tailgating you).

[slownfast]

waiting for the letter then

[raleedy]

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