2007 Z4 M Coupe Engine Rebuild

[osiris]

I am still confused as to how this was never a recall from BMW. A failure this expensive where it can and will write off a car without any warning.

Its all good for us that are informed due to being part of a BMW community but what about the average joe that has his E46 M3 for a weekend drive or what not and this happens. I think its a bit unfair that BMW would let something like this slide.

The other thing is that an M3 or Z4m isn't a F30 BMW that people buy and keep for 3 years and give back to BMW and swap out for the next latest brand new model. People who buy M3's and z4M's keep them for years and maintain them and are proud of them, its a special car and for it to have a problem this big and potentially this expensive to fix BMW should do a flipping recall. :rage:

Unfortunately BMW view the lifetime of the car as 5 years / 100 000km, and typically these engines will make it that far on original bearings, therefore no recall / action necessary

There was however a rod-bearing recall on the early M3 models, because the early design was commonly failing before 5 years / 100 000km. This however, did not fix the broader problem of rod bearing wear beyond that time period.

I would agree with this if BMW didn't put old BMW's in there showrooms cause that just shows customers that their cars are worthy of long term use and makes allot of us that love those cars want to own one even more. It's a very strong form of advertising to see a well kept e46 m3 or 325is etc on a BMW showroom floor in pristine condition in these later years of the cars lifetime.

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Unfortunately BMW view the lifetime of the car as 5 years / 100 000km, and typically these engines will make it that far on original bearings, therefore no recall / action necessary

There was however a rod-bearing recall on the early M3 models, because the early design was commonly failing before 5 years / 100 000km. This however, did not fix the broader problem of rod bearing wear beyond that time period.

I would agree with this if BMW didn't put old BMW's in there showrooms cause that just shows customers that their cars are worthy of long term use and makes allot of us that love those cars want to own one even more. It's a very strong form of advertising to see a well kept e46 m3 or 325is etc on a BMW showroom floor in pristine condition in these later years of the cars lifetime.

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lol excuse my quoting skills there :biglol:

 

[Ratslaaf]

Yeah this is a tricky one, it is definitely a design flaw but its something that comes up after manufacture warranty has expired.

I would love to have an M, any M but the prices of one on Motorplan is insane and the cost of owning an older one and maintaining them is also insane.

So i just admire them from far....:blueCry:

An out of plan M doesn't have to be expensive. Mine wasn't mechanically. Granted, I spent a lot on it because I'm anal, but the bearing job on it was quite reasonable. Trick is to buy a decent car in the first place and address the known issues immediately. Budget for this as part of the purchase.

Things go astronomical very quickly when you don't tackle the preventive issues straight away. People buy these cars, know about the issues, but ignore them anyway. They then cry when things break, which could've been addressed much earlier for substantially less money.