335i Rear Floating

moranor@axis

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take the car into the dealers till they sort all this out... keep pushing them and all should be resolved :)
 

Mike-R

Member
Yes bud. It's easier said than done hey.


The car was with Clearwater for 2 weeks almost and now with JSN again for the whole week. It's been at the dealership more than in my garage
 

akash

Well-known member
The more pressing issue now is to have the engine looked at while you still under MP.
 

Mike-R

Member
Definitely. On my tablet I saw a high HP reading of 366 HP on the dash command app. Does that sound right?
 

moranor@axis

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Official Advertiser
I feel your pain but it is better than spending your own money to fix this... let them replace parts till they find the problem
 

Gizmo

Banned
Unfortunately being under motorplan no indy can touch it, rather find a better dealership, sounds like yours are more trouble than they are worth...


If they cannot fix it then demand a new engine.
 

akash

Well-known member
Mike-R said:
Definitely. On my tablet I saw a high HP reading of 366 HP on the dash command app. Does that sound right?

From what i see on Google it does not sound right for a stock car.

1 kw = 1.34hp

That would equate to 301.5 hp for a stock x35 @ 225kw.
 

Mike-R

Member
okay update,

I finally got a call from JSN, and they are replacing the front shock absorbents after a test drive. :chef:

How difficult was this JSN? and here i was thinking im going mad...
 

M3_devil

Member
I fail to understand how dealerships can only replace shocks as front and rear pairs. Logic dictates that if fronts are worn the rears are not far behind.
 

Gizmo

Banned
Mike-R said:
okay update,

I finally got a call from JSN, and they are replacing the front shock absorbents after a test drive. :chef:

How difficult was this JSN? and here i was thinking im going mad...
What's their prognosis on the car pushing its coolant out?
 

Mike-R

Member
Gizmo said:
Mike-R said:
okay update,

I finally got a call from JSN, and they are replacing the front shock absorbents after a test drive. :chef:

How difficult was this JSN? and here i was thinking im going mad...
What's their prognosis on the car pushing its coolant out?
They say the cap wasn't seeling properly. Replaced that now. So. Let's see what happens


M3_devil said:
I fail to understand how dealerships can only replace shocks as front and rear pairs. Logic dictates that if fronts are worn the rears are not far behind.
Bud that's the truth. The report from tire mart clearly indicated all 4 needs replacement. But the front apparently more so than the rear.
 

KevinZa

New member
Coolant issue could be your waterpump and thermostat on its way out. If your car is
close to 100k then you should strongly consider having them replaced. Closely monitor this as my car started losing power before the waterpump failed. You get a yellow engine light due to the power loss and almost immediately the yellow heat gauge (symbol)and red overheat light in succession. My car was just out of plan 105k. Tune Tech replaced both the pump and thermostat for me. My extended warranty only covered the more expensive item which was the waterpump.
Bmw will only fix once it's broken unfortunately if your still on plan.
 

dlk001

Member
Hope the problem gets fixed man. I had similar issue with my 335i Convertible. It was an on and off problem. I should have checked the shocks like you did.
 

Mike-R

Member
So, Just picked up the car after 2 weeks at JSN, its doing the same thing.. They replaced front shocks and that still hasn't sorted the problem.

I think now i will go to a TWT to get the alignment checked and have them set it up. I chatted to a guy in the Roodepoort Branch before i took it to BM and he reckons there is a very specific way this must be setup to get that loose feeling to go away. But im afraid there's something else that we are missing here.

I think it feels worse now than it did before.

I dont know what else to do here. JSN tested the car and their "test driver" said its fine. I dont understand how someone that drives these cars for a living cant feel that something isn't right...
 

Kish2604

Administrator
Staff member
Request the fancy KDS alignment to be done at the dealer first before going elsewhere and get a copy of the report and post it up.

dont do anything else till you have that...
 

Woodies

Well-known member
No expert here, but I recently had wheel alignment done on my 335i and I was quite surprised by how much negative camber the rears wheels have. Was a bit bummed as only got 20,000km off my set of rear tyres. Asked around about reducing the negative camber to try save tyres and loads of people warned that doing that would the make the car's rear feel lose and not properly planted down? Hopefully its just something as simple as wheel alignment?
I 100% agree with the others guys above and BMW must sort it out and give you a print out of the wheel alignment. I can send you a copy of my report for wheel alignment if you like to compare it too?
Good luck and don't let them off the hook. The more everyone keeps making the stealers do things properly, maybe one day we wont have to fight so hard with them.
 
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