Running in service on E46 M3
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Can anyone shed any light on this issue?
A mate of mine has a rather nice 03 plate coupe and just rang me to find out about the running in service as he was told by an ex BMW employee that if the service had not been done or done late at 2100 miles in his case his extended warranty cover on his engine would be invalid if he were to have a major problem.
He bought the car privately with the warranty in place but wasn't told of this when he bought his extended cover at BMW.
From what he has told me the car was re sold from a BMW dealer to the guy he bought it from.
So is there any truth in this?
My own history shows that mine was done at 1800 hundred miles,so does that mean I'm in the same boat?
What about all the cars out there that have the BMW warranty cover but don't have the running in service?
As you'd expect I'm rather concerned
A mate of mine has a rather nice 03 plate coupe and just rang me to find out about the running in service as he was told by an ex BMW employee that if the service had not been done or done late at 2100 miles in his case his extended warranty cover on his engine would be invalid if he were to have a major problem.
He bought the car privately with the warranty in place but wasn't told of this when he bought his extended cover at BMW.
From what he has told me the car was re sold from a BMW dealer to the guy he bought it from.
So is there any truth in this?
My own history shows that mine was done at 1800 hundred miles,so does that mean I'm in the same boat?
What about all the cars out there that have the BMW warranty cover but don't have the running in service?
As you'd expect I'm rather concerned
Edited by rob05 on Wednesday 27th September 14:47
If the car has been sold as a AUC (BMW Approved Used car) then the warranty should stand. If not, and the running in service was late, it won't.
Have a look on www.bm3w.co.uk
Baz
Have a look on www.bm3w.co.uk
Baz
rob05 said:
So i guess what your saying is i have just wasted £1050 on a warranty that is only good for toilet paper?
Why do BMW let you buy it then? they had all my car details on the screen i guess they didn't care and wanted the money, needless to say I'm gutted.
Why do BMW let you buy it then? they had all my car details on the screen i guess they didn't care and wanted the money, needless to say I'm gutted.
On the contrary, as you said yours has been sold as an AUC previously..it should be covered.
rob05,
You will be fine I think, IIRC there is a 500 mile leeway, so you just fall within that
If you bought AUC, and you have gone too far for break in service and the warranty is not intact, you can effecitvely force your dealer to buy it back off you at a fair market price WERE your break in performed correctly, the car should never have been sold AUC if not.
Your friend is ****ed yes. His warranty will not be valid, and his only recouse is the guy he bought the car from - i.e. probably none.
stu
You will be fine I think, IIRC there is a 500 mile leeway, so you just fall within that
If you bought AUC, and you have gone too far for break in service and the warranty is not intact, you can effecitvely force your dealer to buy it back off you at a fair market price WERE your break in performed correctly, the car should never have been sold AUC if not.
Your friend is ****ed yes. His warranty will not be valid, and his only recouse is the guy he bought the car from - i.e. probably none.
stu
Ive just been down to BMW dealer they have told me that every car that has an approved warranty put on it has all its details checked first only then do they issue the warranty.
So what they are telling me is if the warranty company have issued a warranty it will stand regardless if the running in service has been done late.
This seems to contradict some off the info here but its welcome news all the same for us both.
So what they are telling me is if the warranty company have issued a warranty it will stand regardless if the running in service has been done late.
This seems to contradict some off the info here but its welcome news all the same for us both.
Edited by rob05 on Thursday 28th September 11:15
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