Interior trim warranty

**Fasteddie** · 18-05-2014, 11:30 PM

Hi, I know there is a 60k miles limit on the comp warranty for interior trim, however ever my car is 50k and the passenger door closure trim (door aperture, mostly b post) has failed, is this going to be a problem on the warranty? If it is ok, what else interior wise can be claimed? Kick plates have corroded

sailorbaz · 19-05-2014, 03:33 AM

Do you mean the seal? I would like to think it would be covered, but would it be classed as wear and tear?

I know the kick plates are not covered, I think mine is on its 3rd set now. They're expensive friggers.

**Fasteddie** · 20-05-2014, 09:27 AM

This wear and tear business is such utter bollox! Everything is wear and tear, they changed a front wishbone because of play in the ball joint, don't tell me that's not down to wear and tear. I also have a failed exhaust coupling, now that really isn't wear and tear, it's rock solid, no play, no movement and has cracked through. Fortunately it hasn't caused any gas escape but I don't think they'll be changing that on the warranty. Good job I've just bought a shiny supersprint back box

Off my soap box

GregorJP · 20-05-2014, 09:56 AM

I've had both door aperture seals fail on my car, plus my kick plates have corroded.

The door aperture seals are a problem on any M3 - I had an E46 previously and both sides failed. One cause can be trying to open the door when the car is iced up in winter. In any case, BMW wasn't interested when I tried to get them replaced under warranty. Ditto the kick plates. I ended up replacing one of the door seals and Elms were nice to me and waived some of the costs, on the basis of some other work they were doing.

Both my kickplates need replacing

NBTBRV8 · 20-05-2014, 10:55 AM

Door seals aren't covered by warranty and most certainly shouldn't be at 50k in any case. Fair wear and tear, get your wallet out.

cslsuperfan · 20-05-2014, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NBTBRV8

Door seals aren't covered by warranty and most certainly shouldn't be at 50k in any case. Fair wear and tear, get your wallet out.

From experience this seems to be accurate

**Fasteddie** · 21-05-2014, 01:24 AM

If it's excluded then it's excluded. But if it really is wear and tear why has it gone on the passenger side? Surely the drivers side sees more wear. I don't mind getting the wallet out as I do every year for the warranty, what I do mind is it's the same amount every year and as the car gets older they get to exclude more and more...... Surely these failures would be covered for a 2/3 year old car so what's the warranty for?

18-05-2014, 11:30 PM	#1
Fasteddie S4 - Getting the hang of it Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Ashford, Kent Posts: 202 Casino cash: $1434	Interior trim warranty Hi, I know there is a 60k miles limit on the comp warranty for interior trim, however ever my car is 50k and the passenger door closure trim (door aperture, mostly b post) has failed, is this going to be a problem on the warranty? If it is ok, what else interior wise can be claimed? Kick plates have corroded

20-05-2014, 09:27 AM	#3
Fasteddie S4 - Getting the hang of it Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Ashford, Kent Posts: 202 Casino cash: $1434	This wear and tear business is such utter bollox! Everything is wear and tear, they changed a front wishbone because of play in the ball joint, don't tell me that's not down to wear and tear. I also have a failed exhaust coupling, now that really isn't wear and tear, it's rock solid, no play, no movement and has cracked through. Fortunately it hasn't caused any gas escape but I don't think they'll be changing that on the warranty. Good job I've just bought a shiny supersprint back box Off my soap box

20-05-2014, 09:56 AM	#4
GregorJP S5 - Full Throttle Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 319 Casino cash: $2092	I've had both door aperture seals fail on my car, plus my kick plates have corroded. The door aperture seals are a problem on any M3 - I had an E46 previously and both sides failed. One cause can be trying to open the door when the car is iced up in winter. In any case, BMW wasn't interested when I tried to get them replaced under warranty. Ditto the kick plates. I ended up replacing one of the door seals and Elms were nice to me and waived some of the costs, on the basis of some other work they were doing. Both my kickplates need replacing

20-05-2014, 10:55 AM	#5
NBTBRV8 S5 - Full Throttle Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Other Side of the World Posts: 280 Casino cash: $10862	Door seals aren't covered by warranty and most certainly shouldn't be at 50k in any case. Fair wear and tear, get your wallet out.

21-05-2014, 01:24 AM	#7
Fasteddie S4 - Getting the hang of it Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Ashford, Kent Posts: 202 Casino cash: $1434	If it's excluded then it's excluded. But if it really is wear and tear why has it gone on the passenger side? Surely the drivers side sees more wear. I don't mind getting the wallet out as I do every year for the warranty, what I do mind is it's the same amount every year and as the car gets older they get to exclude more and more...... Surely these failures would be covered for a 2/3 year old car so what's the warranty for?