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Old 16-03-2009, 06:10 PM   #1
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Just got back from taking my car into my oil service with the car and the - gear paddle not working, turned out that it has 2 rear snapped coil springs, a leaking diff
and needs two front disks and pads at £580

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Old 16-03-2009, 06:16 PM   #2
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Rears springs should be free if the car has less than 60k on the clock!
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Old 16-03-2009, 06:29 PM   #3
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Cool, should be ok with that, car has got 43K on it now.

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Old 16-03-2009, 07:29 PM   #4
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I have just had to replace a rear spring on mine too
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Old 16-03-2009, 09:43 PM   #5
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Leaking diff and springs covered under warranty?
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Old 16-03-2009, 09:59 PM   #6
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Hope it would be, need to check with them.
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Old 17-03-2009, 05:44 AM   #7
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Rear springs should be free if under 60k miles? Does this apply to all cars even without warranty? I never actually heard if BMW had accepted there was a problem with the rear springs. If so I'll be right in there, I need one at the moment and only replaced the other about a month ago!!
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Old 17-03-2009, 11:02 AM   #8
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Rear springs should be free if under 60k miles? Does this apply to all cars even without warranty? I never actually heard if BMW had accepted there was a problem with the rear springs. If so I'll be right in there, I need one at the moment and only replaced the other about a month ago!!
You should get a good will if the car has no warranty but under 60k
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Old 17-03-2009, 12:40 PM   #9
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Hope they do, will need to speak to them, mines gone to Rybrook in the local town, theyve just taken over Robert Stern, they seem ok
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Old 17-03-2009, 04:32 PM   #10
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Just got back from taking my car into my oil service with the car and the - gear paddle not working, turned out that it has 2 rear snapped coil springs, a leaking diff
and needs two front disks and pads at £580

wallets not happy.....

James.
Paddles and Springs should be a warranty job. And as some have said springs should be good will also.

How do you know it needs discs + pads? Lights on?

My dealer tried that once with me when I was in with my Cooper S for a steering problem. Said it needed new discs + pad - Id replaced them 1k miles previously...
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