530i m-tech 2002

Well all i can say to all the info on the green oval is fingers,toes,legs and everything else thats possible to cross.

Everybody I suppose has different experiences with different cars,as I have said before I have owned 4 BMW'S over the years and not one of them ever gave me a minutes bother except for the last one.

I also just sold my Ford Sierra RS Cosworth which I have had for just over a year and used it as an every day car and got plenty of petrol through it and never let me down, yet a friend has one and he is a mehanic and cant get his to run right at all.  

I have had a very wide range of cars over the years even some of them people recomended not to go near them as they are trouble but I never had trouble with anything.

So heres hoping that trend will continue

Samantha Wrote: The garage took my car back in exchange for an almost identical 5 series,which I have to thank them for doing at least that much, so I made the exchange and followed on to trade that one in off a 04 Range Rover Vouge.

Hope that you got a decent warranty on the Range Rover. They suffer from persistant problems. Gearbox failures are common. Ride height sensors are also dodgy. My brother bought a 2004 model brand new and still owns it. His wife will not take it on long runs any more. It has broken down so often that she is literally waiting for the next time. In fairness to the dealer she gets a replacement while hers is hauled away for repairs. The replacement has always been a Range Rover and her car is returned usually in a day. Her Range Rover never had a tow hitch fitted and has recently passed the 60,000 mile mark. Her gentle handling of the car can be proven by the fact that to date, only 4 tyres have been fitted in total to the car in 60,000 miles. The only guarantee that you get with a Range Rover, in my opinion, is the guarantee of it breaking down. You might say that I am basing my facts on just one car but believe you me, their problems are well documented. If you have not got a lengthy warranty, please get one, as repairs can be pricy, and I hope that you dealt with a Land Rover dealership, or non franchised specialist on land Rover vehicles. I hope that I havent put you off, but I simply felt that I have to warn you of the dangers of ownership of this fantastic machine. I wish you luck with ownership. Maybe all failures have already been seen to, when in previous owners hands and you may have nothing to worry about. 

Samantha

Its just a pity that your experience of the blue propellor has been a poor one and that it took a lot of persistence on your part and a lot of faffing about by the dealer before they took responsibility for the issue.

Note to others - Wonder if they'll tell the next buyer  (carzone link).

Dergside wrote: Per chance is this the same car? http://www.carzone.ie/search/BMW/5-Series/530i-M-S/200946195 872346/advert?channel=CARS

Its a bit hard to tell with no pic but sounds like it alright!!!

Andrew Rolland wrote: samantha wrote: then I am sure they will refund me my money at this stage! I would get that in writing from them! Will the other 5er have the same spec as the first one you have had?

Well with all the conversations recently I have every confidence that they would give me back my money.

UweM3 wrote: samantha wrote: I have decided when the car comes back "fixed" not taking it back till they sort it out properly I am going to sell her on.... I loose interest when a car starts to give trouble!!! How are you going to handle this? Selling it fully working or telling the interested buyer why you are selling it? Don't get me wrong, I do understand your reasons. But I would be pretty miffed if buying a car and finding out it had a lot of trouble afterwards(maybe by joining a forum?) Myself I would try to hand it back and get my money and end the disaster.

Hey.

To be blatently honest in my opinion that car was bought in by the garage with problems and I think they were either not aware of it or just tried to get away with it.

So what did I do to deserve all that grief I do not know but I am aware of KARMA so NO I would not have sold it while giving problems nor would I have NOT informed the new perspective buyer of what work had been done on the car 

Now just to put your mind at rest they are taking the car back as it was still not right after 6weeks.

I am now awaiting another 5 series from them if that should not suit me well then I am sure they will refund me my money at this stage!

There is a lot of BAD people in this world but I AINT ONE OF THEM

I was brought up not dragged up!

beemerchris wrote: samantha wrote: Well! Havn't forgotten about yous, my car is still in the garage, Sarsfield decided to flush out the engine before they brought it back to the BMW garage that originally did the work on it, WHY i don't know, but surprisingly they came back with one of the tappets was f****d in it!!!!      Like "surprise surprise"  So anyhow that part was due in last Monday morning and I havn't heard a thing since so il give them a ring tomoro and see what they have to say! HEART ACHE   Well still waiting for you to show up for the diagnostic...... For a start BMW categorigly states NO ADDITIVES shoul be used in the engine. (e.g engine flush). The M54 is an all alloy engine and hates theese things. If BMW finds out any possible goodwill will go out the window. Sencondly this issue coul;d be alot o things from wrong oil to tappets to ignition to knock sensors and so on so it NEEDS A PROPPER DIAGNOSTIC from someone who nows what hes is doing. oil should be fully synthetic 5/30 Castrol

Hi

Still havn't got the car back yet, Im seriously begining to think by that shower flushing out the engine in the first place they actually did all the damage themselvs!!

With the  information you have given me it has been thrown at them so it's a case of the car is 110% when I get it back OR I want my money back, failing that I will pass it on to a Solicitor.

I know I could bring it to yourself but why should I have to pay for their mistakes!!!

Thats the only reason they have the car..

Thanks for the info I will post up any new developements 

samantha wrote: Well! Havn't forgotten about yous, my car is still in the garage, Sarsfield decided to flush out the engine before they brought it back to the BMW garage that originally did the work on it, WHY i don't know, but surprisingly they came back with one of the tappets was f****d in it!!!!      Like "surprise surprise"  So anyhow that part was due in last Monday morning and I havn't heard a thing since so il give them a ring tomoro and see what they have to say! HEART ACHE

Well still waiting for you to show up for the diagnostic......

For a start BMW categorigly states NO ADDITIVES shoul be used in the engine. (e.g engine flush). The M54 is an all alloy engine and hates theese things. If BMW finds out any possible goodwill will go out the window. Sencondly this issue coul;d be alot o things from wrong oil to tappets to ignition to knock sensors and so on so it NEEDS A PROPPER DIAGNOSTIC from someone who nows what hes is doing. oil should be fully synthetic 5/30 Castrol