[NaTuReB0Y]

My E90 has been nothing, but trouble since July 2005....but I don't mind I've accepted it......

Latest issue:
Car went into limp mode last month.....my mechanic diagnosed it with #1 & #2 spark plugs misfiring. Ordered and replaced with 6 new NGK plugs last week. Problems didn't go away. He checked all 6 ignition coils....#1 and #2 were bad. Picked up two new ignition coils today at the Stealership. After 4 weeks and $360($260 parts + $100 labor).....I'm back on the road.

[Chriztofor]

Invest in a Peake research tool or Bavarian technic tool. Pays for itself with the 1st scan.

[NaTuReB0Y]

Originally Posted by Chriztofor

Invest in a Peake research tool or Bavarian technic tool. Pays for itself with the 1st scan.

I'm thinking the same thing too............

[Oulixes]

Originally Posted by NaTuReB0Y

My E90 has been nothing, but trouble since July 2005....but I don't mind I've accepted it......

Latest issue:
Car went into limp mode last month.....my mechanic diagnosed it with #1 & #2 spark plugs misfiring. Ordered and replaced with 6 new NGK plugs last week. Problems didn't go away. He checked all 6 ignition coils....#1 and #2 were bad. Picked up two new ignition coils today at the Stealership. After 4 weeks and $360($260 parts + $100 labor).....I'm back on the road.

If your mechanic needs four weeks to figure out an ignition problem, you need to find someone who can do it in a shorter time.

[John 070]

Originally Posted by Oulixes

If your mechanic needs four weeks to figure out an ignition problem, you need to find someone who can do it in a shorter time.

I was going to say sweet that they figured it out that quickly. No joke my car was unreliable (stalling repeatedly) for about 5 mos. and I went back and forth with the dealership from which I bought the car new. In this process I never considered trying another dealership--maybe I will next time.

I think it's a combination of not wanting to fix cars while under warranty, bad customer service, and incompetence. They are not totally innocent and not totally incompetent--i.e. part of the lack of properly fixing the problem has to do with them not wanting to. Yet their service bays are all 100% occupied. I can see an indy shop taking a month to figure things out because they haven't got the resources that a new car dealership does.

[NaTuReB0Y]

Originally Posted by Oulixes

If your mechanic needs four weeks to figure out an ignition problem, you need to find someone who can do it in a shorter time.

actually......it took me two weeks to order the NGK spark plugs......

After he put them on........I waited a couple of weeks to buy the ignition coils....

I didn't have time time to get the parts.....and I took the car to him on the weekend.....

I took 4 week to get the parts.....he only took a couple of hours to installed them...