Quote: Originally Posted by stevetigersix (original)
ok as an update it went into stratstone maidenhead on friday and it has a leak from the thermostat area and the thermostat is on its way out they also found a slight leak from the power steering house so that all being done under warantee thank goodness, altough they did try to flog me new tyres all round and new front pads n discs meahhhhh
This sounds unbelievibly familiar to ours...
Feb '06 One Convertible. Only about 22.5k miles.
Was in Bavarian BMW(Belfast) today for its first proper TLC service. had a call at about 4pm saying that they had found a few things that needed attention...
1. Leak from the thermostat - £121
2. Leak from High Pressure power steering - £257.14
3. Front pads at 2mm - £104.34
4. 2 rear tyres need replaced - £65 x 2
It's warranty expired in March and it was in getting a washer bottle leak repaired at that time. It was only about 500 miles short of needing it's service and we asked if this could be done at the same time to save another trip etc. We were told "no", BMW would not allow it.
I understand that points 3 & 4 just have to be done by the owner but am annoyed that we have to pay about £380 for repairs that more than likely would have been picked up in March. The service assistant is going to see about a goodwill payment from BMW but says that it was 5 months ago, quite a long time!!!
We should know tomorrow but was looking for any advice from members here. I don't know if the steering is the known fault that BBC's Watchdog etc were involved in.
Thanks
Jonny
