blade929 said:
Loose windsceen trim (3 times)
Various rattles from interior
damaged interior trim on delivery
drivers door will not open
drivers seat lumbar support has failed
In your eyes this may not be 'Shoddy' but I guess it all depends on how high you set your standards. Skoda, Lada Proton = OK , BMW = definitely not.
I can only hope your car continues to be fault free........
I've had:
a cracked windscreen,
painful drivers seat,
battery drain due to a dodgy wave boost stereo
and the pulling left saga (despite it being 'fixed').
I consider my standards to be high, but I also know that no-one else has complained about the seats (or rather the same problem that I've had with them) so I suspect this is a one-off. The stereo problem happened in my last car too and is a common glitch depending on the units fitted, so that doesn't worry me (and the stero is fab anyway). When the window cracked, sure it was inconvenient, but it's been replaced (by hand this time and not by robots..

) and it seems fine. The pulling left issue is still under discussion from all sides, but is only apparent if I take my hands off the wheel - which I don't find the urge to do very often (being such fun to drive and all!)
This isn't the catalogue of errors I was expecting when I took delivery of something with the BMW reputation, but since then everyone I've spoken to who has bought a new model of car has had a similar string of problems (most, far more serious than mine)..the only difference being they didn't have the backing of a BMW dealership who are determined to get to the bottom of the problems.
I've been chaufered back and forth to the dealers a few times in the last few weeks, in various models of BMW and each time I'm suprised that my MINI feels more luxurious, safer and has a better spec than the 'luxury' car I'm in.
Someone on a previous post implied that because people like myself still maintain a positive 'Pollyana' attitude in spite of these problems, that we were somehow mentally impaired - personally, I like to keep a positive outlook in all aspects of my life, of which car ownership is a very irrelevant part. Hopefully this way I won't end up with a coronary before my time, or ruin anyone elses day in the process..
I've said it before and I'll say it again...it's just a car..
