Yes , Jay and many others Purchased this car. The cars were purchased "in good faith" based on previous experience with BMW products. This experience suggests that the cars last 200k miles easily. Now obviously as an owner you keep gas in the tank and tread on the tires. What you're telling me is that now the engine block is a maintainence item. Get real! They will pay for his engine, it will be much cheaper than losing in court.

This $70K engine was claimed by the dealer to go 100K before needing any major work! This $70K car has been serviced on time by the dealer it's entire life. If the problem was so well known, why didn't anyone (especially BMW) say something to me or any other owners advising us to look for symptoms before the warranty epired? This 96 month old car looks and drives in SHOWROOM condition but the engine is now failing. An engine that should last beyond 200K according to the dealer. The new block they replace the older ones with goes over 200K miles with regular service. Yeah, I think BMW should pay for the replacement and now so do five other owners in the same situation.

This also affects those who were already burned by BMW over this as they could be intitled to a refund. If interested, contact me.

hey, this engine has 70,000 miles on it. 70,000 miles. it has been no secret that problems existed, and they have replaced many engines. so let ME get this straight: after 96 months and 70k miles, who gonna pay for a problem i have? certainly not me. and what about the tires? they were perfectly good when purchased and now there's no tread. and the fuel tank keeps running dry. who shit my pants.

Just to recap. You have an Eight year old car, which has mileage equivalant to driving three times around the Earth. The engine has trouble and you want the manufacturer to be responsible for repairing it. Have I got this right? If you found a suitcase full of cash in the trunk, would you share this with them, also? Just wondering.

Sounds right to me. BMW sold cars, discovered a MAJOR design flaw (ENGINE BLOCK!!!) knows about the problem fairly early on and JUST extends the warranty. Having also been burned by BMW I think it was handled very poorly. This is a known problemn that eventually affects ALL of the engines. They should have ALL been replaced. At the very least as a service to its loyal customers they could have notified us of the problem so those of us subject to it could monitor the problem. So let me get this straight, a manufacturer sells you a $70k car and they know the engine is going to fail. They don't tell anybody to save a buck, and you consider that to be ethical business?

I posted this on the E32 board but am posting it here also since it affects 1995 E38 740 owners as well.

I have a beautiful 93 740IL with 70K miles and now the engine is suffering from poor idle and a failed leak-down test. I've owned the car since 25K miles and never have I been told by the dealers (who always serviced the car) or BMW that they were having trouble with this V8 engine as it gets older. Now I'm told BMW won't pay to replace it because of the age of the car.

I'm now very seriously considering a lawsuit against BMW of North America. If anyone else is having a similar problem or has been through this, I welcome your comments or suggestions. I've owned five bimmers but not sure I will continue to support a company that won't support it's consumer when a $70K car has an obvious defect. Should I be penalized for being a buyer who doesn't drive much when BMW has made a design error???

Any comment?