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Re: BMW Engine Lawsuit (archive)
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Posted by William Hemme on December 16, 2000 at 14:22:00:

In Reply to: Re: BMW Engine Lawsuit posted by 'Ya think? on December 10, 2000 at 18:10:15:

Dear 'Ya Think',

I am a 1994 740iL owner with 47,000 miles on it with no hint yet of the engine sulfur damage problem. I am also beyond the BMW factory 100,000-mile/6-year extended warranty. Evidently I will eventually face this problem with my car and will need to spend approximately $8000 to fix the problem. I guess I don't agree with you in your various posts that this is the owner's problem, not the BMW factories problem. I was never informed when I bought the car that I will eventually face this very expensive problem. I don't know why an owner should be expected to pay for a known engine factory design fault especially since most owners have come to expect BMW engines to generally run trouble free for more than 200,000 miles. Since I happen to have not driven my 740iL for 80,000 or more miles to generally cause the the problem to exhibit itself before the 6-year time limit on the warranty, it is hard for me (and other affected owners) to stomach paying $8000 to repair this engine. Just my thoughts.

Would anyone care to respond if they in fact got BMW NA to pay for a short block replacement beyond the stated 100,000-mile/6-year warranty???

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